State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1914 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,193 South Carolina births in 1914 across 712 distinct names.

Distinctively South Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Carolina more than they say America.

#50Janieoutside the national top 200
#56Mackoutside the national top 200
#65Mosesoutside the national top 200
#68Gradyoutside the national top 200
#70Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#70Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#74Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#77Odelloutside the national top 200
#55Sallie#178 nationally
#55Isaac#177 nationally
#64Nathaniel#185 nationally
#80Johnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary908US #1
#2Annie420US #33
#3Ruth285US #5
#4Louise276US #17
#5Elizabeth266US #8
#6Margaret241US #4
#7Sarah228US #47
#8Helen206US #2
#9Ethel195US #21
#10Ruby189US #24
#11Willie188US #66
#12Frances176US #9
#13Carrie175US #91
#14Lillie175US #74
#15Lucille171US #30
#16Mattie168US #78
#17Rosa166US #104
#18Edna163US #19
#19Martha162US #27
#20Marie154US #10
#21Alice151US #12
#22Bessie149US #55
#23Hattie149US #97
#24Anna147US #6
#25Dorothy145US #3
#26Emma139US #39
#27Jessie135US #64
#28Gladys132US #20
#29Julia131US #42
#30Evelyn128US #11
#31Ida128US #49
#32Mamie128US #115
#33Eva120US #52
#34Minnie120US #67
#35Virginia120US #14
#36Viola119US #57
#37Ella116US #72
#38Mildred116US #7
#39Grace113US #25
#40Lillian111US #16
#41Bertha109US #41
#42Beatrice105US #38
#43Maggie104US #141
#44Pearl103US #56
#45Thelma102US #26
#46Lula98US #120
#47Rebecca96US #162
#48Geneva88US #118
#49Pauline88US #34
#50Janie87
#51Edith86US #31
#52Lois86US #51
#53Catherine84US #18
#54Fannie82US #99
#55Sallie82US #178
#56Clara80US #37
#57Rose80US #15
#58Alma79US #69
#59Daisy79US #126
#60Irene79US #22
#61Florence78US #13
#62Mae77US #85
#63Sara77US #108
#64Lucile76US #129
#65Nellie75US #61
#66Myrtle74US #60
#67Cora73US #105
#68Inez73US #101
#69Bernice71US #43
#70Lizzie71
#71Laura70US #59
#72Sadie70US #124
#73Josephine66US #23
#74Essie64US #181
#75Ellen63US #86
#76Hazel63US #29
#77Ada61US #106
#78Lottie58US #142
#79Susie55US #130
#80Alberta54US #119
#81Eunice54US #109
#82Georgia53US #107
#83Agnes52US #44
#84Katherine52US #48
#85Nancy52US #102
#86Katie51US #167
#87Eula50US #157
#88Gertrude49US #32
#89Addie48US #188
#90Vera48US #68
#91Esther47US #35
#92Beulah46US #96
#93Eloise46US #198
#94Estelle46US #112
#95Mabel44US #58
#96Lucy43US #73
#97Leola42
#98Lila42
#99Vivian42US #81
#100Mable40US #137

Boys

#1James1,164US #3
#2John777US #1
#3William719US #2
#4Willie492US #25
#5Robert440US #4
#6George390US #6
#7Henry336US #12
#8Thomas262US #11
#9Joseph229US #5
#10Charles201US #7
#11Edward197US #8
#12Frank181US #9
#13David166US #29
#14Walter163US #10
#15Samuel143US #36
#16Fred126US #28
#17Albert124US #15
#18Arthur119US #18
#19Joe119US #34
#20Leroy118US #60
#21Richard116US #17
#22Sam115US #67
#23Clarence113US #22
#24Woodrow109US #71
#25Charlie105US #65
#26Harry105US #19
#27Ernest94US #38
#28Herbert91US #42
#29Paul91US #13
#30Eugene90US #43
#31Harold87US #14
#32Marion87US #115
#33Eddie75US #109
#34Jack75US #27
#35Johnnie75US #119
#36Benjamin74US #70
#37Luther69US #114
#38Roy67US #32
#39Lewis66US #72
#40Daniel65US #55
#41Jessie62US #117
#42Andrew60US #44
#43Clyde59US #63
#44Ben58US #110
#45Louis58US #20
#46Lawrence54US #35
#47Ralph50US #21
#48Howard48US #26
#49Carl47US #24
#50Jesse46US #82
#51Melvin46US #59
#52Lee45US #84
#53Leon44US #85
#54Earl43US #33
#55Isaac43US #177
#56Mack43
#57Claude42US #93
#58Julius42US #106
#59Theodore42US #64
#60Herman41US #51
#61Otis41US #140
#62Allen40US #105
#63Bennie40US #154
#64Nathaniel40US #185
#65Moses39
#66Rufus39US #179
#67Raymond38US #16
#68Grady37
#69Horace37US #125
#70Cleveland36
#71Oscar36US #77
#72Abraham35US #141
#73Marvin35US #75
#74Roosevelt35
#75Oliver34US #122
#76Cecil32US #79
#77Odell31
#78Alfred30US #41
#79Clifford30US #62
#80Johnie30
#81Tom30US #137
#82Clifton29US #150
#83Earnest29US #147
#84Floyd29US #58
#85Wilson29US #153
#86Alvin28US #78
#87Norman28US #54
#88Francis27US #31
#89Wallace27US #127
#90Archie26US #145
#91Curtis26US #120
#92Edgar26US #87
#93Hugh26US #116
#94Leonard25US #45
#95Peter25US #48
#96Wade25
#97Booker24
#98Hubert24US #118
#99Jimmie24US #170
#100Nathan24US #124

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑29Howard#48
↑29Grady#68
↑21Ida#31
↑20Melvin#51
↑19Cleveland#70
↑16Rose#57
↑15Gladys#28
↑15Grace#39

Falling

↓33Beulah#92
↓28Raymond#67
↓28Nathan#100
↓26Marvin#73
↓25Sadie#72
↓25Archie#90
↓22Inez#68
↓18Estelle#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.