State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1915 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,589 South Carolina births in 1915 across 767 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.

#47Janieoutside the national top 200
#49Nathaniel#197 nationally
#57Isaac#196 nationally
#63Mackoutside the national top 200
#68Sallieoutside the national top 200
#69Mosesoutside the national top 200
#70Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#61Rufus#188 nationally
#76Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#28Maggie#150 nationally
#81Jannieoutside the national top 200
#82Sammieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,098US #1
#2Annie498US #36
#3Ruth345US #5
#4Louise321US #18
#5Elizabeth312US #8
#6Margaret285US #4
#7Sarah263US #51
#8Ruby262US #24
#9Frances243US #9
#10Lillie220US #84
#11Carrie210US #103
#12Helen210US #2
#13Dorothy204US #3
#14Willie199US #72
#15Rosa198US #116
#16Ethel190US #23
#17Hattie184US #113
#18Martha181US #25
#19Mattie180US #91
#20Bessie164US #57
#21Evelyn164US #10
#22Julia162US #44
#23Alice161US #13
#24Edna161US #20
#25Emma155US #40
#26Gladys153US #21
#27Anna152US #7
#28Maggie152US #150
#29Lucille151US #29
#30Virginia148US #12
#31Viola146US #59
#32Mildred145US #6
#33Lillian143US #15
#34Bertha141US #46
#35Mamie140US #124
#36Marie140US #11
#37Jessie138US #66
#38Minnie138US #68
#39Grace133US #27
#40Thelma132US #30
#41Beatrice129US #37
#42Geneva128US #110
#43Rebecca128US #159
#44Edith123US #31
#45Sara118US #106
#46Ida111US #54
#47Janie105
#48Fannie102US #105
#49Daisy101US #131
#50Lula101US #129
#51Ella100US #75
#52Pearl99US #56
#53Catherine98US #19
#54Pauline97US #32
#55Eva96US #55
#56Inez94US #101
#57Laura94US #61
#58Lois94US #47
#59Florence91US #14
#60Irene91US #17
#61Clara90US #38
#62Hazel90US #26
#63Nellie90US #63
#64Bernice84US #42
#65Alma83US #70
#66Gertrude82US #35
#67Sadie82US #133
#68Sallie80
#69Mae78US #89
#70Lizzie75
#71Rose75US #16
#72Myrtle73US #58
#73Josephine72US #22
#74Susie71US #149
#75Essie68US #191
#76Agnes67US #45
#77Cora67US #119
#78Ellen63US #88
#79Lucile63US #135
#80Eunice61US #109
#81Jannie60
#82Lottie57US #153
#83Vera57US #65
#84Ada56US #114
#85Eula56US #160
#86Mabel56US #62
#87Nancy54US #102
#88Nettie53US #166
#89Addie52
#90Eloise52
#91Juanita51US #92
#92Estelle50US #117
#93Alberta46US #120
#94Christine46US #125
#95Kathleen46US #104
#96Beulah45US #95
#97Jennie45US #73
#98Katherine45US #49
#99Blanche43US #87
#100Eleanor43US #28

Boys

#1James1,414US #3
#2John953US #1
#3William827US #2
#4Willie555US #30
#5Robert509US #4
#6George416US #6
#7Thomas346US #10
#8Henry345US #14
#9Joseph246US #5
#10Charles241US #7
#11Walter192US #11
#12Frank186US #9
#13Edward183US #8
#14David182US #31
#15Joe164US #38
#16Fred155US #26
#17Samuel155US #39
#18Arthur149US #18
#19Clarence136US #24
#20Woodrow135US #83
#21Richard133US #15
#22Leroy132US #66
#23Paul126US #13
#24Albert123US #17
#25Charlie121US #75
#26Ernest120US #35
#27Eugene101US #41
#28Harold100US #12
#29Herbert100US #40
#30Johnnie96US #117
#31Roy95US #32
#32Harry93US #19
#33Sam92US #68
#34Jack91US #27
#35Benjamin84US #71
#36Daniel80US #55
#37Ben79US #113
#38Lewis79US #70
#39Luther79US #115
#40Jessie76US #114
#41Marion74US #112
#42Ralph74US #21
#43Lee72US #84
#44Eddie71US #120
#45Jesse70US #77
#46Andrew69US #46
#47Lawrence68US #37
#48Carl66US #22
#49Nathaniel64US #197
#50Leon59US #82
#51Otis58US #141
#52Howard55US #25
#53Claude53US #96
#54Edgar51US #85
#55Theodore51US #64
#56Clyde50US #63
#57Isaac50US #196
#58Louis49US #23
#59Raymond47US #16
#60Horace44US #122
#61Rufus43US #188
#62Allen42US #99
#63Mack42
#64Francis41US #29
#65Herman41US #56
#66Melvin40US #60
#67Archie39US #151
#68Clifton39US #144
#69Moses39
#70Bennie38US #171
#71Curtis38US #128
#72Earnest38US #143
#73Oscar38US #88
#74Floyd37US #59
#75Julius36US #109
#76Roosevelt36
#77Tom36US #142
#78Jim35US #170
#79Alexander34US #103
#80Cecil34US #76
#81Marvin34US #72
#82Sammie34
#83Dan33US #192
#84Lester32US #57
#85Oliver32US #119
#86Willard32US #58
#87Abraham31US #152
#88Wilbur31US #92
#89Wilson31US #154
#90Earl30US #33
#91Johnie30
#92Leo30US #47
#93Nathan29US #139
#94Wade29
#95Elbert28US #169
#96Grady28
#97Julian28US #191
#98Alfred27US #42
#99Alvin27US #81
#100Calvin27US #166

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑38Edgar#54
↑24Francis#64
↑23Archie#67
↑22Gertrude#66
↑20Curtis#71
↑18Sara#45
↑15Maggie#28
↑15Nathaniel#49

Falling

↓36Earl#90
↓28Grady#96
↓22Eva#55
↓20Alfred#98
↓17Julius#75
↓16Marie#36
↓15Ida#46
↓15Lucile#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.