State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1916 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,988 South Carolina births in 1916 across 796 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.

#38Janieoutside the national top 200
#55Nathaniel#194 nationally
#58Essie#197 nationally
#54Isaac#186 nationally
#67Rufus#197 nationally
#71Johnieoutside the national top 200
#67Sallie#196 nationally
#29Maggie#157 nationally
#76Jannieoutside the national top 200
#76Mosesoutside the national top 200
#47Rebecca#169 nationally
#79Elijahoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,243US #1
#2Annie566US #36
#3Ruth387US #5
#4Elizabeth367US #8
#5Louise363US #18
#6Margaret358US #4
#7Sarah265US #52
#8Ruby259US #23
#9Helen247US #2
#10Lillie234US #88
#11Frances229US #9
#12Carrie222US #103
#13Ethel214US #25
#14Rosa209US #120
#15Marie208US #12
#16Edna206US #19
#17Virginia205US #10
#18Martha203US #24
#19Mattie200US #93
#20Willie196US #73
#21Dorothy188US #3
#22Lucille182US #30
#23Bessie181US #56
#24Evelyn174US #11
#25Hattie170US #115
#26Alice168US #13
#27Jessie165US #68
#28Gladys161US #22
#29Maggie155US #157
#30Anna151US #7
#31Emma151US #41
#32Mildred151US #6
#33Thelma148US #29
#34Julia147US #46
#35Bertha145US #49
#36Eva144US #55
#37Lula144US #127
#38Janie142
#39Edith133US #28
#40Mamie130US #129
#41Ella129US #81
#42Grace129US #26
#43Lillian129US #16
#44Ida125US #54
#45Sara124US #109
#46Minnie122US #71
#47Rebecca122US #169
#48Clara121US #39
#49Beatrice114US #38
#50Lois114US #43
#51Viola113US #59
#52Pearl108US #57
#53Nellie107US #61
#54Alma104US #70
#55Geneva103US #112
#56Pauline103US #33
#57Daisy101US #137
#58Essie101US #197
#59Hazel100US #31
#60Irene97US #17
#61Lucile95US #139
#62Inez93US #107
#63Sadie93US #133
#64Gertrude92US #35
#65Mae90US #92
#66Myrtle90US #58
#67Sallie87US #196
#68Catherine86US #20
#69Florence84US #14
#70Fannie81US #116
#71Josephine81US #21
#72Rose79US #15
#73Bernice77US #42
#74Laura73US #64
#75Cora72US #114
#76Jannie70
#77Lottie70US #143
#78Eloise69US #187
#79Estelle69US #122
#80Eunice69US #110
#81Lizzie69
#82Eula66US #164
#83Susie65US #156
#84Alberta64US #123
#85Vera64US #66
#86Agnes63US #50
#87Katherine63US #51
#88Ada62US #117
#89Ellen60US #87
#90Mabel60US #65
#91Nancy57US #102
#92Lena56US #85
#93Jennie54US #79
#94Juanita54US #90
#95Vivian53US #77
#96Beulah51US #97
#97Doris51US #32
#98Esther51US #34
#99Lucy50US #84
#100Ollie50US #193

Boys

#1James1,511US #3
#2John988US #1
#3William892US #2
#4Robert599US #4
#5Willie593US #30
#6George460US #7
#7Henry367US #14
#8Thomas364US #10
#9Charles345US #6
#10Joseph253US #5
#11Edward245US #8
#12Frank211US #9
#13Walter198US #11
#14David193US #28
#15Joe173US #35
#16Samuel173US #41
#17Richard166US #15
#18Fred159US #29
#19Arthur157US #18
#20Paul157US #12
#21Leroy153US #63
#22Charlie151US #68
#23Clarence147US #24
#24Johnnie138US #115
#25Woodrow136US #64
#26Harold135US #13
#27Ernest123US #36
#28Eugene113US #39
#29Harry110US #19
#30Albert105US #17
#31Sam104US #74
#32Marion101US #110
#33Jack100US #26
#34Benjamin98US #79
#35Roy98US #33
#36Louis93US #22
#37Eddie92US #114
#38Jessie88US #117
#39Luther87US #116
#40Carl85US #23
#41Lawrence83US #38
#42Ralph82US #21
#43Ben77US #119
#44Daniel76US #55
#45Herbert74US #40
#46Lee72US #83
#47Lewis72US #71
#48Raymond71US #16
#49Andrew70US #46
#50Clyde70US #62
#51Julius70US #111
#52Jesse66US #77
#53Claude62US #93
#54Isaac59US #186
#55Nathaniel57US #194
#56Theodore57US #65
#57Horace54US #126
#58Howard54US #25
#59Leon54US #85
#60Allen53US #101
#61Oscar53US #86
#62Bennie51US #169
#63Earl51US #32
#64Herman51US #56
#65Otis49US #142
#66Edgar48US #88
#67Rufus47US #197
#68Cecil46US #80
#69Floyd46US #60
#70Tom46US #139
#71Johnie45
#72Marvin45US #66
#73Calvin44US #157
#74Francis44US #31
#75Leonard44US #42
#76Moses43
#77Harvey39US #92
#78Wilbur39US #94
#79Elijah38
#80Earnest37US #155
#81Mack37
#82Wallace37US #124
#83Julian36US #187
#84Alex35US #128
#85Odell35
#86Curtis34US #120
#87Freddie34
#88Hubert34US #113
#89Hugh34US #96
#90Lester33US #59
#91Alfred32US #43
#92Melvin32US #57
#93Nathan32US #143
#94Wilson32US #141
#95Clifton31US #156
#96Jacob31US #123
#97Lonnie31
#98Oliver31US #127
#99Willard31US #69
#100Archie30US #152

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑27Earl#63
↑27Calvin#73
↑24Julius#51
↑22Louis#36
↑21Marie#15
↑20Johnie#71
↑19Eva#36
↑18Lucile#61

Falling

↓33Archie#100
↓27Clifton#95
↓26Melvin#92
↓22Fannie#70
↓20Viola#51
↓18Mack#81
↓17Laura#74
↓16Herbert#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.