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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1917 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,444 South Carolina births in 1917 across 820 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
#54Isaac#192 nationally
#67Johnieoutside the national top 200
#39Rebecca#165 nationally
#63Nathaniel#189 nationally
#76Odelloutside the national top 200
#70Essie#194 nationally
#77Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#78Sallieoutside the national top 200
#79Elijahoutside the national top 200
#41Maggie#161 nationally
#81Clevelandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,263US #1
#2Annie550US #35
#3Margaret371US #4
#4Ruth368US #5
#5Louise355US #19
#6Elizabeth327US #8
#7Sarah285US #52
#8Helen269US #2
#9Lillie256US #86
#10Ruby254US #27
#11Frances253US #9
#12Ethel248US #24
#13Willie238US #72
#14Carrie214US #109
#15Rosa212US #121
#16Alice205US #13
#17Dorothy205US #3
#18Martha196US #22
#19Evelyn189US #11
#20Hattie188US #118
#21Mattie182US #94
#22Gladys177US #23
#23Marie177US #12
#24Emma172US #46
#25Mildred171US #6
#26Lucille170US #29
#27Bessie168US #61
#28Edna165US #20
#29Virginia163US #10
#30Minnie161US #75
#31Anna159US #7
#32Jessie152US #70
#33Thelma151US #32
#34Julia147US #47
#35Bertha144US #51
#36Sara140US #107
#37Lillian139US #15
#38Mamie138US #130
#39Rebecca137US #165
#40Ella136US #83
#41Maggie133US #161
#42Edith132US #28
#43Eva131US #54
#44Lula127US #135
#45Pearl127US #57
#46Beatrice126US #39
#47Grace121US #30
#48Viola121US #59
#49Catherine116US #18
#50Janie116
#51Sadie115US #151
#52Ida113US #56
#53Florence109US #14
#54Geneva107US #113
#55Irene107US #17
#56Inez105US #110
#57Alma104US #71
#58Clara102US #41
#59Lois99US #43
#60Myrtle99US #58
#61Pauline96US #33
#62Daisy95US #150
#63Fannie94US #115
#64Lucile92US #142
#65Nellie92US #64
#66Hazel91US #31
#67Nancy89US #98
#68Laura87US #65
#69Gertrude86US #37
#70Essie85US #194
#71Josephine85US #21
#72Vera83US #66
#73Bernice80US #42
#74Rose77US #16
#75Alberta76US #122
#76Mae72US #96
#77Lizzie69
#78Sallie66
#79Cora64US #126
#80Ellen64US #90
#81Lottie63US #153
#82Rachel62US #157
#83Eunice61US #111
#84Agnes60US #48
#85Ada59US #119
#86Juanita59US #87
#87Georgia57US #105
#88Katherine57US #49
#89Estelle55US #129
#90Susie55US #159
#91Marjorie54US #36
#92Ollie54
#93Addie53
#94Beulah51US #102
#95Christine51US #120
#96Eliza51
#97Kathleen50US #101
#98Lena50US #85
#99Maude49
#100Emily48US #103

Boys

#1James1,536US #3
#2John1,065US #1
#3William958US #2
#4Robert603US #4
#5Willie579US #31
#6George464US #6
#7Henry350US #15
#8Thomas330US #10
#9Joseph278US #5
#10Charles271US #7
#11Frank217US #9
#12Walter209US #11
#13David207US #28
#14Edward204US #8
#15Joe187US #35
#16Samuel186US #42
#17Charlie173US #67
#18Leroy168US #60
#19Clarence166US #25
#20Arthur156US #17
#21Richard155US #14
#22Fred154US #29
#23Ernest147US #37
#24Eugene137US #39
#25Sam131US #72
#26Paul129US #13
#27Albert127US #18
#28Woodrow127US #73
#29Johnnie116US #111
#30Harold113US #12
#31Harry112US #19
#32Jack110US #22
#33Herbert103US #40
#34Marion99US #108
#35Luther92US #116
#36Roy92US #33
#37Ralph88US #21
#38Jessie86US #114
#39Eddie84US #118
#40Carl80US #24
#41Daniel79US #54
#42Jesse78US #79
#43Lewis77US #70
#44Clyde74US #64
#45Andrew70US #48
#46Louis69US #23
#47Lawrence68US #36
#48Benjamin66US #76
#49Julius64US #113
#50Ben62US #129
#51Raymond62US #16
#52Claude61US #98
#53Horace60US #125
#54Isaac60US #192
#55Wilson60US #144
#56Allen58US #100
#57Earl57US #32
#58Howard56US #26
#59Otis56US #145
#60Oscar55US #87
#61Edgar54US #88
#62Francis53US #30
#63Nathaniel53US #189
#64Leon52US #82
#65Marvin52US #68
#66Bennie51US #172
#67Johnie51
#68Herman49US #58
#69Lee49US #85
#70Earnest48US #143
#71Theodore48US #63
#72Wilbur47US #92
#73Alfred46US #43
#74Melvin45US #57
#75Leonard44US #41
#76Odell43
#77Peter42US #50
#78Tom42US #139
#79Elijah39
#80Alvin38US #81
#81Cleveland36
#82Clifton36US #159
#83Lonnie36US #196
#84Norman36US #46
#85Curtis35US #121
#86Jacob35US #130
#87Cecil34US #83
#88Nathan34US #148
#89Rufus34US #187
#90Mack33
#91Willis33US #140
#92Alexander32US #97
#93Archie32US #142
#94Calvin32US #160
#95Hubert32US #115
#96Perry32
#97Floyd31US #62
#98Johnny31
#99Roosevelt31
#100Wade31

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑39Wilson#55
↑24Nancy#67
↑19Catherine#49
↑18Alfred#73
↑18Melvin#74
↑16Minnie#30
↑16Florence#53
↑14Lonnie#83

Falling

↓28Floyd#97
↓23Lee#69
↓22Rufus#89
↓21Calvin#94
↓19Cecil#87
↓15Theodore#71
↓14Benjamin#48
↓12Edna#28

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.