State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1918 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,097 South Carolina births in 1918 across 854 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.

#54Janieoutside the national top 200
#58Johnieoutside the national top 200
#54Isaac#194 nationally
#60Nathaniel#193 nationally
#71Mackoutside the national top 200
#65Essie#194 nationally
#31Maggie#158 nationally
#76Sallieoutside the national top 200
#49Rebecca#172 nationally
#78Sammieoutside the national top 200
#80Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#81Addieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,412US #1
#2Annie556US #36
#3Elizabeth424US #9
#4Margaret420US #4
#5Ruth400US #5
#6Louise386US #18
#7Sarah329US #52
#8Frances316US #8
#9Helen313US #2
#10Ruby306US #27
#11Dorothy274US #3
#12Willie259US #70
#13Lillie251US #89
#14Rosa251US #117
#15Ethel232US #28
#16Marie232US #12
#17Evelyn228US #11
#18Carrie225US #113
#19Mattie219US #100
#20Edna217US #23
#21Martha213US #25
#22Mildred211US #6
#23Alice207US #13
#24Hattie206US #121
#25Gladys205US #22
#26Emma203US #46
#27Virginia202US #7
#28Bessie199US #61
#29Thelma189US #32
#30Lucille188US #29
#31Maggie174US #158
#32Viola172US #59
#33Lillian167US #15
#34Jessie165US #75
#35Eva155US #55
#36Ella150US #84
#37Anna148US #10
#38Julia148US #48
#39Edith147US #30
#40Bertha146US #51
#41Ida145US #57
#42Minnie143US #88
#43Pearl140US #56
#44Grace138US #31
#45Clara132US #43
#46Beatrice127US #40
#47Geneva127US #112
#48Mamie127US #137
#49Rebecca126US #172
#50Sara126US #109
#51Fannie125US #120
#52Daisy124US #149
#53Lula124US #132
#54Janie118
#55Lois118US #42
#56Catherine117US #20
#57Lucile112US #156
#58Inez109US #115
#59Nellie109US #65
#60Pauline107US #35
#61Irene106US #16
#62Sadie104US #155
#63Alma102US #73
#64Gertrude102US #39
#65Essie101US #194
#66Hazel101US #33
#67Bernice100US #41
#68Myrtle90US #62
#69Nancy90US #102
#70Mae89US #95
#71Florence88US #14
#72Laura87US #64
#73Rose87US #17
#74Alberta85US #122
#75Josephine85US #24
#76Sallie84
#77Susie75US #159
#78Eloise74US #189
#79Eunice72US #111
#80Lizzie72
#81Addie71
#82Lucy71US #90
#83Beulah69US #104
#84Katherine69US #50
#85Juanita67US #85
#86Vera67US #68
#87Jannie65
#88Lila65
#89Ellen64US #92
#90Agnes62US #47
#91Estelle62US #139
#92Ada61US #123
#93Lottie61US #162
#94Nettie60US #175
#95Rachel60US #148
#96Emily57US #105
#97Doris56US #19
#98Eula56US #168
#99Lena56US #93
#100Christine55US #119

Boys

#1James1,814US #3
#2John1,194US #1
#3William1,013US #2
#4Willie696US #29
#5Robert621US #4
#6George534US #6
#7Henry449US #16
#8Thomas398US #10
#9Charles350US #5
#10Joseph305US #7
#11Frank286US #9
#12Edward252US #8
#13David243US #28
#14Walter230US #11
#15Joe219US #34
#16Samuel193US #43
#17Leroy184US #57
#18Woodrow178US #58
#19Fred172US #33
#20Charlie164US #70
#21Clarence162US #23
#22Richard160US #12
#23Albert156US #19
#24Ernest156US #37
#25Arthur155US #17
#26Harry149US #20
#27Eugene142US #35
#28Harold140US #13
#29Paul140US #14
#30Johnnie126US #110
#31Herbert123US #40
#32Sam118US #75
#33Luther117US #119
#34Roy116US #32
#35Marion109US #107
#36Eddie107US #117
#37Ralph107US #22
#38Jack101US #21
#39Benjamin99US #79
#40Raymond92US #15
#41Andrew90US #46
#42Jessie89US #120
#43Lawrence88US #38
#44Lewis88US #74
#45Daniel83US #52
#46Earl82US #31
#47Jesse82US #78
#48Carl81US #25
#49Julius79US #118
#50Ben78US #128
#51Leon78US #77
#52Louis76US #24
#53Lee73US #86
#54Isaac69US #194
#55Wilson69US #122
#56Clyde67US #67
#57Howard67US #26
#58Johnie67
#59Oscar66US #87
#60Nathaniel64US #193
#61Earnest62US #142
#62Herman58US #65
#63Floyd57US #61
#64Bennie55US #167
#65Jacob55US #133
#66Claude53US #95
#67Francis53US #30
#68Marvin51US #68
#69Rufus51US #183
#70Hubert49US #114
#71Mack49
#72Edgar48US #89
#73Allen47US #98
#74Tom47US #139
#75Theodore46US #64
#76Cecil45US #82
#77Norman45US #49
#78Sammie45
#79Melvin44US #56
#80Leonard43US #41
#81Elijah42
#82Horace42US #132
#83Clifton41US #152
#84Furman41
#85Curtis40US #123
#86Lonnie40US #195
#87Otis40US #151
#88Alfred39US #42
#89Freddie39
#90Jerry39US #147
#91Roosevelt39
#92Archie38US #138
#93Moses38
#94Oliver38US #130
#95Abraham37US #174
#96Alexander37US #104
#97Grover37US #188
#98Jimmie36US #159
#99Wade36
#100Wilbur36US #97

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑34Floyd#63
↑25Hubert#70
↑21Jacob#65
↑20Rufus#69
↑19Mack#71
↑16Viola#32
↑16Lee#53
↑13Clara#45

Falling

↓29Horace#82
↓28Otis#87
↓28Wilbur#100
↓18Florence#71
↓17Allen#73
↓15Alfred#88
↓14Sara#50
↓14Vera#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.