State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1919 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,933 South Carolina births in 1919 across 911 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.

#45Janieoutside the national top 200
#67Mackoutside the national top 200
#47Isaac#178 nationally
#66Johnie#196 nationally
#73Sallieoutside the national top 200
#74Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#78Odelloutside the national top 200
#68Rufus#190 nationally
#80Jannieoutside the national top 200
#55Nathaniel#175 nationally
#81Gradyoutside the national top 200
#83Elijahoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,616US #1
#2Annie692US #35
#3Margaret479US #4
#4Ruth465US #5
#5Louise448US #20
#6Elizabeth419US #8
#7Frances354US #9
#8Dorothy326US #3
#9Ruby310US #24
#10Sarah308US #46
#11Helen305US #2
#12Rosa298US #110
#13Lillie286US #81
#14Mildred282US #6
#15Martha273US #25
#16Willie262US #61
#17Ethel257US #28
#18Lucille231US #27
#19Carrie224US #111
#20Evelyn220US #11
#21Virginia216US #7
#22Marie213US #12
#23Mattie213US #95
#24Hattie212US #125
#25Edna209US #22
#26Thelma209US #31
#27Emma204US #45
#28Bessie203US #59
#29Alice199US #13
#30Jessie192US #75
#31Gladys186US #21
#32Beatrice177US #41
#33Bertha175US #52
#34Minnie172US #80
#35Mamie170US #132
#36Julia166US #48
#37Eva165US #55
#38Lillian162US #17
#39Anna160US #10
#40Edith159US #29
#41Ella158US #87
#42Maggie155US #155
#43Catherine154US #23
#44Ida150US #57
#45Janie145
#46Lula144US #134
#47Clara143US #43
#48Sara140US #112
#49Viola137US #58
#50Daisy136US #148
#51Geneva134US #107
#52Grace128US #34
#53Sadie127US #157
#54Lucile125US #152
#55Hazel122US #32
#56Pauline122US #36
#57Inez120US #117
#58Rebecca120US #170
#59Pearl119US #56
#60Lois110US #40
#61Nellie110US #69
#62Fannie108US #121
#63Florence106US #14
#64Laura105US #71
#65Bernice104US #42
#66Alma102US #76
#67Gertrude102US #39
#68Irene100US #16
#69Mae100US #99
#70Myrtle97US #67
#71Alberta93US #120
#72Essie92US #189
#73Sallie92
#74Lizzie91
#75Doris90US #18
#76Josephine86US #26
#77Vera86US #65
#78Agnes84US #50
#79Katherine83US #51
#80Jannie80
#81Juanita80US #73
#82Eunice77US #119
#83Cora76US #122
#84Nancy75US #100
#85Rose75US #19
#86Lila74
#87Esther73US #38
#88Eula73US #159
#89Christine71US #116
#90Ellen71US #92
#91Susie71US #151
#92Lucy67US #91
#93Eloise65US #188
#94Lottie65US #162
#95Kathleen64US #101
#96Vivian64US #72
#97Estelle63US #141
#98Ada62US #129
#99Ollie61US #195
#100Mabel60US #78

Boys

#1James1,872US #3
#2John1,196US #1
#3William1,157US #2
#4Willie731US #23
#5Robert681US #4
#6George485US #6
#7Henry461US #16
#8Thomas399US #10
#9Joseph351US #7
#10Charles304US #5
#11David287US #27
#12Edward273US #8
#13Frank270US #9
#14Walter251US #11
#15Samuel218US #43
#16Leroy207US #55
#17Charlie186US #66
#18Arthur184US #19
#19Clarence184US #25
#20Richard184US #12
#21Albert182US #18
#22Joe180US #35
#23Fred170US #30
#24Paul161US #15
#25Woodrow159US #91
#26Johnnie158US #95
#27Harry154US #20
#28Ernest142US #36
#29Eugene137US #33
#30Harold136US #13
#31Herbert131US #40
#32Sam126US #75
#33Eddie117US #99
#34Jack113US #21
#35Jesse112US #77
#36Marion112US #106
#37Roy112US #32
#38Lewis103US #74
#39Andrew101US #47
#40Jessie100US #109
#41Ralph98US #22
#42Luther94US #117
#43Benjamin92US #79
#44Carl86US #29
#45Raymond86US #14
#46Daniel85US #51
#47Isaac85US #178
#48Louis85US #28
#49Claude82US #92
#50Lee81US #82
#51Ben79US #126
#52Leon79US #80
#53Clyde78US #67
#54Julius71US #123
#55Nathaniel71US #175
#56Herman68US #61
#57Lawrence68US #38
#58Allen65US #101
#59Horace65US #127
#60Earl63US #31
#61Melvin62US #56
#62Theodore60US #54
#63Wilson60US #155
#64Bennie58US #162
#65Howard57US #24
#66Johnie56US #196
#67Mack55
#68Rufus55US #190
#69Earnest54US #139
#70Marvin54US #63
#71Oscar53US #88
#72Leonard52US #39
#73Otis52US #146
#74Tom52US #140
#75Curtis50US #120
#76Alfred49US #42
#77Archie49US #142
#78Odell49
#79Abraham48US #176
#80Floyd48US #59
#81Grady47
#82Edgar46US #89
#83Elijah45
#84Johnny45US #193
#85Alvin44US #76
#86Jimmie44US #143
#87Cecil43US #78
#88Lester42US #62
#89Grover41US #189
#90Nathan40US #156
#91Francis39US #34
#92Matthew39US #152
#93Furman38
#94Lonnie38
#95Milton38US #73
#96Norman38US #48
#97Alexander37US #113
#98Oliver37US #128
#99Dan36US #174
#100Moses36

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑23Horace#59
↑22Doris#75
↑18Melvin#61
↑17Claude#49
↑16Abraham#79
↑15Allen#58
↑15Archie#77
↑14Beatrice#32

Falling

↓24Francis#91
↓19Norman#96
↓17Viola#49
↓17Floyd#80
↓16Pearl#59
↓15Nancy#84
↓15Eloise#93
↓14Susie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.