State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1920 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,944 South Carolina births in 1920 across 914 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.

#41Janieoutside the national top 200
#48Woodrow#183 nationally
#40Maggie#172 nationally
#69Mosesoutside the national top 200
#61Isaac#191 nationally
#60Rufus#188 nationally
#41Nathaniel#166 nationally
#76Gradyoutside the national top 200
#77Freddieoutside the national top 200
#80Odelloutside the national top 200
#83Mackoutside the national top 200
#84Sallieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,615US #1
#2Annie686US #35
#3Margaret510US #4
#4Ruth503US #5
#5Louise458US #19
#6Helen435US #3
#7Dorothy431US #2
#8Frances416US #9
#9Elizabeth409US #8
#10Sarah344US #50
#11Ruby322US #26
#12Mildred297US #6
#13Ethel283US #30
#14Virginia271US #7
#15Lillie268US #90
#16Mattie259US #96
#17Willie255US #74
#18Thelma247US #31
#19Rosa246US #116
#20Carrie239US #121
#21Evelyn227US #12
#22Martha227US #23
#23Alice207US #15
#24Edna207US #27
#25Gladys207US #22
#26Marie202US #13
#27Hattie190US #132
#28Julia188US #55
#29Sara187US #111
#30Lillian182US #18
#31Emma180US #46
#32Lucille180US #29
#33Edith178US #32
#34Minnie177US #87
#35Bertha176US #57
#36Ida173US #66
#37Jessie171US #84
#38Mamie171US #142
#39Bessie169US #71
#40Maggie169US #172
#41Janie161
#42Anna154US #10
#43Hazel154US #34
#44Beatrice149US #41
#45Catherine143US #21
#46Ella142US #88
#47Lula141US #139
#48Grace140US #37
#49Viola140US #59
#50Geneva139US #106
#51Irene139US #17
#52Nellie137US #76
#53Doris133US #14
#54Pauline133US #36
#55Inez130US #122
#56Lois128US #38
#57Pearl128US #62
#58Eva120US #58
#59Myrtle117US #68
#60Bernice116US #40
#61Laura116US #63
#62Gertrude115US #42
#63Rebecca113US #175
#64Sadie112US #174
#65Alma109US #80
#66Fannie109US #127
#67Clara108US #44
#68Daisy108US #155
#69Alberta99US #128
#70Katherine99US #45
#71Josephine98US #28
#72Mae98US #99
#73Lucile97US #166
#74Florence96US #16
#75Eloise91US #178
#76Nancy91US #95
#77Susie87US #163
#78Vera87US #75
#79Kathleen83US #91
#80Rose83US #20
#81Essie82US #197
#82Juanita82US #61
#83Eunice81US #115
#84Sallie81
#85Lizzie78
#86Agnes77US #54
#87Vivian76US #64
#88Ellen74US #92
#89Christine70US #118
#90Beulah69US #109
#91Lila68
#92Lucy68US #94
#93Cora67US #137
#94Lena66US #98
#95Lottie65US #177
#96Betty64US #11
#97Blanche64US #102
#98Jannie64
#99Mabel62US #83
#100Emily61US #119

Boys

#1James2,118US #4
#2John1,291US #1
#3William1,213US #2
#4Robert750US #3
#5Willie683US #29
#6George539US #6
#7Thomas442US #11
#8Henry426US #17
#9Charles418US #5
#10Joseph369US #7
#11David298US #25
#12Edward288US #8
#13Frank254US #9
#14Walter238US #13
#15Samuel233US #44
#16Joe208US #35
#17Leroy200US #56
#18Harold191US #12
#19Arthur185US #18
#20Charlie184US #70
#21Albert181US #19
#22Clarence175US #26
#23Richard175US #10
#24Paul173US #14
#25Fred164US #33
#26Eugene154US #30
#27Jack149US #20
#28Johnnie148US #99
#29Harry143US #21
#30Ernest136US #37
#31Jessie127US #111
#32Herbert125US #41
#33Ralph125US #22
#34Sam123US #84
#35Marion119US #109
#36Carl109US #27
#37Roy109US #32
#38Benjamin108US #83
#39Eddie106US #104
#40Lewis106US #72
#41Nathaniel104US #166
#42Howard93US #24
#43Lee93US #82
#44Andrew91US #49
#45Raymond91US #15
#46Luther88US #123
#47Lawrence87US #36
#48Woodrow87US #183
#49Clyde82US #68
#50Louis82US #28
#51Claude81US #92
#52Ben80US #137
#53Allen79US #94
#54Earl79US #31
#55Jesse79US #79
#56Horace75US #128
#57Leon74US #75
#58Daniel73US #52
#59Julius69US #125
#60Rufus67US #188
#61Isaac65US #191
#62Curtis64US #120
#63Bennie62US #161
#64Cecil62US #77
#65Herman61US #66
#66Alfred56US #42
#67Marvin56US #62
#68Melvin55US #54
#69Moses55
#70Floyd54US #61
#71Francis52US #34
#72Lonnie52US #186
#73Oscar52US #90
#74Otis52US #146
#75Archie50US #145
#76Grady49
#77Freddie48
#78Leonard48US #38
#79Johnie47US #192
#80Odell47
#81Harvey46US #87
#82Johnny46US #184
#83Mack46
#84Alvin45US #76
#85Cleveland45
#86Edgar45US #89
#87Wallace45US #93
#88Earnest43US #140
#89Jacob42US #143
#90Warren42US #39
#91Wilson42
#92Jimmie41US #147
#93Theodore41US #63
#94Vernon41US #65
#95Lester40US #69
#96Norman40US #47
#97Ray40US #67
#98Tom40US #131
#99Oliver39US #135
#100Sammie39

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑31Moses#69
↑23Howard#42
↑23Cecil#64
↑22Doris#53
↑22Lonnie#72
↑20Francis#71
↑19Sara#29
↑18Eloise#75

Falling

↓31Theodore#93
↓28Wilson#91
↓24Tom#98
↓23Woodrow#48
↓21Eva#58
↓20Clara#67
↓20Jesse#55
↓19Lucile#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.