State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1921 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,588 South Carolina births in 1921 across 900 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.

#51Janieoutside the national top 200
#56Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#64Isaacoutside the national top 200
#55Rufus#191 nationally
#67Mosesoutside the national top 200
#46Maggie#173 nationally
#61Nathaniel#187 nationally
#76Essie#199 nationally
#79Gradyoutside the national top 200
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#84Freddieoutside the national top 200
#85Lizzieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,688US #1
#2Annie627US #36
#3Margaret562US #4
#4Ruth471US #5
#5Dorothy450US #2
#6Helen447US #3
#7Frances442US #9
#8Louise419US #22
#9Elizabeth416US #10
#10Mildred338US #7
#11Sarah323US #54
#12Ruby297US #26
#13Martha279US #21
#14Lillie278US #94
#15Ethel263US #32
#16Thelma257US #30
#17Mattie255US #105
#18Virginia254US #6
#19Willie250US #74
#20Gladys240US #24
#21Evelyn239US #12
#22Carrie226US #126
#23Alice212US #15
#24Edna209US #27
#25Rosa198US #131
#26Marie190US #14
#27Catherine189US #23
#28Emma183US #52
#29Hattie182US #144
#30Jessie180US #91
#31Lucille180US #31
#32Julia172US #58
#33Minnie166US #96
#34Doris165US #13
#35Edith163US #33
#36Clara160US #45
#37Mamie160US #150
#38Sara158US #115
#39Lillian156US #19
#40Lula155US #143
#41Bertha152US #59
#42Hazel151US #34
#43Bessie146US #75
#44Anna145US #11
#45Ella143US #89
#46Maggie140US #173
#47Eva139US #63
#48Beatrice138US #41
#49Myrtle135US #73
#50Bernice133US #39
#51Janie132
#52Alma131US #78
#53Lois131US #38
#54Ida130US #67
#55Grace129US #35
#56Katherine129US #49
#57Geneva128US #113
#58Pauline122US #37
#59Viola119US #66
#60Rebecca117US #175
#61Daisy116US #160
#62Pearl116US #65
#63Inez115US #127
#64Florence106US #17
#65Irene105US #18
#66Rose104US #20
#67Eloise101US #164
#68Nellie101US #80
#69Fannie99US #135
#70Juanita99US #57
#71Josephine97US #28
#72Sadie92US #176
#73Gertrude90US #46
#74Laura89US #71
#75Lucile89US #178
#76Essie87US #199
#77Kathleen85US #83
#78Agnes84US #56
#79Mae84US #110
#80Susie84US #168
#81Margie82US #106
#82Nancy82US #87
#83Betty81US #8
#84Vera81US #76
#85Lizzie77
#86Vivian76US #68
#87Christine75US #118
#88Marjorie75US #16
#89Cora71US #140
#90Jannie71
#91Eunice70US #120
#92Sallie70
#93Addie69
#94Alberta68US #133
#95Lottie68US #183
#96Ada65US #145
#97Carolyn65US #146
#98Lucy65US #93
#99Ellen64US #95
#100Mable62US #155

Boys

#1James2,004US #4
#2John1,245US #1
#3William1,097US #3
#4Robert727US #2
#5Willie599US #34
#6George482US #6
#7Thomas455US #11
#8Charles418US #5
#9Henry405US #17
#10Joseph351US #7
#11David303US #25
#12Edward299US #8
#13Frank264US #9
#14Walter242US #15
#15Samuel217US #44
#16Joe191US #36
#17Leroy190US #55
#18Arthur188US #19
#19Harold188US #12
#20Clarence186US #28
#21Paul183US #14
#22Charlie170US #76
#23Ernest170US #38
#24Richard164US #10
#25Fred161US #33
#26Albert159US #20
#27Harry152US #21
#28Eugene147US #26
#29Marion138US #102
#30Jack133US #18
#31Carl120US #30
#32Benjamin116US #82
#33Johnnie116US #108
#34Herbert114US #42
#35Clyde106US #69
#36Louis106US #29
#37Ralph106US #23
#38Lewis100US #71
#39Roy99US #32
#40Sam96US #85
#41Leon94US #74
#42Eddie93US #118
#43Jessie93US #117
#44Andrew90US #51
#45Daniel86US #49
#46Jesse86US #77
#47Herman83US #64
#48Raymond83US #16
#49Luther82US #123
#50Claude81US #96
#51Earl75US #31
#52Lee75US #86
#53Melvin74US #53
#54Lawrence72US #37
#55Rufus71US #191
#56Woodrow68
#57Howard67US #27
#58Marvin67US #59
#59Earnest63US #138
#60Julius63US #128
#61Nathaniel63US #187
#62Warren62US #24
#63Ben61US #139
#64Isaac61
#65Alfred57US #43
#66Allen57US #94
#67Moses57
#68Otis56US #151
#69Oscar54US #92
#70Edgar51US #90
#71Hubert51US #115
#72Julian51US #182
#73Curtis50US #122
#74Horace50US #129
#75Cecil49US #79
#76Francis47US #35
#77Alvin46US #73
#78Bennie46US #181
#79Grady46
#80Wallace46US #88
#81Lester45US #66
#82Johnie44
#83Norman44US #46
#84Freddie43
#85Jacob43US #143
#86Milton43US #75
#87Odell43
#88Theodore43US #65
#89Clifton41US #160
#90Roosevelt41
#91Wilson41
#92Wilbur40US #100
#93Abraham39
#94Archie39US #155
#95Floyd39US #63
#96Johnny39US #175
#97Leonard39US #39
#98Harvey38US #87
#99Lonnie38
#100Mack38

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑31Clara#36
↑29Earnest#59
↑28Warren#62
↑19Doris#34
↑18Catherine#27
↑18Herman#47
↑16Leon#41
↑16Edgar#70

Falling

↓27Lonnie#99
↓25Alberta#94
↓25Floyd#95
↓20Nathaniel#61
↓19Archie#94
↓19Leonard#97
↓18Ida#54
↓18Horace#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.