State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1922 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,721 South Carolina births in 1922 across 927 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.

#47Janieoutside the national top 200
#55Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#59Essie#200 nationally
#51Isaac#190 nationally
#45Nathaniel#175 nationally
#74Freddieoutside the national top 200
#44Maggie#170 nationally
#62Rufus#188 nationally
#75Mosesoutside the national top 200
#49Rebecca#173 nationally
#67Lucile#189 nationally
#79Wilsonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,635US #1
#2Annie644US #30
#3Margaret525US #4
#4Dorothy513US #2
#5Elizabeth468US #9
#6Frances444US #10
#7Ruth443US #5
#8Louise435US #22
#9Helen415US #3
#10Sarah356US #51
#11Virginia300US #7
#12Ruby294US #26
#13Lillie289US #85
#14Mildred287US #8
#15Martha278US #21
#16Ethel267US #32
#17Willie265US #70
#18Thelma256US #31
#19Rosa247US #123
#20Evelyn245US #13
#21Edna241US #29
#22Carrie232US #122
#23Mattie203US #103
#24Hattie201US #139
#25Alice200US #15
#26Marie200US #14
#27Julia193US #60
#28Emma192US #50
#29Gladys192US #25
#30Ella190US #90
#31Jessie190US #87
#32Minnie186US #91
#33Doris183US #11
#34Lucille183US #33
#35Bessie180US #81
#36Lillian177US #19
#37Sara172US #118
#38Catherine171US #24
#39Anna165US #12
#40Mamie161US #147
#41Grace159US #38
#42Beatrice155US #43
#43Bertha152US #63
#44Maggie152US #170
#45Lula145US #142
#46Edith144US #34
#47Janie141
#48Daisy139US #157
#49Rebecca139US #173
#50Bernice138US #41
#51Ida135US #65
#52Geneva127US #110
#53Viola127US #72
#54Hazel126US #37
#55Inez124US #130
#56Lois119US #35
#57Pauline115US #36
#58Alma111US #84
#59Essie111US #200
#60Eva111US #64
#61Clara110US #47
#62Juanita108US #57
#63Fannie106US #135
#64Nellie106US #83
#65Irene104US #17
#66Katherine104US #54
#67Lucile101US #189
#68Myrtle101US #75
#69Nancy101US #78
#70Pearl100US #71
#71Josephine98US #27
#72Laura98US #68
#73Florence96US #18
#74Betty94US #6
#75Kathleen94US #80
#76Rose92US #23
#77Christine90US #116
#78Ellen86US #95
#79Eloise86US #179
#80Lizzie86
#81Margie86US #100
#82Sallie86
#83Alberta83US #136
#84Gertrude81US #48
#85Vivian81US #74
#86Mable79US #152
#87Sadie79US #177
#88Mae76US #111
#89Jannie74
#90Cora73US #140
#91Agnes72US #62
#92Eunice71US #119
#93Vera71US #79
#94Dora70US #138
#95Georgia69US #114
#96Beulah66US #124
#97Susie65US #172
#98Addie64
#99Rachel64US #154
#100Katie63US #194

Boys

#1James2,075US #4
#2John1,180US #1
#3William1,136US #3
#4Robert711US #2
#5Willie669US #28
#6George540US #6
#7Thomas450US #11
#8Charles448US #5
#9Henry403US #17
#10Joseph360US #7
#11David310US #24
#12Edward284US #8
#13Frank255US #10
#14Samuel233US #43
#15Leroy219US #55
#16Walter215US #15
#17Joe208US #35
#18Ernest206US #37
#19Albert188US #20
#20Charlie187US #72
#21Clarence183US #29
#22Paul179US #14
#23Richard178US #9
#24Fred164US #33
#25Arthur163US #19
#26Eugene158US #25
#27Harold153US #13
#28Jack144US #18
#29Herbert137US #40
#30Marion132US #107
#31Benjamin131US #82
#32Harry127US #22
#33Clyde121US #67
#34Ralph116US #23
#35Johnnie113US #105
#36Sam111US #84
#37Roy109US #32
#38Lewis103US #75
#39Carl102US #30
#40Eddie101US #112
#41Luther100US #118
#42Raymond94US #16
#43Earl93US #31
#44Louis90US #27
#45Nathaniel89US #175
#46Jesse88US #81
#47Leon87US #77
#48Daniel86US #47
#49Melvin83US #50
#50Ben81US #139
#51Isaac80US #190
#52Howard77US #26
#53Jessie76US #111
#54Cecil75US #85
#55Woodrow74
#56Marvin69US #56
#57Oscar69US #92
#58Curtis66US #113
#59Wallace63US #87
#60Andrew61US #53
#61Otis61US #156
#62Rufus61US #188
#63Julius60US #129
#64Lee60US #83
#65Ray59US #65
#66Claude58US #97
#67Francis58US #34
#68Bennie57US #166
#69Lawrence57US #36
#70Horace56US #132
#71Allen55US #95
#72Alvin55US #73
#73Alfred54US #42
#74Freddie53
#75Moses53
#76Calvin50US #128
#77Floyd50US #61
#78Kenneth48US #21
#79Wilson48
#80Elijah47
#81Herman47US #66
#82Mack47
#83Earnest46US #143
#84Edgar46US #93
#85Hubert46US #116
#86Jimmie46US #140
#87Billy45US #90
#88Johnny45US #170
#89Abraham43
#90Furman42
#91Roosevelt42
#92Lonnie41US #195
#93Hugh39US #120
#94Johnie39
#95Theodore39US #62
#96Cleveland38
#97Donald38US #12
#98Jacob38US #148
#99Leonard38US #38
#100Wilbur38US #102

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑21Ellen#78
↑21Cecil#54
↑21Wallace#59
↑18Floyd#77
↑18Mack#82
↑17Essie#59
↑16Nathaniel#45
↑15Ella#30

Falling

↓34Herman#81
↓25Clara#61
↓24Earnest#83
↓19Myrtle#68
↓17Susie#97
↓16Andrew#60
↓16Claude#66
↓15Sadie#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.