State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1924 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,782 South Carolina births in 1924 across 892 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.

#48Janieoutside the national top 200
#44Maggie#181 nationally
#44Nathaniel#180 nationally
#64Rufus#197 nationally
#66Isaac#199 nationally
#73Sallieoutside the national top 200
#74Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#77Jannieoutside the national top 200
#77Abrahamoutside the national top 200
#70Sadie#193 nationally
#78Mosesoutside the national top 200
#79Essieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,742US #1
#2Annie665US #32
#3Dorothy619US #2
#4Margaret578US #5
#5Ruth444US #6
#6Elizabeth422US #11
#7Helen398US #3
#8Frances393US #10
#9Louise370US #24
#10Sarah348US #54
#11Mildred331US #8
#12Ruby329US #26
#13Martha318US #21
#14Virginia285US #7
#15Lillie279US #97
#16Willie273US #68
#17Evelyn267US #12
#18Thelma255US #33
#19Rosa252US #129
#20Doris245US #9
#21Ethel241US #39
#22Gladys240US #30
#23Carrie224US #135
#24Mattie203US #109
#25Edna198US #31
#26Betty195US #4
#27Jessie191US #91
#28Catherine185US #27
#29Lucille185US #37
#30Sara174US #116
#31Emma172US #57
#32Hattie171US #149
#33Alice169US #15
#34Lois167US #22
#35Marie167US #14
#36Lillian161US #23
#37Anna160US #13
#38Bessie160US #86
#39Bernice156US #47
#40Julia156US #62
#41Minnie156US #100
#42Bertha153US #65
#43Eva151US #66
#44Maggie150US #181
#45Grace148US #43
#46Ella147US #94
#47Geneva140US #110
#48Janie138
#49Mamie137US #156
#50Hazel135US #42
#51Edith132US #36
#52Lula131US #146
#53Beatrice128US #50
#54Clara128US #56
#55Laura125US #72
#56Margie124US #102
#57Nellie124US #92
#58Ida118US #70
#59Daisy115US #166
#60Rebecca115US #171
#61Katherine114US #59
#62Inez112US #144
#63Juanita112US #48
#64Pauline111US #38
#65Myrtle108US #89
#66Viola102US #82
#67Irene101US #18
#68Alma99US #87
#69Pearl99US #78
#70Sadie98US #193
#71Christine92US #115
#72Nancy90US #69
#73Sallie90
#74Fannie88US #152
#75Eloise87US #185
#76Mae87US #114
#77Jannie85
#78Vivian85US #71
#79Essie84
#80Vera83US #85
#81Florence81US #20
#82Gertrude79US #60
#83Lizzie79
#84Alberta78US #145
#85Susie78US #176
#86Lucile77
#87Ellen73US #99
#88Eunice73US #130
#89Agnes72US #63
#90Carolyn72US #127
#91Josephine72US #34
#92Rose72US #25
#93Eula70US #177
#94Kathleen70US #76
#95Emily69US #136
#96Beulah68US #138
#97Lucy67US #98
#98Cora66US #155
#99Marjorie65US #17
#100Rachel64US #157

Boys

#1James2,009US #4
#2William1,156US #3
#3John1,131US #2
#4Robert766US #1
#5Willie615US #30
#6George496US #6
#7Charles431US #5
#8Thomas418US #11
#9Henry381US #18
#10Joseph347US #7
#11David336US #24
#12Edward256US #9
#13Frank254US #12
#14Walter217US #16
#15Leroy207US #53
#16Samuel201US #45
#17Clarence183US #29
#18Ernest175US #37
#19Jack173US #17
#20Joe173US #35
#21Arthur170US #20
#22Paul169US #14
#23Fred166US #32
#24Richard157US #8
#25Harold153US #13
#26Charlie149US #80
#27Albert147US #21
#28Eugene139US #25
#29Marion129US #112
#30Harry127US #22
#31Ralph122US #23
#32Herbert117US #41
#33Benjamin114US #89
#34Roy114US #31
#35Johnnie113US #101
#36Sam103US #91
#37Jessie100US #124
#38Andrew99US #56
#39Eddie97US #113
#40Carl94US #27
#41Lewis93US #77
#42Calvin90US #44
#43Louis90US #28
#44Nathaniel86US #180
#45Leon85US #76
#46Raymond85US #15
#47Daniel83US #47
#48Clyde82US #69
#49Jesse81US #86
#50Earl80US #33
#51Luther79US #127
#52Lawrence77US #36
#53Howard74US #26
#54Herman73US #70
#55Ben69US #141
#56Horace68US #143
#57Melvin68US #48
#58Wallace68US #87
#59Allen67US #94
#60Marvin67US #50
#61Ray65US #60
#62Cecil63US #85
#63Lee63US #83
#64Rufus63US #197
#65Julius60US #146
#66Isaac58US #199
#67Alfred54US #43
#68Claude54US #103
#69Francis54US #34
#70Otis54US #158
#71Curtis53US #117
#72Earnest52US #145
#73Hubert52US #115
#74Woodrow52
#75Jacob49US #163
#76Julian49US #193
#77Abraham48
#78Moses47
#79Theodore47US #65
#80Freddie46
#81Johnny46US #152
#82Oscar46US #99
#83Junior45US #121
#84Bennie43US #168
#85Edgar43US #96
#86Johnie43
#87Lloyd43US #61
#88Douglas42US #105
#89Grady42
#90Leonard42US #38
#91Norman42US #42
#92Alvin41US #73
#93Floyd41US #66
#94Mack41
#95Billy40US #63
#96Franklin39US #134
#97Kenneth39US #19
#98Oliver39US #140
#99Warren39US #58
#100Donald38US #10

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Christine#71
↑26Ray#61
↑20Margie#56
↑19Sallie#73
↑17Betty#26
↑17Eva#43
↑17Junior#83
↑16Bernice#39

Falling

↓25Warren#99
↓20Oscar#82
↓18Lee#63
↓17Josephine#91
↓17Isaac#66
↓16Mack#94
↓15Kathleen#94
↓14Lucile#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.