State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1925 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,267 South Carolina births in 1925 across 855 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.

#42Janieoutside the national top 200
#54Isaacoutside the national top 200
#44Nathaniel#178 nationally
#72Sallieoutside the national top 200
#72Elijahoutside the national top 200
#51Maggie#179 nationally
#73Essieoutside the national top 200
#73Rufusoutside the national top 200
#69Sadie#194 nationally
#78Mosesoutside the national top 200
#82Lucileoutside the national top 200
#83Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,668US #1
#2Annie647US #32
#3Dorothy620US #2
#4Margaret540US #5
#5Frances428US #11
#6Helen404US #4
#7Elizabeth396US #10
#8Ruth395US #6
#9Louise389US #27
#10Mildred368US #9
#11Sarah318US #58
#12Ruby314US #30
#13Virginia294US #7
#14Lillie271US #91
#15Martha270US #23
#16Doris265US #8
#17Willie265US #68
#18Rosa250US #125
#19Betty248US #3
#20Thelma239US #35
#21Gladys233US #33
#22Evelyn231US #12
#23Ethel228US #43
#24Carrie220US #134
#25Mattie211US #100
#26Edna195US #37
#27Alice194US #15
#28Emma185US #57
#29Catherine181US #29
#30Bessie178US #87
#31Edith178US #42
#32Lucille177US #41
#33Marie176US #16
#34Hattie169US #148
#35Anna166US #13
#36Hazel163US #45
#37Minnie160US #104
#38Sara160US #133
#39Julia156US #65
#40Jessie155US #97
#41Ella149US #93
#42Janie149
#43Lois145US #18
#44Lillian138US #25
#45Bernice136US #46
#46Clara136US #55
#47Mamie131US #160
#48Beatrice130US #50
#49Geneva128US #109
#50Ida125US #82
#51Maggie125US #179
#52Nellie124US #98
#53Margie123US #99
#54Viola123US #84
#55Bertha120US #74
#56Daisy117US #169
#57Lula117US #149
#58Eva116US #71
#59Fannie116US #151
#60Juanita116US #49
#61Pauline114US #38
#62Katherine112US #61
#63Pearl107US #90
#64Irene105US #19
#65Mae104US #116
#66Grace99US #44
#67Rebecca99US #183
#68Alma97US #94
#69Sadie95US #194
#70Florence92US #24
#71Rose92US #26
#72Sallie92
#73Essie91
#74Vera91US #86
#75Alberta87US #140
#76Gertrude87US #70
#77Inez86US #139
#78Josephine85US #36
#79Myrtle82US #95
#80Vivian82US #76
#81Christine81US #123
#82Lucile81
#83Nancy81US #60
#84Lizzie80
#85Marjorie78US #21
#86Susie78US #172
#87Laura75US #75
#88Cora74US #150
#89Jannie72
#90Kathleen72US #81
#91Eula69US #182
#92Carolyn68US #127
#93Ellen66US #101
#94Agnes65US #69
#95Georgia65US #112
#96Eunice64US #130
#97Eloise63US #180
#98Dora61US #136
#99Mabel59US #118
#100Henrietta57US #193

Boys

#1James1,835US #4
#2William1,129US #3
#3John1,031US #2
#4Robert752US #1
#5Willie653US #27
#6George497US #6
#7Charles420US #5
#8Thomas399US #11
#9Henry360US #18
#10Joseph332US #7
#11Edward259US #9
#12David255US #22
#13Frank214US #12
#14Samuel211US #46
#15Leroy198US #52
#16Walter190US #16
#17Richard189US #8
#18Harold182US #14
#19Joe180US #34
#20Clarence167US #30
#21Eugene167US #24
#22Jack167US #17
#23Paul164US #13
#24Arthur163US #20
#25Ernest161US #37
#26Albert160US #21
#27Charlie160US #78
#28Fred149US #33
#29Marion139US #109
#30Harry124US #23
#31Johnnie123US #100
#32Ralph121US #25
#33Roy117US #32
#34Benjamin112US #93
#35Herbert110US #42
#36Raymond105US #15
#37Sam102US #91
#38Eddie101US #101
#39Carl94US #28
#40Louis89US #29
#41Howard88US #26
#42Lawrence88US #36
#43Calvin87US #47
#44Nathaniel87US #178
#45Earl84US #31
#46Clyde80US #68
#47Daniel79US #44
#48Leon79US #76
#49Lee77US #82
#50Lewis77US #79
#51Luther77US #132
#52Jesse76US #85
#53Francis69US #35
#54Isaac69
#55Marvin68US #51
#56Melvin67US #50
#57Andrew66US #56
#58Cecil66US #87
#59Jessie63US #123
#60Julius62US #149
#61Allen59US #94
#62Horace59US #145
#63Ray59US #64
#64Curtis56US #118
#65Herman56US #69
#66Claude54US #102
#67Floyd53US #58
#68Ben52US #153
#69Otis52US #159
#70Earnest51US #148
#71Johnny51US #142
#72Elijah50
#73Rufus50
#74Bennie48US #169
#75Billy47US #49
#76Junior47US #115
#77Jimmie46US #121
#78Moses46
#79Theodore43US #63
#80Wallace43US #92
#81Jerry42US #107
#82Norman41US #41
#83Roosevelt41
#84Freddie40
#85Hubert40US #124
#86Lonnie40US #200
#87Abraham39
#88Alfred39US #43
#89Clifton39US #171
#90Johnie39
#91Leonard39US #38
#92Donald38US #10
#93Mack38
#94Alvin37US #70
#95Edgar36US #96
#96Oscar36US #99
#97Tom36US #138
#98Grady35
#99Odell35
#100Philip34US #75

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑26Floyd#67
↑21Rose#71
↑20Edith#31
↑20Billy#75
↑16Francis#53
↑15Fannie#59
↑14Hazel#36
↑14Marjorie#85

Falling

↓32Laura#87
↓22Eloise#97
↓22Jessie#59
↓22Wallace#80
↓21Grace#66
↓21Alfred#88
↓19Andrew#57
↓15Eva#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.