State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1926 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,268 South Carolina births in 1926 across 819 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
#34Nathaniel#176 nationally
#47Maggie#189 nationally
#48Rebecca#185 nationally
#64Isaacoutside the national top 200
#63Sadie#194 nationally
#71Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#72Jannieoutside the national top 200
#74Sallieoutside the national top 200
#74Elijahoutside the national top 200
#77Lucileoutside the national top 200
#81Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,628US #1
#2Dorothy579US #2
#3Annie564US #34
#4Margaret491US #5
#5Elizabeth399US #11
#6Frances391US #10
#7Ruth377US #6
#8Helen368US #4
#9Mildred333US #9
#10Sarah333US #63
#11Louise298US #27
#12Ruby277US #30
#13Martha276US #24
#14Doris273US #7
#15Betty267US #3
#16Willie265US #73
#17Lillie261US #99
#18Virginia255US #8
#19Ethel235US #41
#20Rosa220US #125
#21Evelyn205US #13
#22Thelma204US #36
#23Gladys202US #35
#24Carrie199US #138
#25Alice190US #17
#26Edna188US #38
#27Catherine170US #31
#28Jessie166US #93
#29Mattie163US #109
#30Sara160US #131
#31Bernice159US #45
#32Emma154US #59
#33Bessie151US #89
#34Hattie148US #151
#35Marie148US #18
#36Lois143US #19
#37Hazel142US #48
#38Minnie139US #111
#39Lucille137US #43
#40Lillian134US #28
#41Julia131US #75
#42Bertha126US #76
#43Edith126US #42
#44Geneva125US #117
#45Anna124US #15
#46Beatrice119US #58
#47Maggie118US #189
#48Rebecca117US #185
#49Ella115US #98
#50Ida114US #82
#51Janie114
#52Lula114US #154
#53Daisy107US #171
#54Inez107US #149
#55Grace106US #46
#56Juanita102US #52
#57Mamie102US #167
#58Eva101US #79
#59Myrtle98US #101
#60Clara97US #61
#61Pauline96US #39
#62Viola95US #97
#63Sadie92US #194
#64Alma89US #91
#65Fannie88US #153
#66Nancy87US #57
#67Irene86US #21
#68Josephine86US #37
#69Laura84US #81
#70Carolyn83US #114
#71Lizzie83
#72Jannie79
#73Mae79US #118
#74Sallie79
#75Gertrude78US #71
#76Margie78US #103
#77Lucile77
#78Nellie77US #102
#79Pearl77US #96
#80Katherine76US #72
#81Vera76US #84
#82Eunice75US #134
#83Essie74
#84Florence74US #26
#85Rose74US #25
#86Jean71US #12
#87Susie71US #184
#88Ellen69US #100
#89Eloise68US #175
#90Vivian68US #80
#91Kathleen66US #83
#92Georgia64US #116
#93Alberta60US #143
#94Esther60US #62
#95Rachel60US #165
#96Miriam59US #155
#97Mable58US #164
#98Wilma58US #67
#99Christine57US #120
#100Lottie57

Boys

#1James1,843US #3
#2John1,048US #2
#3William1,018US #4
#4Robert703US #1
#5Willie564US #28
#6Charles445US #5
#7George425US #6
#8Thomas379US #11
#9Joseph330US #8
#10Henry309US #19
#11Edward245US #10
#12David235US #22
#13Frank227US #12
#14Walter219US #17
#15Leroy192US #51
#16Richard183US #7
#17Harold179US #14
#18Jack179US #16
#19Joe175US #33
#20Samuel174US #48
#21Fred171US #31
#22Clarence170US #29
#23Ernest162US #37
#24Paul154US #13
#25Arthur152US #20
#26Charlie144US #81
#27Eugene141US #23
#28Marion135US #113
#29Albert126US #21
#30Harry121US #25
#31Roy121US #34
#32Ralph104US #24
#33Johnnie96US #104
#34Nathaniel96US #176
#35Raymond95US #15
#36Louis92US #30
#37Luther92US #135
#38Clyde87US #67
#39Herbert87US #44
#40Carl83US #26
#41Jessie82US #124
#42Lewis82US #82
#43Benjamin81US #98
#44Sam80US #92
#45Earl75US #32
#46Eddie75US #108
#47Jesse75US #87
#48Floyd71US #53
#49Marvin68US #50
#50Calvin67US #65
#51Herman66US #69
#52Howard66US #27
#53Billy64US #40
#54Lee64US #85
#55Leon63US #73
#56Claude62US #106
#57Andrew60US #59
#58Ben60US #155
#59Bennie60US #169
#60Oscar60US #105
#61Francis59US #35
#62Curtis58US #112
#63Daniel57US #46
#64Isaac57
#65Melvin56US #47
#66Lawrence55US #36
#67Alfred53US #45
#68Horace53US #149
#69Julius53US #153
#70Allen50US #93
#71Ray50US #57
#72Otis49US #168
#73Cecil47US #86
#74Elijah46
#75Earnest44US #147
#76Johnny44US #136
#77Junior44US #117
#78Theodore44US #63
#79Alvin43US #72
#80Hubert43US #131
#81Roosevelt43
#82Rufus43
#83Donald42US #9
#84Harvey41US #90
#85Kenneth41US #18
#86Sammie41
#87Freddie40US #198
#88Woodrow40
#89Jimmie39US #115
#90Vernon39US #66
#91Wallace38US #95
#92Johnie37
#93Moses37
#94Wilbur37US #122
#95Alexander36US #146
#96Homer36US #123
#97Leonard36US #38
#98Oliver35US #150
#99Cleveland34
#100Hugh34US #128

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑36Oscar#60
↑23Inez#54
↑22Carolyn#70
↑22Billy#53
↑21Alfred#67
↑20Myrtle#59
↑19Rebecca#48
↑19Floyd#48

Falling

↓26Nellie#78
↓24Lawrence#66
↓23Margie#76
↓18Katherine#80
↓18Alberta#93
↓18Christine#99
↓16Pearl#79
↓16Daniel#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.