State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1927 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,269 South Carolina births in 1927 across 817 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.

#49Janieoutside the national top 200
#53Isaacoutside the national top 200
#47Maggie#188 nationally
#64Rufusoutside the national top 200
#70Sadieoutside the national top 200
#40Rebecca#170 nationally
#57Nathaniel#187 nationally
#35Mamie#164 nationally
#73Sallieoutside the national top 200
#76Jannieoutside the national top 200
#81Mosesoutside the national top 200
#37Hattie#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,639US #1
#2Dorothy668US #2
#3Annie532US #36
#4Margaret462US #5
#5Betty393US #3
#6Helen381US #4
#7Ruth378US #6
#8Elizabeth374US #13
#9Frances368US #12
#10Sarah348US #61
#11Mildred331US #11
#12Louise309US #27
#13Ruby268US #30
#14Willie263US #71
#15Martha262US #24
#16Virginia250US #8
#17Thelma234US #38
#18Doris232US #7
#19Ethel231US #47
#20Rosa224US #124
#21Evelyn221US #15
#22Lillie208US #94
#23Carrie186US #139
#24Mattie181US #113
#25Gladys179US #37
#26Bessie165US #88
#27Edna165US #40
#28Sara164US #129
#29Alice160US #17
#30Ella150US #98
#31Jessie149US #95
#32Catherine148US #31
#33Bernice146US #49
#34Minnie145US #114
#35Mamie143US #164
#36Emma142US #64
#37Hattie141US #156
#38Julia141US #76
#39Edith133US #48
#40Rebecca133US #170
#41Lucille131US #45
#42Geneva129US #119
#43Lillian125US #32
#44Marie123US #20
#45Beatrice120US #67
#46Lula120US #150
#47Maggie120US #188
#48Hazel117US #53
#49Janie117
#50Anna116US #16
#51Lois114US #19
#52Clara105US #63
#53Grace104US #50
#54Ida104US #84
#55Mae102US #125
#56Nellie102US #105
#57Bertha99US #80
#58Alma95US #97
#59Pauline89US #42
#60Rose89US #23
#61Daisy88US #172
#62Juanita88US #55
#63Laura86US #82
#64Fannie85US #160
#65Margie85US #104
#66Nancy85US #56
#67Pearl85US #102
#68Eva84US #79
#69Carolyn82US #99
#70Sadie82
#71Josephine81US #39
#72Myrtle81US #110
#73Sallie80
#74Barbara78US #10
#75Inez78US #149
#76Jannie77
#77Vera75US #89
#78Viola75US #101
#79Florence74US #28
#80Katherine74US #73
#81Irene73US #21
#82Kathleen73US #83
#83Susie73US #184
#84Eunice71US #134
#85Jean71US #14
#86Lizzie70
#87Christine68US #117
#88Gertrude68US #78
#89Vivian68US #77
#90Alberta66US #142
#91Essie66
#92Ellen64US #93
#93Cora63US #158
#94Lottie61
#95Lucile60
#96Rachel60US #169
#97Beulah58US #145
#98Eloise56US #180
#99Lila56US #193
#100Marjorie53US #25

Boys

#1James1,693US #3
#2John1,053US #2
#3William982US #4
#4Robert654US #1
#5Willie615US #27
#6Charles489US #5
#7George450US #7
#8Thomas416US #11
#9Henry356US #19
#10Joseph274US #9
#11Edward266US #10
#12David258US #21
#13Samuel206US #49
#14Jack204US #16
#15Frank199US #12
#16Richard188US #6
#17Leroy182US #51
#18Harold179US #14
#19Walter169US #17
#20Fred166US #35
#21Joe161US #30
#22Clarence159US #32
#23Ernest151US #41
#24Arthur140US #22
#25Charlie138US #80
#26Eugene136US #20
#27Marion136US #117
#28Paul134US #13
#29Albert128US #23
#30Johnnie116US #105
#31Ralph113US #24
#32Harry111US #25
#33Roy108US #34
#34Carl106US #26
#35Benjamin103US #101
#36Raymond99US #15
#37Leon98US #78
#38Herbert94US #42
#39Sam93US #102
#40Clyde91US #68
#41Eddie91US #103
#42Billy89US #31
#43Daniel84US #46
#44Louis83US #29
#45Howard80US #28
#46Marvin79US #47
#47Luther78US #139
#48Earl77US #33
#49Andrew76US #56
#50Jessie75US #124
#51Lewis74US #82
#52Calvin71US #73
#53Isaac71
#54Lee71US #86
#55Lawrence69US #37
#56Jesse68US #89
#57Nathaniel67US #187
#58Melvin66US #48
#59Herman65US #70
#60Earnest63US #148
#61Horace61US #145
#62Junior59US #119
#63Allen58US #95
#64Rufus58
#65Claude57US #114
#66Ray57US #60
#67Cecil55US #92
#68Johnny54US #132
#69Donald53US #8
#70Ben52US #156
#71Jimmie52US #108
#72Alvin51US #66
#73Jacob50US #173
#74Wallace50US #96
#75Edgar48US #107
#76Floyd48US #53
#77Curtis47US #118
#78Francis46US #36
#79Jerry46US #93
#80Kenneth46US #18
#81Moses46
#82Otis46US #167
#83Leonard45US #40
#84Lonnie45US #199
#85Bennie44US #174
#86Freddie44US #198
#87Julius44US #166
#88Oscar43US #113
#89Elijah42
#90Hugh41US #131
#91Alfred40US #45
#92Bobby40US #91
#93Harvey39US #94
#94Hubert39US #128
#95Norman39US #39
#96Roosevelt37
#97Theodore37US #62
#98Vernon35US #71
#99Archie34US #175
#100Grady34

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑25Rose#60
↑22Mamie#35
↑22Nellie#56
↑20Daniel#43
↑19Ella#30
↑18Mae#55
↑18Leon#37
↑18Rufus#64

Falling

↓28Floyd#76
↓28Oscar#88
↓26Bennie#85
↓24Alfred#91
↓23Nathaniel#57
↓21Inez#75
↓19Theodore#97
↓18Lucile#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.