State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1928 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,424 South Carolina births in 1928 across 814 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.

#44Janieoutside the national top 200
#45Maggie#198 nationally
#57Nathaniel#194 nationally
#28Hattie#159 nationally
#47Mamie#178 nationally
#72Rufusoutside the national top 200
#74Sadieoutside the national top 200
#74Isaacoutside the national top 200
#77Essieoutside the national top 200
#61Rebecca#183 nationally
#80Katieoutside the national top 200
#50Daisy#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,539US #1
#2Dorothy605US #3
#3Annie502US #37
#4Betty469US #2
#5Margaret420US #5
#6Helen377US #4
#7Frances356US #13
#8Ruth351US #6
#9Elizabeth328US #14
#10Mildred314US #15
#11Sarah310US #64
#12Louise280US #31
#13Doris277US #7
#14Ruby269US #34
#15Willie252US #74
#16Lillie250US #104
#17Virginia250US #9
#18Martha246US #22
#19Rosa220US #125
#20Thelma216US #40
#21Ethel210US #55
#22Carrie204US #140
#23Evelyn203US #17
#24Edna158US #45
#25Gladys158US #41
#26Minnie154US #118
#27Emma152US #67
#28Hattie151US #159
#29Sara151US #129
#30Alice150US #19
#31Mattie146US #121
#32Catherine144US #33
#33Marie142US #21
#34Bessie141US #101
#35Bernice138US #53
#36Julia136US #80
#37Jessie135US #109
#38Lucille133US #51
#39Ella126US #100
#40Lillian123US #35
#41Hazel122US #59
#42Anna121US #16
#43Lois121US #18
#44Janie115
#45Maggie113US #198
#46Lula112US #158
#47Mamie112US #178
#48Ida109US #87
#49Beatrice107US #70
#50Daisy107US #169
#51Clara105US #65
#52Edith101US #56
#53Margie100US #108
#54Josephine99US #42
#55Grace98US #52
#56Mae98US #130
#57Bertha97US #81
#58Geneva97US #124
#59Barbara94US #8
#60Nancy91US #43
#61Rebecca90US #183
#62Carolyn89US #91
#63Juanita89US #58
#64Nellie85US #111
#65Laura84US #83
#66Alma83US #107
#67Eva81US #79
#68Pauline81US #48
#69Myrtle80US #116
#70Vivian80US #78
#71Katherine79US #75
#72Viola77US #103
#73Christine76US #120
#74Sadie74
#75Rose73US #24
#76Vera73US #92
#77Essie70
#78Irene70US #28
#79Jean69US #12
#80Katie68
#81Pearl67US #110
#82Miriam66US #168
#83Gertrude65US #86
#84Jannie65
#85Ellen62US #98
#86Eunice62US #138
#87Fannie62US #161
#88Inez62US #160
#89Florence60US #32
#90Marion60US #47
#91Eloise59US #190
#92Georgia59US #115
#93Lucile58
#94Esther57US #66
#95Lizzie57
#96Lottie57
#97Agnes55US #85
#98Kathleen55US #82
#99Sallie55
#100Alberta54US #151

Boys

#1James1,739US #3
#2John964US #2
#3William955US #4
#4Robert680US #1
#5Willie556US #29
#6Charles513US #5
#7Thomas434US #11
#8George432US #8
#9Henry314US #21
#10David279US #19
#11Joseph279US #9
#12Edward246US #10
#13Joe216US #30
#14Frank214US #12
#15Leroy209US #51
#16Walter196US #18
#17Jack194US #15
#18Harold189US #14
#19Herbert177US #25
#20Paul172US #13
#21Richard167US #6
#22Albert161US #23
#23Fred160US #36
#24Samuel154US #52
#25Charlie151US #80
#26Clarence150US #35
#27Ernest149US #43
#28Eugene140US #20
#29Arthur137US #22
#30Marion131US #118
#31Johnnie121US #103
#32Harry120US #26
#33Billy104US #27
#34Ralph103US #24
#35Roy103US #34
#36Benjamin102US #106
#37Raymond94US #16
#38Sam94US #109
#39Eddie89US #105
#40Louis88US #32
#41Clyde86US #74
#42Carl82US #28
#43Howard80US #31
#44Jesse78US #91
#45Jessie78US #124
#46Earl77US #37
#47Marvin72US #46
#48Melvin72US #48
#49Luther70US #145
#50Horace67US #147
#51Leon67US #81
#52Calvin66US #94
#53Daniel65US #47
#54Herman65US #78
#55Alfred64US #33
#56Lewis64US #86
#57Nathaniel64US #194
#58Floyd62US #54
#59Lawrence62US #38
#60Bobby61US #65
#61Curtis60US #101
#62Junior59US #120
#63Andrew58US #60
#64Cecil58US #97
#65Claude58US #116
#66Jimmie58US #100
#67Otis58US #165
#68Ray57US #57
#69Lee56US #87
#70Ben55US #156
#71Donald55US #7
#72Rufus54
#73Allen52US #93
#74Isaac52
#75Earnest50US #153
#76Francis48US #40
#77Theodore48US #66
#78Alvin47US #72
#79Johnny47US #117
#80Julius46US #168
#81Lonnie46US #197
#82Jacob45US #196
#83Freddie44US #191
#84Kenneth42US #17
#85Moses42
#86Wade42
#87Wallace41US #104
#88Grady40
#89Elijah38
#90Hugh38US #129
#91Bennie37US #174
#92Douglas37US #102
#93Harvey37US #90
#94Jerry37US #79
#95Vernon37US #70
#96Bill36US #64
#97Oscar36US #122
#98Sammie36
#99Mack35
#100Norman35US #39

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑36Alfred#55
↑32Bobby#60
↑20Theodore#77
↑19Vivian#70
↑19Herbert#19
↑18Floyd#58
↑17Josephine#54
↑16Curtis#61

Falling

↓26Sallie#99
↓23Fannie#87
↓21Rebecca#61
↓21Isaac#74
↓16Geneva#58
↓16Kathleen#98
↓15Rose#75
↓15Lee#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.