State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1929 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,398 South Carolina births in 1929 across 769 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.

#52Janieoutside the national top 200
#38Nathaniel#184 nationally
#56Maggieoutside the national top 200
#57Isaacoutside the national top 200
#37Mamie#176 nationally
#32Hattie#164 nationally
#54Daisy#182 nationally
#73Rufusoutside the national top 200
#55Rebecca#181 nationally
#23Carrie#148 nationally
#77Sallieoutside the national top 200
#78Mosesoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,417US #1
#2Dorothy631US #3
#3Betty582US #2
#4Annie488US #37
#5Margaret420US #5
#6Helen343US #4
#7Frances336US #16
#8Elizabeth324US #15
#9Doris313US #6
#10Louise301US #31
#11Mildred301US #18
#12Ruth285US #8
#13Sarah269US #68
#14Willie258US #76
#15Ruby229US #36
#16Martha222US #27
#17Virginia214US #11
#18Thelma209US #41
#19Evelyn197US #19
#20Lillie194US #103
#21Rosa188US #129
#22Gladys170US #44
#23Carrie162US #148
#24Edna162US #51
#25Ethel153US #56
#26Catherine151US #34
#27Bernice140US #55
#28Alice137US #21
#29Mattie137US #121
#30Jessie136US #110
#31Marie135US #22
#32Hattie132US #164
#33Sara130US #133
#34Emma127US #69
#35Lois121US #17
#36Barbara119US #7
#37Mamie118US #176
#38Minnie116US #124
#39Edith112US #59
#40Lucille112US #57
#41Anna110US #20
#42Bessie109US #107
#43Lillian109US #40
#44Julia108US #88
#45Bertha106US #93
#46Ella103US #102
#47Geneva101US #130
#48Hazel100US #64
#49Clara99US #65
#50Juanita95US #60
#51Beatrice94US #72
#52Janie94
#53Ida89US #96
#54Daisy88US #182
#55Rebecca87US #181
#56Maggie83
#57Grace81US #54
#58Nancy81US #32
#59Eva80US #83
#60Nellie79US #113
#61Pearl78US #114
#62Carolyn77US #77
#63Josephine77US #45
#64Lula77US #158
#65Myrtle77US #117
#66Margie76US #108
#67Pauline76US #50
#68Vivian75US #81
#69Laura73US #90
#70Alberta70US #143
#71Alma67US #106
#72Irene64US #29
#73Eunice62US #145
#74Ellen61US #97
#75Fannie61US #169
#76Florence61US #35
#77Sallie61
#78Mae60US #132
#79Joyce58US #23
#80Marjorie58US #30
#81Ann57US #46
#82Inez57US #165
#83Sadie57
#84Jannie56
#85Peggy56US #70
#86Beulah54US #161
#87Jean54US #12
#88Bobbie53US #146
#89Lizzie53
#90Eloise52US #194
#91Essie52
#92Gertrude52US #95
#93Vera52US #99
#94Emily51US #151
#95Katherine51US #84
#96Christine50US #123
#97Esther50US #71
#98Georgia49US #115
#99Katie49
#100Gloria48US #28

Boys

#1James1,572US #2
#2William962US #4
#3John912US #3
#4Robert724US #1
#5Willie541US #29
#6Charles496US #5
#7George400US #8
#8Thomas355US #11
#9Henry277US #21
#10Joseph274US #9
#11David233US #17
#12Edward224US #10
#13Harold213US #16
#14Walter192US #19
#15Frank181US #12
#16Joe180US #30
#17Herbert179US #25
#18Jack178US #14
#19Leroy173US #51
#20Richard162US #6
#21Clarence148US #37
#22Samuel144US #53
#23Marion133US #118
#24Ernest132US #43
#25Eugene132US #20
#26Harry128US #27
#27Albert125US #24
#28Charlie125US #87
#29Fred125US #34
#30Paul122US #13
#31Arthur119US #22
#32Billy113US #23
#33Johnnie107US #103
#34Ralph99US #26
#35Carl94US #28
#36Roy92US #35
#37Clyde87US #74
#38Nathaniel86US #184
#39Earl84US #36
#40Bobby82US #50
#41Raymond79US #15
#42Eddie77US #102
#43Howard76US #31
#44Benjamin75US #107
#45Louis75US #32
#46Johnny72US #113
#47Luther72US #145
#48Jesse70US #93
#49Jessie70US #129
#50Melvin69US #49
#51Sam69US #105
#52Daniel68US #47
#53Donald67US #7
#54Lewis67US #84
#55Marvin66US #46
#56Junior65US #120
#57Isaac64
#58Lee64US #85
#59Floyd58US #58
#60Jimmie58US #98
#61Horace56US #153
#62Lawrence56US #38
#63Calvin54US #109
#64Leon54US #81
#65Herman52US #75
#66Julius52US #170
#67Andrew51US #59
#68Ben51US #159
#69Earnest51US #155
#70Hubert50US #124
#71Claude49US #119
#72Curtis49US #99
#73Rufus49
#74Alfred48US #41
#75Ray48US #57
#76Cecil47US #101
#77Lonnie47US #190
#78Moses47
#79Otis47US #177
#80Freddie44US #172
#81Oscar44US #117
#82Francis42US #39
#83Bennie41US #158
#84Allen40US #86
#85Kenneth40US #18
#86Leonard40US #42
#87Theodore40US #65
#88Alvin37US #77
#89Norman37US #40
#90Edgar36US #116
#91Jerry36US #61
#92Roosevelt36
#93Elijah35
#94Mack35
#95Sammie34
#96Bill32US #63
#97Jacob32
#98Wilbur32US #131
#99Gerald31US #33
#100Odell31

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑33Johnny#46
↑30Alberta#70
↑23Barbara#36
↑22Sallie#77
↑20Pearl#61
↑20Bobby#40
↑19Nathaniel#38
↑18Donald#53

Falling

↓24Katherine#95
↓23Christine#96
↓22Mae#78
↓19Katie#99
↓19Alfred#74
↓18Lula#64
↓17Vera#93
↓15Jacob#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.