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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1930 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,525 South Carolina births in 1930 across 779 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.

#41Mamie#187 nationally
#43Nathaniel#185 nationally
#62Isaacoutside the national top 200
#64Janieoutside the national top 200
#45Daisy#181 nationally
#71Susieoutside the national top 200
#71Mackoutside the national top 200
#34Hattie#160 nationally
#75Sammieoutside the national top 200
#77Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#25Carrie#145 nationally
#81Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,452US #1
#2Betty745US #2
#3Dorothy553US #3
#4Annie463US #40
#5Margaret421US #5
#6Frances359US #16
#7Elizabeth322US #15
#8Doris290US #9
#9Helen284US #4
#10Sarah282US #70
#11Mildred279US #21
#12Martha273US #27
#13Louise271US #31
#14Ruth267US #10
#15Lillie229US #111
#16Willie229US #87
#17Ruby218US #36
#18Virginia209US #12
#19Rosa208US #129
#20Evelyn205US #19
#21Thelma188US #45
#22Edna161US #51
#23Gladys161US #48
#24Jessie159US #114
#25Carrie155US #145
#26Ethel150US #65
#27Sara145US #134
#28Julia139US #90
#29Catherine133US #35
#30Hazel128US #71
#31Barbara127US #6
#32Mattie124US #128
#33Ella123US #107
#34Hattie122US #160
#35Bessie121US #108
#36Alice120US #20
#37Minnie120US #122
#38Bernice118US #58
#39Emma118US #73
#40Marie118US #26
#41Mamie112US #187
#42Clara110US #64
#43Ida109US #94
#44Lucille105US #59
#45Daisy104US #181
#46Lula104US #157
#47Anna103US #23
#48Lois97US #17
#49Lillian96US #44
#50Nancy93US #24
#51Bertha90US #95
#52Juanita89US #57
#53Carolyn88US #72
#54Edith87US #61
#55Eva87US #86
#56Beatrice85US #76
#57Geneva85US #133
#58Rebecca83US #176
#59Josephine81US #49
#60Laura81US #89
#61Alma80US #109
#62Joyce80US #18
#63Bobbie78US #135
#64Janie78
#65Nellie76US #113
#66Katherine74US #85
#67Pauline74US #52
#68Fannie73US #166
#69Grace72US #62
#70Margie72US #112
#71Susie72
#72Christine71US #124
#73Jean71US #14
#74Myrtle71US #123
#75Rose70US #29
#76Florence69US #38
#77Peggy67US #67
#78Alberta66US #146
#79Mae66US #137
#80Pearl66US #121
#81Sadie66
#82Maggie65
#83Vivian64US #91
#84Jannie63
#85Gertrude61US #96
#86Irene61US #33
#87Viola59US #116
#88Agnes58US #102
#89Inez58US #171
#90Eunice57US #148
#91Lizzie57
#92Anne55US #83
#93Kathleen54US #84
#94Lucile54
#95Ann52US #41
#96Cora52US #161
#97Sallie52
#98Wilma51US #68
#99Georgia50US #117
#100Patricia50US #7

Boys

#1James1,609US #2
#2John936US #3
#3William898US #4
#4Robert723US #1
#5Willie536US #29
#6Charles507US #6
#7George412US #8
#8Thomas351US #11
#9Henry313US #22
#10Joseph285US #9
#11David255US #15
#12Edward223US #10
#13Richard207US #5
#14Frank204US #13
#15Jack197US #14
#16Leroy186US #53
#17Harold185US #18
#18Joe184US #27
#19Walter184US #19
#20Bobby164US #41
#21Paul156US #12
#22Herbert153US #35
#23Samuel152US #55
#24Albert146US #24
#25Clarence145US #39
#26Fred144US #32
#27Billy142US #20
#28Arthur140US #23
#29Ernest134US #43
#30Eugene133US #21
#31Marion125US #126
#32Charlie121US #91
#33Ralph121US #25
#34Harry111US #28
#35Roy102US #33
#36Donald94US #7
#37Johnnie94US #104
#38Clyde91US #76
#39Earl87US #38
#40Raymond85US #16
#41Carl81US #26
#42Melvin81US #50
#43Nathaniel77US #185
#44Leon76US #81
#45Benjamin75US #115
#46Luther73US #148
#47Sam72US #110
#48Daniel70US #47
#49Johnny69US #101
#50Jessie68US #133
#51Louis67US #34
#52Howard66US #31
#53Eddie65US #97
#54Herman65US #78
#55Lewis65US #87
#56Jesse64US #94
#57Andrew62US #62
#58Cecil62US #99
#59Francis62US #42
#60Jimmie62US #86
#61Marvin60US #48
#62Isaac58
#63Lee58US #82
#64Ray57US #57
#65Julius56US #176
#66Allen55US #85
#67Earnest55US #153
#68Lawrence54US #36
#69Curtis53US #106
#70Kenneth53US #17
#71Mack52
#72Floyd49US #61
#73Theodore49US #67
#74Otis48US #172
#75Sammie48
#76Bennie44US #162
#77Roosevelt44
#78Calvin43US #111
#79Junior43US #135
#80Alvin42US #79
#81Norman41US #40
#82Alfred40US #46
#83Freddie40US #171
#84Wallace40US #112
#85Moses39
#86Claude38US #122
#87Lonnie38US #193
#88Oscar38US #124
#89Ben37US #154
#90Elijah37
#91Horace37US #158
#92Bill36US #59
#93Douglas35US #89
#94Leonard35US #45
#95Vernon34US #72
#96Edwin33US #66
#97Hubert33US #137
#98Jerry33US #51
#99Rufus33
#100Wade33

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑29Katherine#66
↑25Bobbie#63
↑24Christine#72
↑23Francis#59
↑23Mack#71
↑20Bobby#20
↑20Leon#44
↑20Sammie#75

Falling

↓30Horace#91
↓27Hubert#97
↓26Maggie#82
↓26Rufus#99
↓23Junior#79
↓21Ben#89
↓20Sallie#97
↓19Pearl#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.