State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1931 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,880 South Carolina births in 1931 across 754 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.

#42Nathaniel#199 nationally
#46Mamie#191 nationally
#56Janieoutside the national top 200
#60Maggieoutside the national top 200
#42Hattie#175 nationally
#47Daisy#178 nationally
#71Sadieoutside the national top 200
#71Sammieoutside the national top 200
#25Carrie#148 nationally
#79Sallieoutside the national top 200
#80Isaacoutside the national top 200
#83Susieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,365US #1
#2Betty823US #2
#3Dorothy603US #3
#4Annie405US #41
#5Margaret334US #7
#6Helen297US #6
#7Frances285US #18
#8Ruth284US #11
#9Sarah282US #71
#10Elizabeth265US #16
#11Doris262US #10
#12Mildred254US #26
#13Martha250US #28
#14Louise216US #33
#15Ruby210US #39
#16Barbara202US #4
#17Virginia194US #12
#18Willie194US #93
#19Thelma191US #53
#20Evelyn186US #24
#21Lillie176US #112
#22Rosa172US #138
#23Ethel163US #67
#24Gladys144US #55
#25Carrie137US #148
#26Minnie134US #129
#27Sara132US #135
#28Mattie129US #130
#29Alice123US #21
#30Nancy123US #17
#31Catherine122US #36
#32Jessie120US #122
#33Peggy118US #42
#34Edna117US #52
#35Ella110US #110
#36Emma110US #76
#37Clara108US #61
#38Lillian106US #47
#39Carolyn105US #60
#40Julia104US #91
#41Bessie103US #113
#42Hattie103US #175
#43Juanita103US #57
#44Lois103US #20
#45Anna102US #25
#46Mamie102US #191
#47Daisy100US #178
#48Ida100US #100
#49Bobbie95US #124
#50Edith95US #65
#51Bernice93US #63
#52Hazel93US #74
#53Margie92US #107
#54Marie91US #27
#55Geneva89US #136
#56Janie89
#57Lucille88US #62
#58Joyce87US #15
#59Lula85US #162
#60Maggie80
#61Josephine78US #51
#62Beatrice76US #85
#63Eva76US #94
#64Bertha75US #102
#65Nellie73US #119
#66Grace72US #70
#67Pauline72US #56
#68Patricia70US #8
#69Jean69US #13
#70Florence67US #43
#71Sadie67
#72Fannie66US #169
#73Rebecca64US #170
#74Alberta60US #146
#75Mae60US #141
#76Viola59US #127
#77Gloria58US #23
#78Katherine58US #92
#79Sallie58
#80Vera58US #111
#81Laura57US #89
#82Pearl57US #137
#83Susie57
#84Shirley56US #9
#85Ellen55US #99
#86Myrtle55US #134
#87Ernestine54US #193
#88Jannie53
#89Joan53US #5
#90Vivian53US #82
#91Irene52US #37
#92Christine51US #125
#93Gertrude51US #115
#94Lottie50
#95Rose50US #30
#96Essie49
#97Geraldine49US #38
#98Katie48
#99Alma47US #114
#100Miriam46

Boys

#1James1,510US #2
#2William912US #4
#3John831US #3
#4Robert688US #1
#5Willie548US #31
#6Charles508US #6
#7Thomas360US #10
#8George357US #8
#9Henry278US #22
#10David258US #13
#11Joseph239US #9
#12Bobby207US #32
#13Billy191US #19
#14Leroy189US #52
#15Edward180US #11
#16Jack178US #15
#17Frank177US #16
#18Harold176US #18
#19Joe173US #29
#20Samuel170US #56
#21Walter158US #20
#22Richard146US #5
#23Eugene135US #21
#24Clarence128US #39
#25Fred125US #33
#26Paul121US #12
#27Donald120US #7
#28Charlie117US #94
#29Ernest113US #47
#30Marion113US #133
#31Herbert107US #41
#32Ralph107US #25
#33Arthur104US #23
#34Albert103US #24
#35Harry99US #30
#36Roy90US #35
#37Johnnie89US #110
#38Eddie88US #95
#39Raymond88US #17
#40Carl82US #28
#41Marvin73US #45
#42Nathaniel73US #199
#43Earl72US #40
#44Benjamin71US #113
#45Clyde67US #77
#46Howard67US #34
#47Lawrence67US #38
#48Lewis67US #87
#49Leon66US #84
#50Louis66US #37
#51Ray65US #60
#52Jimmie64US #81
#53Johnny61US #105
#54Melvin61US #51
#55Jessie59US #135
#56Curtis58US #108
#57Jesse58US #97
#58Lee58US #90
#59Sam57US #118
#60Jerry56US #43
#61Earnest54US #162
#62Theodore54US #70
#63Ben53US #163
#64Bennie53US #169
#65Calvin53US #119
#66Kenneth53US #14
#67Daniel52US #44
#68Herman51US #83
#69Allen49US #79
#70Andrew49US #65
#71Sammie48
#72Cecil47US #102
#73Horace47US #160
#74Luther45US #156
#75Freddie42US #171
#76Claude41US #134
#77Jimmy41US #89
#78Gerald39US #26
#79Hubert39US #137
#80Isaac39
#81Alvin38US #80
#82Junior38US #150
#83Rufus38
#84Abraham37
#85Wallace37US #114
#86Alfred36US #50
#87Otis36US #181
#88Douglas35US #85
#89Oscar35US #129
#90Grady34
#91Moses33
#92Odell33
#93Floyd32US #66
#94Francis31US #42
#95Julius31US #185
#96Norman31US #36
#97Archie30US #177
#98Elijah30
#99Lonnie30US #183
#100Mack30

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑44Peggy#33
↑38Jerry#60
↑32Patricia#68
↑26Ben#63
↑22Maggie#60
↑21Lawrence#47
↑20Nancy#30
↑20Marvin#41

Falling

↓38Alma#99
↓35Francis#94
↓30Julius#95
↓29Mack#100
↓28Luther#74
↓22Hazel#52
↓21Laura#81
↓21Floyd#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.