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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1932 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,764 South Carolina births in 1932 across 821 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.

#47Janieoutside the national top 200
#38Hattie#178 nationally
#53Mamie#188 nationally
#66Maggieoutside the national top 200
#41Roosevelt#171 nationally
#48Nathaniel#176 nationally
#73Isaacoutside the national top 200
#23Carrie#145 nationally
#80Jannieoutside the national top 200
#58Daisy#176 nationally
#83Sadieoutside the national top 200
#87Essieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,563US #1
#2Betty886US #2
#3Dorothy635US #4
#4Annie486US #41
#5Margaret421US #7
#6Frances338US #19
#7Helen317US #8
#8Elizabeth306US #17
#9Barbara295US #3
#10Doris285US #10
#11Sarah274US #67
#12Ruth263US #11
#13Louise259US #36
#14Martha259US #27
#15Mildred255US #26
#16Ruby222US #38
#17Willie206US #91
#18Evelyn205US #23
#19Lillie205US #111
#20Thelma194US #51
#21Rosa189US #131
#22Virginia184US #14
#23Carrie175US #145
#24Gladys172US #54
#25Ethel171US #66
#26Ella149US #108
#27Mattie146US #125
#28Peggy145US #40
#29Catherine144US #39
#30Alice143US #21
#31Sara141US #130
#32Edna128US #50
#33Bernice122US #71
#34Carolyn122US #46
#35Emma122US #76
#36Minnie121US #129
#37Jessie120US #126
#38Hattie118US #178
#39Julia117US #92
#40Nancy113US #13
#41Marie111US #31
#42Hazel110US #75
#43Joyce110US #12
#44Bobbie108US #113
#45Lula108US #157
#46Bessie107US #117
#47Janie107
#48Ida106US #105
#49Rebecca105US #162
#50Lillian104US #48
#51Margie102US #102
#52Clara98US #70
#53Mamie95US #188
#54Bertha94US #101
#55Edith94US #69
#56Juanita92US #58
#57Lucille90US #63
#58Daisy88US #176
#59Jean88US #15
#60Lois86US #20
#61Geneva85US #137
#62Beatrice84US #87
#63Laura84US #88
#64Nellie84US #123
#65Eva83US #98
#66Maggie82
#67Anna81US #24
#68Rose80US #33
#69Josephine79US #57
#70Grace78US #72
#71Gloria77US #25
#72Patricia77US #6
#73Ann76US #34
#74Joan76US #5
#75Pauline75US #59
#76Shirley75US #9
#77Alma74US #119
#78Fannie73US #164
#79Vivian73US #90
#80Jannie71
#81Mae70US #141
#82Irene68US #43
#83Sadie66
#84Viola64US #136
#85Christine63US #127
#86Alberta62US #154
#87Essie62
#88Rachel60US #156
#89Eloise58
#90Georgia58US #118
#91Myrtle58US #135
#92Sallie58
#93Eunice57US #146
#94Katherine57US #95
#95Miriam57
#96Pearl55US #138
#97Eula53
#98Wilma53US #65
#99Dora52US #143
#100Lizzie52

Boys

#1James1,727US #2
#2William932US #4
#3John930US #3
#4Robert802US #1
#5Charles577US #6
#6Willie575US #31
#7George416US #8
#8Thomas405US #10
#9Henry301US #23
#10David295US #12
#11Joseph294US #9
#12Bobby272US #30
#13Edward250US #11
#14Richard222US #5
#15Billy212US #20
#16Leroy210US #53
#17Frank209US #15
#18Samuel186US #56
#19Walter185US #21
#20Harold181US #18
#21Jack180US #17
#22Joe169US #29
#23Paul145US #13
#24Donald139US #7
#25Arthur137US #25
#26Charlie133US #90
#27Eugene133US #22
#28Clarence130US #40
#29Albert126US #26
#30Herbert123US #44
#31Marion123US #132
#32Fred118US #33
#33Ernest117US #47
#34Harry107US #32
#35Carl100US #28
#36Roy99US #38
#37Franklin98US #66
#38Ralph97US #27
#39Johnnie94US #113
#40Raymond93US #19
#41Roosevelt91US #171
#42Johnny88US #96
#43Lewis87US #92
#44Benjamin84US #115
#45Clyde83US #82
#46Eddie83US #91
#47Melvin83US #51
#48Nathaniel82US #176
#49Howard79US #36
#50Kenneth78US #14
#51Louis77US #39
#52Daniel74US #42
#53Earl73US #41
#54Marvin73US #46
#55Jimmie71US #75
#56Jerry70US #34
#57Ray70US #59
#58Herman69US #89
#59Lee69US #86
#60Curtis67US #103
#61Leon67US #83
#62Andrew66US #69
#63Jessie66US #137
#64Sam66US #120
#65Luther63US #157
#66Allen62US #80
#67Theodore61US #67
#68Junior60US #145
#69Jesse58US #99
#70Ben55US #156
#71Bennie55US #167
#72Calvin53US #119
#73Isaac53
#74Floyd52US #68
#75Gerald51US #24
#76Julius51US #187
#77Alvin50US #87
#78Lawrence50US #35
#79Jimmy49US #76
#80Wallace48US #117
#81Cecil47US #108
#82Tommy47US #109
#83Alfred46US #49
#84Claude46US #126
#85Otis45US #174
#86Freddie44US #166
#87Rufus44
#88Moses43
#89Norman43US #37
#90Larry42US #65
#91Archie41US #186
#92Grady41
#93Abraham40
#94Earnest40US #169
#95Horace39US #168
#96Matthew39US #188
#97Sammie38
#98Francis37US #43
#99Leonard37US #48
#100Elijah35

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑27Rose#68
↑24Rebecca#49
↑22Alma#77
↑19Floyd#74
↑19Julius#76
↑18Bernice#33
↑18Laura#63
↑16Kenneth#50

Falling

↓33Earnest#94
↓31Lawrence#78
↓26Sammie#97
↓22Anna#67
↓22Horace#95
↓16Lois#60
↓16Katherine#94
↓15Clara#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.