State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1933 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,114 South Carolina births in 1933 across 781 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.

#46Mamieoutside the national top 200
#49Janieoutside the national top 200
#63Maggieoutside the national top 200
#44Nathaniel#178 nationally
#35Hattie#167 nationally
#74Isaacoutside the national top 200
#24Carrie#150 nationally
#75Sadieoutside the national top 200
#72Daisy#197 nationally
#78Essieoutside the national top 200
#79Jannieoutside the national top 200
#86Susieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,467US #1
#2Betty899US #2
#3Dorothy593US #4
#4Annie467US #37
#5Barbara376US #3
#6Margaret356US #7
#7Frances320US #18
#8Elizabeth281US #17
#9Doris278US #10
#10Sarah274US #58
#11Martha253US #27
#12Louise247US #39
#13Helen245US #8
#14Mildred237US #32
#15Ruth236US #13
#16Ruby222US #43
#17Virginia205US #15
#18Rosa201US #132
#19Evelyn199US #30
#20Willie192US #93
#21Lillie188US #111
#22Thelma169US #57
#23Peggy156US #36
#24Carrie154US #150
#25Mattie149US #130
#26Emma145US #75
#27Nancy145US #11
#28Sara144US #123
#29Ethel143US #71
#30Alice138US #22
#31Carolyn137US #40
#32Joyce137US #12
#33Catherine136US #44
#34Gladys133US #60
#35Hattie130US #167
#36Patricia129US #6
#37Julia127US #97
#38Bernice123US #83
#39Bobbie119US #114
#40Ella119US #113
#41Jessie117US #127
#42Bertha113US #106
#43Edna109US #55
#44Joan105US #5
#45Minnie105US #135
#46Mamie102
#47Bessie100US #117
#48Clara100US #67
#49Janie98
#50Shirley97US #9
#51Ida96US #109
#52Anna95US #29
#53Edith93US #80
#54Margie93US #95
#55Lois91US #19
#56Lillian89US #51
#57Lucille89US #78
#58Eva88US #101
#59Beatrice85US #94
#60Rebecca84US #169
#61Laura82US #91
#62Ann81US #34
#63Maggie81
#64Marie80US #33
#65Geneva77US #141
#66Jean77US #14
#67Rose77US #35
#68Hazel76US #82
#69Lula76US #166
#70Mae75US #148
#71Nellie75US #120
#72Daisy74US #197
#73Vivian73US #98
#74Fannie71US #174
#75Sadie69
#76Geraldine67US #42
#77Juanita67US #63
#78Essie66
#79Jannie66
#80Grace65US #69
#81Katherine65US #100
#82Eleanor64US #38
#83Georgia64US #126
#84Inez64US #194
#85Josephine63US #62
#86Susie62
#87Christine58US #128
#88Pauline58US #64
#89Viola58US #138
#90Alma57US #124
#91Patsy57US #65
#92Pearl57US #143
#93Eloise56
#94Emily55US #171
#95Gloria55US #31
#96Ellen54US #104
#97Norma54US #23
#98Sallie54
#99Miriam52US #186
#100Myrtle52US #142

Boys

#1James1,653US #2
#2William897US #4
#3John874US #3
#4Robert730US #1
#5Willie595US #32
#6Charles551US #6
#7George340US #8
#8Thomas338US #10
#9Henry283US #24
#10Bobby278US #26
#11David262US #13
#12Joseph235US #9
#13Franklin204US #33
#14Joe203US #27
#15Edward202US #11
#16Harold201US #18
#17Richard201US #5
#18Billy200US #20
#19Frank197US #16
#20Leroy184US #56
#21Samuel175US #61
#22Walter166US #21
#23Roosevelt152US #132
#24Jack146US #17
#25Fred144US #34
#26Paul139US #14
#27Arthur135US #25
#28Charlie135US #95
#29Marion127US #133
#30Donald126US #7
#31Albert122US #30
#32Ernest121US #50
#33Clarence111US #43
#34Harry107US #35
#35Herbert107US #49
#36Johnnie107US #115
#37Kenneth106US #15
#38Eugene104US #23
#39Benjamin97US #118
#40Roy97US #39
#41Jimmie95US #72
#42Lewis92US #92
#43Clyde86US #87
#44Nathaniel86US #178
#45Howard85US #36
#46Ralph85US #29
#47Carl82US #28
#48Jerry82US #31
#49Raymond82US #19
#50Earl77US #41
#51Eddie76US #93
#52Lee72US #79
#53Jimmy71US #64
#54Johnny71US #90
#55Curtis68US #107
#56Ray68US #62
#57Daniel65US #42
#58Marvin65US #44
#59Lawrence63US #38
#60Luther63US #162
#61Calvin61US #112
#62Sam61US #121
#63Jessie59US #143
#64Louis59US #40
#65Jesse57US #100
#66Allen55US #84
#67Melvin55US #51
#68Theodore55US #68
#69Junior54US #168
#70Larry54US #58
#71Andrew51US #76
#72Herman51US #96
#73Floyd49US #69
#74Isaac49
#75Claude48US #131
#76Leon48US #85
#77Alvin47US #88
#78Earnest47US #166
#79Horace46US #165
#80Bennie45US #169
#81Francis43US #45
#82Tommy43US #109
#83Freddie42US #156
#84Gene42US #66
#85Harvey41US #97
#86Julius41
#87Moses41
#88Wallace41US #120
#89Cecil40US #111
#90Gerald40US #22
#91Oscar40US #142
#92Furman39
#93Rufus39
#94Norman38US #37
#95Matthew37
#96Leonard36US #47
#97Otis36US #175
#98Douglas35US #81
#99Mack35
#100Alfred34US #57

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑36Patricia#36
↑30Joan#44
↑26Shirley#50
↑26Jimmy#53
↑24Franklin#13
↑20Larry#70
↑19Lawrence#59
↑18Roosevelt#23

Falling

↓26Hazel#68
↓24Lula#69
↓24Gloria#95
↓23Marie#64
↓21Juanita#77
↓20Melvin#67
↓17Alfred#100
↓16Josephine#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.