State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1934 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,115 South Carolina births in 1934 across 806 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.

#47Mamieoutside the national top 200
#50Olinoutside the national top 200
#51Janieoutside the national top 200
#58Maggieoutside the national top 200
#34Hattie#176 nationally
#27Carrie#158 nationally
#46Nathaniel#174 nationally
#73Sadieoutside the national top 200
#76Jannieoutside the national top 200
#26Roosevelt#149 nationally
#78Sammieoutside the national top 200
#79Rufusoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,526US #1
#2Betty961US #2
#3Dorothy559US #5
#4Annie460US #38
#5Barbara383US #3
#6Margaret380US #8
#7Frances338US #19
#8Elizabeth297US #18
#9Helen284US #9
#10Martha268US #27
#11Doris262US #11
#12Sarah260US #67
#13Ruth250US #13
#14Mildred249US #35
#15Ruby244US #39
#16Willie217US #102
#17Louise205US #40
#18Shirley201US #4
#19Evelyn193US #29
#20Virginia193US #15
#21Lillie191US #116
#22Carolyn179US #33
#23Rosa176US #136
#24Peggy170US #36
#25Thelma162US #65
#26Nancy160US #10
#27Carrie157US #158
#28Edna153US #55
#29Ethel145US #78
#30Alice142US #25
#31Gladys141US #66
#32Mattie141US #132
#33Patricia140US #6
#34Hattie139US #176
#35Emma138US #85
#36Joyce134US #12
#37Sara133US #125
#38Minnie131US #133
#39Catherine125US #42
#40Bernice124US #82
#41Joan122US #7
#42Jessie119US #129
#43Bessie113US #128
#44Bobbie112US #110
#45Clara112US #76
#46Juanita112US #64
#47Mamie111
#48Ida110US #118
#49Marie109US #34
#50Bertha108US #112
#51Janie105
#52Ella104US #113
#53Julia101US #105
#54Ann97US #32
#55Lillian94US #52
#56Margie91US #103
#57Rebecca91US #165
#58Maggie88
#59Lois87US #20
#60Anna86US #31
#61Hazel86US #87
#62Jean86US #16
#63Patsy86US #59
#64Geneva85US #139
#65Edith80US #81
#66Eva80US #100
#67Gloria80US #30
#68Mae80US #147
#69Lula79US #166
#70Daisy75US #187
#71Myrtle75US #141
#72Beatrice73US #99
#73Sadie73
#74Norma72US #24
#75Vivian71US #98
#76Jannie67
#77Fannie65US #185
#78Grace65US #79
#79Josephine65US #60
#80Lucille65US #84
#81Irene64US #49
#82Rose64US #37
#83Susie64
#84Christine63US #121
#85Jo63US #75
#86Nellie62US #126
#87Rachel59US #163
#88Laura58US #96
#89Essie57
#90Georgia57US #122
#91Pauline57US #71
#92Pearl55US #154
#93Sylvia53US #70
#94Eleanor52US #44
#95Emily52US #175
#96Alma51US #123
#97Ellen51US #95
#98Geraldine51US #43
#99Viola50US #142
#100Alberta49US #167

Boys

#1James1,645US #2
#2John924US #3
#3William903US #4
#4Robert737US #1
#5Willie607US #30
#6Charles604US #7
#7George427US #8
#8Thomas390US #9
#9Bobby344US #23
#10David314US #12
#11Joseph281US #10
#12Henry269US #27
#13Joe258US #26
#14Billy237US #20
#15Harold207US #18
#16Frank202US #16
#17Edward199US #13
#18Donald190US #6
#19Richard190US #5
#20Leroy189US #54
#21Jack186US #17
#22Paul183US #14
#23Franklin182US #46
#24Walter168US #21
#25Samuel165US #66
#26Roosevelt149US #149
#27Charlie138US #100
#28Ernest137US #51
#29Arthur131US #29
#30Clarence130US #45
#31Marion125US #139
#32Eugene123US #24
#33Albert113US #32
#34Harry110US #36
#35Fred109US #33
#36Jimmy108US #56
#37Herbert107US #57
#38Carl106US #28
#39Jimmie100US #68
#40Johnny100US #83
#41Kenneth100US #15
#42Ralph99US #31
#43Roy99US #35
#44Raymond98US #19
#45Johnnie97US #116
#46Nathaniel94US #174
#47Benjamin92US #117
#48Eddie84US #92
#49Jerry84US #25
#50Olin84
#51Clyde83US #84
#52Curtis81US #103
#53Lewis81US #94
#54Marvin80US #44
#55Daniel75US #42
#56Lawrence75US #34
#57Louis73US #40
#58Ray73US #63
#59Leon72US #87
#60Earl70US #41
#61Sam68US #127
#62Andrew66US #76
#63Gerald65US #22
#64Jesse65US #102
#65Jessie65US #144
#66Luther61US #167
#67Melvin59US #55
#68Otis59US #177
#69Herman58US #97
#70Howard58US #37
#71Larry55US #43
#72Lee55US #79
#73Theodore55US #74
#74Tommy55US #98
#75Wallace53US #129
#76Floyd52US #73
#77Freddie52US #152
#78Sammie52
#79Rufus51
#80Horace50US #170
#81Isaac49
#82Francis48US #49
#83Norman48US #38
#84Earnest47US #161
#85Bennie46US #173
#86Alvin45US #93
#87Douglas45US #72
#88Allen43US #88
#89Claude43US #130
#90Grady43
#91Cecil41US #111
#92Junior40US #171
#93Leonard40US #53
#94Alfred39US #64
#95Calvin39US #128
#96Hubert39US #150
#97Julius39
#98Oscar39US #143
#99Bill36US #59
#100Jacob36

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑32Shirley#18
↑31Juanita#46
↑29Myrtle#71
↑29Otis#68
↑28Patsy#63
↑28Gloria#67
↑27Gerald#63
↑23Norma#74

Falling

↓34Calvin#95
↓27Laura#88
↓25Howard#70
↓23Lucille#80
↓23Junior#92
↓22Geraldine#98
↓22Allen#88
↓20Lee#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.