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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1935 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,431 South Carolina births in 1935 across 788 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.

#45Olinoutside the national top 200
#50Janieoutside the national top 200
#47Daisy#194 nationally
#58Isaacoutside the national top 200
#64Mamieoutside the national top 200
#44Nathaniel#180 nationally
#46Hattie#182 nationally
#67Maggieoutside the national top 200
#27Carrie#158 nationally
#49Roosevelt#179 nationally
#72Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#81Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,462US #1
#2Betty848US #4
#3Shirley651US #2
#4Dorothy570US #6
#5Barbara422US #3
#6Annie418US #38
#7Margaret392US #8
#8Frances292US #19
#9Elizabeth287US #17
#10Helen271US #10
#11Sarah270US #61
#12Martha267US #24
#13Doris232US #13
#14Virginia218US #16
#15Ruth213US #15
#16Ruby208US #41
#17Willie206US #99
#18Mildred204US #35
#19Louise198US #45
#20Patricia193US #5
#21Rosa183US #137
#22Lillie174US #118
#23Peggy167US #36
#24Evelyn166US #31
#25Nancy164US #9
#26Carolyn159US #28
#27Carrie150US #158
#28Alice146US #25
#29Thelma141US #76
#30Gladys140US #78
#31Joyce136US #12
#32Ethel134US #82
#33Sara129US #128
#34Edna125US #67
#35Minnie125US #139
#36Emma123US #89
#37Mattie123US #136
#38Bobbie122US #116
#39Catherine120US #42
#40Clara118US #81
#41Bernice117US #90
#42Ella115US #122
#43Jessie107US #135
#44Bertha106US #114
#45Juanita106US #72
#46Hattie102US #182
#47Daisy101US #194
#48Julia100US #102
#49Bessie99US #129
#50Janie97
#51Marie96US #33
#52Hazel93US #92
#53Rebecca93US #163
#54Lois92US #21
#55Margie92US #100
#56Patsy91US #56
#57Lucille90US #85
#58Anna89US #34
#59Ida88US #121
#60Lillian88US #66
#61Ann85US #30
#62Edith85US #87
#63Geneva85US #156
#64Mamie82
#65Joan79US #7
#66Mae78US #160
#67Maggie77
#68Nellie77US #131
#69Beatrice76US #107
#70Rose76US #37
#71Jean74US #18
#72Lizzie74
#73Eva73US #110
#74Geraldine73US #40
#75Lula73US #174
#76Laura72US #101
#77Jo71US #73
#78Sylvia71US #60
#79Josephine70US #75
#80Gloria68US #32
#81Sadie68
#82Fannie65US #198
#83Jannie61
#84Vera61US #124
#85Georgia59US #123
#86Vivian57US #112
#87Pauline54US #80
#88Ernestine53US #195
#89Katherine52US #103
#90Susie52
#91Naomi51US #144
#92Sallie51
#93Christine50US #130
#94Norma50US #29
#95Pearl50US #167
#96Jane49US #43
#97Cora48US #175
#98Emily48US #173
#99Florence48US #74
#100Irene48US #52

Boys

#1James1,668US #2
#2John973US #3
#3William884US #4
#4Robert763US #1
#5Willie613US #30
#6Charles598US #6
#7Thomas404US #9
#8George360US #8
#9Bobby345US #24
#10David288US #11
#11Henry285US #27
#12Joe278US #25
#13Joseph258US #10
#14Edward255US #13
#15Richard240US #5
#16Billy208US #19
#17Leroy200US #50
#18Harold191US #20
#19Frank187US #16
#20Samuel176US #62
#21Paul172US #14
#22Walter170US #23
#23Jack168US #18
#24Donald145US #7
#25Arthur136US #29
#26Marion135US #134
#27Ernest131US #55
#28Jimmy130US #47
#29Clarence126US #48
#30Eugene121US #26
#31Jerry116US #22
#32Albert115US #31
#33Charlie114US #100
#34Fred113US #34
#35Harry109US #37
#36Roy107US #40
#37Carl103US #28
#38Franklin103US #71
#39Herbert99US #58
#40Kenneth99US #15
#41Raymond97US #17
#42Johnny96US #74
#43Jimmie94US #69
#44Nathaniel92US #180
#45Olin89
#46Earl88US #46
#47Johnnie86US #118
#48Eddie85US #87
#49Roosevelt82US #179
#50Benjamin78US #123
#51Daniel78US #43
#52Louis76US #42
#53Clyde73US #82
#54Melvin73US #57
#55Sam73US #126
#56Larry72US #33
#57Ralph68US #32
#58Isaac67
#59Curtis66US #108
#60Marvin64US #45
#61Jessie62US #140
#62Lewis62US #98
#63Calvin60US #127
#64Horace60US #174
#65Howard60US #39
#66Leon60US #86
#67Earnest59US #163
#68Freddie59US #145
#69Herman59US #101
#70Luther59US #169
#71Ronald59US #12
#72Lawrence58US #35
#73Ray57US #64
#74Gerald56US #21
#75Tommy56US #95
#76Bennie55US #155
#77Jesse54US #104
#78Lee54US #80
#79Otis54US #182
#80Cecil51US #109
#81Francis51US #53
#82Theodore51US #79
#83Andrew49US #85
#84Alvin47US #91
#85Leonard43US #54
#86Ben42US #161
#87Harvey42US #99
#88Hubert42US #160
#89Norman42US #38
#90Wallace42US #133
#91Archie41US #189
#92Douglas41US #75
#93Grady41
#94Jackie40US #102
#95Claude39US #129
#96Allen38US #83
#97Floyd36US #76
#98Julius36
#99Abraham34
#100Mack34

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑32Calvin#63
↑24Geraldine#74
↑23Daisy#47
↑23Lucille#57
↑23Isaac#58
↑18Nellie#68
↑18Jerry#31
↑17Earnest#67

Falling

↓24Joan#65
↓23Roosevelt#49
↓21Andrew#83
↓21Floyd#97
↓20Norma#94
↓19Irene#100
↓17Mamie#64
↓16Lawrence#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.