State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1936 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,497 South Carolina births in 1936 across 805 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.

#40Janieoutside the national top 200
#37Hattie#192 nationally
#49Olinoutside the national top 200
#28Carrie#166 nationally
#42Roosevelt#180 nationally
#66Mamieoutside the national top 200
#48Nathaniel#179 nationally
#70Daisyoutside the national top 200
#72Maggieoutside the national top 200
#72Gradyoutside the national top 200
#22Rosa#146 nationally
#81Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,437US #1
#2Betty846US #4
#3Shirley597US #2
#4Dorothy482US #6
#5Barbara454US #3
#6Annie382US #45
#7Margaret353US #9
#8Elizabeth275US #18
#9Frances260US #19
#10Helen254US #11
#11Martha252US #24
#12Sarah248US #63
#13Doris235US #15
#14Patricia203US #5
#15Lillie202US #124
#16Ruby191US #51
#17Mildred190US #40
#18Evelyn189US #34
#19Louise188US #46
#20Willie184US #108
#21Virginia182US #14
#22Rosa178US #146
#23Carolyn177US #23
#24Ruth173US #16
#25Nancy168US #8
#26Joyce166US #12
#27Peggy163US #35
#28Carrie140US #166
#29Alice139US #27
#30Thelma138US #74
#31Catherine137US #44
#32Emma124US #85
#33Jessie121US #140
#34Julia119US #105
#35Edna118US #71
#36Sylvia114US #53
#37Hattie113US #192
#38Ethel108US #90
#39Ella105US #126
#40Janie105
#41Sara105US #129
#42Gladys103US #84
#43Mattie102US #143
#44Margie99US #102
#45Eva98US #116
#46Bobbie97US #119
#47Patsy96US #52
#48Ann95US #28
#49Minnie94US #148
#50Clara93US #91
#51Hazel92US #96
#52Ida91US #130
#53Jean91US #20
#54Juanita91US #75
#55Bessie90US #136
#56Geneva89US #153
#57Nellie89US #135
#58Lois88US #26
#59Rose87US #37
#60Bertha86US #122
#61Gloria85US #32
#62Joan84US #7
#63Bernice82US #95
#64Lucille81US #92
#65Rebecca80US #164
#66Mamie78
#67Lillian77US #79
#68Anna76US #36
#69Vivian76US #115
#70Daisy74
#71Mae73US #170
#72Maggie72
#73Geraldine71US #41
#74Marie71US #33
#75Lula70US #175
#76Edith69US #87
#77Beatrice67US #121
#78Jo64US #72
#79Laura64US #106
#80Alma60US #137
#81Sadie60
#82Christine59US #131
#83Fannie56
#84Jannie56
#85Norma54US #29
#86Eleanor53US #47
#87Jane53US #42
#88Josephine53US #77
#89Georgia52US #128
#90Shelby52US #178
#91Dora51US #168
#92Florence51US #80
#93Viola51US #165
#94Grace50US #86
#95Myrtle50US #160
#96Rachel50US #163
#97Sallie50
#98Yvonne50US #81
#99Agnes47US #139
#100Essie47

Boys

#1James1,562US #2
#2John863US #3
#3William849US #4
#4Robert807US #1
#5Willie592US #32
#6Charles506US #6
#7Thomas390US #8
#8George374US #9
#9Joe364US #23
#10Bobby331US #24
#11Joseph292US #11
#12David288US #10
#13Henry268US #28
#14Billy239US #22
#15Edward221US #13
#16Richard206US #5
#17Frank185US #16
#18Harold180US #21
#19Donald166US #7
#20Walter161US #26
#21Leroy159US #57
#22Samuel156US #67
#23Paul144US #15
#24Jack136US #20
#25Jimmy134US #46
#26Johnny129US #72
#27Fred124US #36
#28Albert122US #34
#29Eugene121US #29
#30Jerry118US #18
#31Arthur116US #30
#32Harry116US #39
#33Franklin113US #64
#34Marion112US #148
#35Clarence109US #52
#36Herbert108US #62
#37Jimmie104US #71
#38Charlie103US #103
#39Kenneth103US #14
#40Johnnie100US #117
#41Carl99US #27
#42Roosevelt98US #180
#43Ernest91US #55
#44Eddie89US #79
#45Raymond87US #17
#46Roy87US #42
#47Melvin86US #53
#48Nathaniel86US #179
#49Olin86
#50Benjamin82US #123
#51Lewis82US #101
#52Clyde79US #89
#53Louis77US #44
#54Daniel72US #41
#55Ray70US #65
#56Earl69US #47
#57Ralph69US #31
#58Jesse68US #104
#59Ronald66US #12
#60Luther65US #171
#61Howard64US #40
#62Leon64US #82
#63Larry63US #25
#64Lawrence63US #37
#65Herman62US #105
#66Gerald61US #19
#67Jessie61US #151
#68Sam61US #131
#69Curtis60US #107
#70Tommy59US #91
#71Francis57US #50
#72Grady57
#73Bennie56US #162
#74Cecil56US #114
#75Freddie55US #134
#76Marvin54US #49
#77Andrew50US #83
#78Claude48US #132
#79Gene47US #66
#80Theodore47US #87
#81Isaac45
#82Lee45US #76
#83Sammie45
#84Wallace45US #130
#85Alvin44US #96
#86Hugh44US #142
#87Jacob44
#88Calvin42US #124
#89Floyd42US #86
#90Alfred41US #60
#91Douglas40US #78
#92Woodrow40
#93Horace39US #188
#94Jackie38US #106
#95Julius38
#96Leonard38US #54
#97Mack38
#98Junior37US #194
#99Allen36US #81
#100Edgar36US #143

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑42Sylvia#36
↑28Eva#45
↑21Grady#72
↑19Gloria#61
↑19Jesse#58
↑18Jean#53
↑18Ray#55
↑17Vivian#69

Falling

↓29Horace#93
↓25Calvin#88
↓23Daisy#70
↓23Marie#74
↓23Isaac#81
↓22Bernice#63
↓16Bertha#60
↓16Ernest#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.