State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1937 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,825 South Carolina births in 1937 across 794 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.

#24Carrie#172 nationally
#44Roosevelt#190 nationally
#48Hattie#194 nationally
#57Janieoutside the national top 200
#59Daisyoutside the national top 200
#48Nathaniel#187 nationally
#62Mamieoutside the national top 200
#66Maggieoutside the national top 200
#19Rosa#152 nationally
#70Isaacoutside the national top 200
#53Lula#182 nationally
#80Rufusoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,548US #1
#2Betty788US #5
#3Shirley515US #4
#4Barbara510US #2
#5Dorothy503US #8
#6Annie400US #46
#7Margaret390US #10
#8Frances280US #19
#9Sarah279US #65
#10Martha276US #24
#11Elizabeth273US #17
#12Doris225US #22
#13Helen223US #12
#14Patricia210US #3
#15Carolyn209US #20
#16Willie202US #114
#17Ruth201US #15
#18Nancy196US #7
#19Rosa196US #152
#20Ruby196US #52
#21Lillie183US #131
#22Mildred183US #43
#23Evelyn180US #36
#24Carrie175US #172
#25Louise172US #48
#26Virginia172US #16
#27Peggy169US #31
#28Joyce146US #11
#29Emma141US #89
#30Ethel139US #88
#31Mattie136US #148
#32Thelma136US #78
#33Julia132US #112
#34Catherine130US #47
#35Shelby126US #119
#36Sylvia125US #50
#37Alice124US #28
#38Bobbie119US #122
#39Jessie119US #144
#40Edna118US #74
#41Bertha108US #121
#42Bernice107US #104
#43Ida107US #133
#44Gladys105US #86
#45Marie103US #35
#46Minnie103US #156
#47Sara102US #130
#48Hattie101US #194
#49Edith100US #96
#50Rebecca98US #166
#51Ella97US #134
#52Hazel96US #106
#53Lula96US #182
#54Joan94US #9
#55Ann91US #30
#56Anna90US #39
#57Janie89
#58Bessie87US #143
#59Daisy87
#60Gloria85US #32
#61Lois85US #29
#62Mamie84
#63Clara81US #100
#64Jean81US #23
#65Juanita81US #75
#66Maggie79
#67Margie79US #111
#68Patsy79US #54
#69Jo77US #73
#70Mae76US #185
#71Geneva72US #158
#72Annette71US #115
#73Rose71US #38
#74Beatrice68US #120
#75Christine68US #135
#76Eva66US #117
#77Grace65US #94
#78Josephine64US #82
#79Nellie64US #140
#80Rachel64US #163
#81Lillian63US #84
#82Pauline62US #87
#83Florence61US #81
#84Cora60US #176
#85Jannie60
#86Georgia59US #132
#87Irene59US #62
#88Laura59US #105
#89Alma56US #138
#90Emily55US #161
#91Pearl55US #187
#92Ellen54US #102
#93Lucille54US #98
#94Sadie54
#95Viola54US #175
#96Linda53US #49
#97Myrtle53US #169
#98Vivian53US #127
#99Fannie52US #200
#100Dora50US #183

Boys

#1James1,659US #2
#2John944US #3
#3William918US #4
#4Robert787US #1
#5Willie613US #32
#6Charles600US #6
#7Thomas397US #9
#8Joe360US #25
#9George345US #10
#10Bobby338US #24
#11David330US #8
#12Henry291US #30
#13Joseph279US #12
#14Richard249US #5
#15Billy229US #22
#16Harold222US #21
#17Edward214US #13
#18Leroy200US #56
#19Donald192US #7
#20Frank184US #18
#21Samuel182US #66
#22Walter162US #26
#23Jerry148US #17
#24Arthur142US #31
#25Jimmy142US #45
#26Paul140US #15
#27Jack136US #23
#28Eugene131US #33
#29Kenneth130US #14
#30Marion125US #140
#31Harry118US #41
#32Johnny118US #69
#33Albert114US #37
#34Fred112US #35
#35Charlie111US #110
#36Ernest111US #53
#37Carl110US #28
#38Franklin104US #77
#39Herbert104US #65
#40Ralph103US #34
#41Larry102US #16
#42Clarence98US #54
#43Raymond96US #19
#44Roosevelt94US #190
#45Benjamin93US #119
#46Jimmie91US #72
#47Johnnie90US #118
#48Nathaniel83US #187
#49Eddie79US #83
#50Melvin78US #50
#51Sam78US #132
#52Lewis77US #104
#53Curtis74US #109
#54Louis74US #46
#55Roy73US #40
#56Ronald72US #11
#57Earl71US #48
#58Lee71US #78
#59Daniel70US #39
#60Herman68US #101
#61Andrew66US #79
#62Tommy66US #84
#63Gerald64US #20
#64Leon64US #85
#65Gene63US #61
#66Howard63US #42
#67Jesse63US #102
#68Jessie63US #148
#69Clyde59US #93
#70Isaac58
#71Marvin58US #49
#72Ray57US #71
#73Cecil56US #114
#74Theodore56US #86
#75Allen53US #76
#76Norman51US #43
#77Bennie49US #166
#78Horace49US #180
#79Lawrence49US #38
#80Rufus49
#81Woodrow49
#82Calvin48US #125
#83Claude48US #137
#84Freddie47US #134
#85Earnest46US #174
#86Gary46US #29
#87Luther46US #169
#88Olin46
#89Otis46US #189
#90Douglas44US #74
#91Grady44
#92Wayne44US #44
#93Sammie43
#94Jacob42
#95Jackie41US #107
#96Julius41
#97Alvin40US #99
#98Floyd40US #80
#99Wallace40US #133
#100Elijah39

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑55Shelby#35
↑29Marie#45
↑27Edith#49
↑24Lee#58
↑24Allen#75
↑22Lula#53
↑22Larry#41
↑21Bernice#42

Falling

↓39Olin#88
↓31Eva#76
↓29Lucille#93
↓29Vivian#98
↓27Luther#87
↓23Margie#67
↓22Nellie#79
↓21Patsy#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.