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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1941 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,227 South Carolina births in 1941 across 850 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.

#51Janieoutside the national top 200
#54Hattieoutside the national top 200
#55Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#43Carrie#183 nationally
#46Nathaniel#182 nationally
#21Rosa#154 nationally
#70Daisyoutside the national top 200
#34Marion#164 nationally
#63Mae#191 nationally
#39Mattie#164 nationally
#45Minnie#166 nationally
#81Jannieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,626US #1
#2Betty734US #7
#3Barbara580US #2
#4Patricia461US #3
#5Dorothy442US #14
#6Linda431US #5
#7Shirley409US #10
#8Annie403US #59
#9Carolyn342US #11
#10Margaret342US #12
#11Martha338US #25
#12Frances279US #31
#13Elizabeth277US #21
#14Helen266US #24
#15Nancy263US #8
#16Sarah253US #60
#17Brenda241US #41
#18Virginia216US #23
#19Joyce210US #13
#20Ruth196US #28
#21Rosa195US #154
#22Ruby183US #69
#23Peggy181US #39
#24Doris177US #38
#25Lillie173US #144
#26Mildred165US #64
#27Evelyn164US #50
#28Judy158US #16
#29Gloria157US #26
#30Louise154US #62
#31Sandra153US #9
#32Willie151US #136
#33Alice142US #34
#34Ethel136US #116
#35Julia133US #88
#36Rebecca132US #86
#37Edna125US #89
#38Patsy124US #52
#39Mattie122US #164
#40Sylvia122US #65
#41Sara120US #124
#42Emma119US #99
#43Carrie112US #183
#44Thelma112US #108
#45Minnie111US #166
#46Judith109US #6
#47Jessie107US #165
#48Ella105US #141
#49Carol101US #4
#50Ann99US #37
#51Janie99
#52Juanita98US #84
#53Marie98US #42
#54Hattie97
#55Joan97US #17
#56Catherine96US #51
#57Jo91US #66
#58Hazel90US #131
#59Jean89US #32
#60Gladys88US #118
#61Margie87US #122
#62Anna84US #56
#63Mae84US #191
#64Bertha83US #140
#65Rose83US #49
#66Ida82US #148
#67Bobbie81US #145
#68Clara81US #111
#69Vivian81US #113
#70Daisy80
#71Bessie77US #173
#72Janice77US #22
#73Lillian76US #104
#74Geraldine75US #45
#75Delores74US #80
#76Lois73US #43
#77Laura72US #115
#78Annette71US #128
#79Bonnie71US #33
#80Josephine71US #92
#81Jannie68
#82Joann66US #58
#83Lula66
#84Mamie66
#85Bernice65US #133
#86Jeanette65US #98
#87Emily64US #162
#88Jane64US #46
#89Norma64US #47
#90Maggie63
#91Shelby62
#92Edith61US #103
#93Lucille61US #119
#94Phyllis61US #35
#95Fannie60
#96Johnnie60US #192
#97Rachel60US #159
#98Ernestine59
#99Geneva59US #180
#100Beatrice58US #143

Boys

#1James1,881US #1
#2John1,058US #3
#3William1,023US #4
#4Robert917US #2
#5Charles681US #6
#6Willie589US #36
#7Thomas462US #8
#8George433US #13
#9David415US #7
#10Henry364US #28
#11Joseph328US #12
#12Joe293US #30
#13Bobby270US #35
#14Larry259US #11
#15Edward254US #17
#16Jerry248US #14
#17Richard248US #5
#18Billy223US #27
#19Johnny221US #55
#20Leroy220US #67
#21Donald214US #10
#22Jimmy192US #45
#23Harold190US #24
#24Samuel187US #65
#25Frank183US #21
#26Walter183US #26
#27Kenneth168US #15
#28Paul167US #18
#29Harry135US #48
#30Ronald133US #9
#31Roy128US #39
#32Eugene127US #42
#33Arthur126US #33
#34Marion126US #164
#35Eddie124US #78
#36Albert123US #40
#37Herbert123US #76
#38Ernest121US #61
#39Fred120US #43
#40Jack120US #32
#41Wayne115US #37
#42Ralph110US #38
#43Charlie109US #115
#44Johnnie109US #131
#45Tommy109US #71
#46Nathaniel107US #182
#47Carl106US #29
#48Franklin105US #98
#49Melvin97US #56
#50Benjamin96US #124
#51Clarence95US #62
#52Jimmie93US #89
#53Raymond92US #22
#54Lewis91US #109
#55Roosevelt86
#56Earl82US #58
#57Gerald81US #20
#58Leon81US #93
#59Louis81US #50
#60Daniel80US #31
#61Howard70US #47
#62Marvin70US #63
#63Lawrence69US #34
#64Freddie68US #138
#65Herman68US #114
#66Gene67US #72
#67Michael67US #16
#68Jesse66US #99
#69Clyde63US #113
#70Francis63US #60
#71Jessie63US #162
#72Lee62US #81
#73Curtis60US #100
#74Calvin56US #133
#75Sam56US #150
#76Allen54US #73
#77Andrew54US #82
#78Douglas54US #53
#79Alfred53US #74
#80Ray53US #83
#81Ronnie53US #79
#82Theodore53US #95
#83Gary52US #19
#84Luther51US #179
#85Earnest50US #185
#86Sammie50
#87Otis49US #195
#88Wallace49US #155
#89Claude48US #151
#90Isaac48
#91Jackie48US #110
#92Julius48
#93Bennie47US #180
#94Phillip47US #77
#95Norman46US #49
#96Alvin45US #107
#97Dennis45US #23
#98Moses45
#99Horace43US #193
#100Cecil42US #132

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑29Jo#57
↑28Carol#49
↑23Sam#75
↑21Wayne#41
↑20Judith#46
↑19Annette#78
↑18Laura#77
↑17Michael#67

Falling

↓31Cecil#100
↓29Bessie#71
↓22Shelby#91
↓21Clarence#51
↓20Raymond#53
↓18Rose#65
↓18Edith#92
↓18Wallace#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.