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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1942 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,584 South Carolina births in 1942 across 871 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.

#50Hattieoutside the national top 200
#51Janieoutside the national top 200
#41Carrie#185 nationally
#60Daisyoutside the national top 200
#62Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#35Mattie#171 nationally
#53Nathaniel#188 nationally
#23Rosa#155 nationally
#35Marion#163 nationally
#74Maeoutside the national top 200
#75Sammieoutside the national top 200
#28Lillie#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,634US #1
#2Betty715US #9
#3Barbara668US #2
#4Linda543US #4
#5Dorothy510US #17
#6Patricia491US #3
#7Shirley430US #12
#8Margaret387US #14
#9Carolyn381US #10
#10Annie380US #62
#11Brenda375US #40
#12Martha362US #29
#13Nancy304US #8
#14Elizabeth300US #22
#15Frances299US #30
#16Sarah267US #67
#17Sandra260US #6
#18Helen253US #26
#19Joyce238US #13
#20Doris222US #41
#21Judy217US #15
#22Virginia208US #23
#23Rosa193US #155
#24Louise180US #61
#25Willie180US #133
#26Peggy175US #42
#27Mildred165US #71
#28Lillie160US #150
#29Ruby159US #77
#30Emma157US #108
#31Alice150US #39
#32Gloria146US #31
#33Ruth146US #33
#34Evelyn144US #53
#35Mattie141US #171
#36Rebecca140US #85
#37Judith136US #7
#38Carol134US #5
#39Sara129US #128
#40Patsy126US #57
#41Carrie125US #185
#42Minnie125US #161
#43Sylvia122US #72
#44Julia120US #95
#45Ann116US #38
#46Marie113US #43
#47Catherine111US #49
#48Ethel110US #124
#49Thelma109US #121
#50Hattie104
#51Janie103
#52Edna102US #99
#53Edith100US #113
#54Vivian100US #125
#55Geraldine99US #47
#56Jessie99US #167
#57Janice97US #25
#58Joan94US #18
#59Bessie93US #176
#60Daisy93
#61Margie92US #126
#62Hazel90US #139
#63Delores89US #86
#64Jean89US #36
#65Anna88US #59
#66Bertha87US #147
#67Ida85US #153
#68Gladys83US #127
#69Bernice82US #137
#70Ella81US #152
#71Bobbie79US #151
#72Eva78US #140
#73Lillian78US #111
#74Mae78
#75Johnnie75US #192
#76Rose75US #50
#77Jo74US #65
#78Georgia73US #123
#79Laura72US #115
#80Clara71US #122
#81Josephine71US #100
#82Lula71
#83Jannie69
#84Beverly68US #32
#85Jane67US #46
#86Juanita67US #90
#87Geneva66US #198
#88Jeanette66US #104
#89Annette65US #134
#90Emily65US #164
#91Christine64US #96
#92Ellen63US #64
#93Bonnie62US #34
#94Joann61US #58
#95Maggie61
#96Nellie61US #183
#97Rachel61US #163
#98Susan61US #21
#99Sadie60
#100Myrtle59

Boys

#1James2,001US #1
#2William1,129US #4
#3John1,107US #3
#4Robert964US #2
#5Charles735US #7
#6Willie658US #37
#7Thomas538US #8
#8George476US #14
#9David412US #6
#10Joseph355US #11
#11Henry335US #31
#12Richard325US #5
#13Joe297US #33
#14Bobby293US #43
#15Jerry291US #16
#16Jimmy270US #47
#17Edward265US #17
#18Larry258US #12
#19Douglas257US #23
#20Johnny239US #55
#21Leroy218US #69
#22Harold216US #27
#23Samuel211US #59
#24Billy210US #35
#25Donald208US #10
#26Walter205US #26
#27Frank183US #21
#28Harry163US #48
#29Ronald160US #9
#30Kenneth156US #15
#31Paul155US #19
#32Ernest145US #61
#33Arthur143US #29
#34Carl130US #36
#35Marion129US #163
#36Albert128US #40
#37Eugene128US #45
#38Raymond128US #24
#39Herbert121US #83
#40Charlie117US #118
#41Melvin116US #60
#42Clarence115US #67
#43Fred115US #46
#44Roy115US #42
#45Tommy114US #73
#46Franklin112US #103
#47Jack111US #34
#48Eddie110US #86
#49Johnnie110US #138
#50Wayne110US #41
#51Gerald109US #22
#52Benjamin104US #129
#53Nathaniel100US #188
#54Ralph97US #38
#55Daniel96US #28
#56Howard96US #49
#57Jimmie91US #94
#58Leon89US #93
#59Michael89US #13
#60Curtis87US #98
#61Earl86US #62
#62Roosevelt85
#63Freddie82US #140
#64Clyde81US #109
#65Louis81US #51
#66Gary80US #18
#67Ray77US #84
#68Jesse76US #100
#69Lawrence76US #30
#70Herman73US #122
#71Lewis73US #112
#72Marvin73US #66
#73Gene68US #82
#74Roger63US #25
#75Sammie63
#76Allen62US #71
#77Alvin62US #115
#78Jessie61US #167
#79Sam61US #152
#80Lee60US #87
#81Luther60US #185
#82Andrew59US #80
#83Ronnie58US #78
#84Floyd57US #113
#85Calvin56US #136
#86Jackie56US #119
#87Cecil55US #131
#88Donnie55US #191
#89Earnest54US #192
#90Bennie53US #177
#91Francis51US #58
#92Julius51
#93Phillip51US #77
#94Alfred50US #76
#95Claude50US #149
#96Isaac50
#97Mack49US #190
#98Ben47US #186
#99Carroll47US #200
#100Dennis46US #20

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑59Douglas#19
↑39Edith#53
↑21Johnnie#75
↑19Geraldine#55
↑19Alvin#77
↑17Gary#66
↑16Bernice#69
↑15Vivian#54

Falling

↓34Juanita#86
↓22Ella#70
↓21Francis#91
↓20Jo#77
↓17Lewis#71
↓15Edna#52
↓15Alfred#94
↓14Ethel#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.