State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1943 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,382 South Carolina births in 1943 across 875 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.

#45Carrie#192 nationally
#55Daisyoutside the national top 200
#50Nathaniel#191 nationally
#58Janie#198 nationally
#61Hattieoutside the national top 200
#22Rosa#154 nationally
#39Marion#170 nationally
#54Mattie#183 nationally
#72Maeoutside the national top 200
#30Lillie#158 nationally
#47Minnie#173 nationally
#78Mamieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,698US #1
#2Betty781US #10
#3Linda712US #4
#4Barbara705US #2
#5Patricia520US #3
#6Dorothy469US #19
#7Brenda431US #35
#8Shirley428US #12
#9Martha398US #29
#10Annie377US #69
#11Carolyn373US #11
#12Margaret366US #14
#13Nancy340US #9
#14Elizabeth324US #23
#15Frances294US #31
#16Sandra290US #6
#17Helen283US #28
#18Joyce277US #16
#19Sarah271US #71
#20Judy263US #13
#21Peggy214US #41
#22Rosa208US #154
#23Doris206US #40
#24Virginia206US #25
#25Willie186US #139
#26Alice177US #38
#27Gloria177US #30
#28Ruth170US #33
#29Mildred166US #76
#30Lillie164US #158
#31Ruby162US #82
#32Carol160US #5
#33Louise158US #70
#34Evelyn144US #53
#35Patsy144US #61
#36Judith138US #7
#37Julia131US #95
#38Emma129US #114
#39Rebecca127US #87
#40Ann125US #37
#41Ethel124US #126
#42Sylvia122US #77
#43Catherine121US #48
#44Sara121US #137
#45Carrie116US #192
#46Thelma115US #127
#47Minnie112US #173
#48Jean110US #36
#49Margie110US #128
#50Vivian106US #122
#51Delores104US #99
#52Joan104US #21
#53Edna103US #106
#54Mattie101US #183
#55Daisy98
#56Janice98US #26
#57Bertha97US #150
#58Janie95US #198
#59Ella94US #155
#60Rose94US #50
#61Hattie93
#62Geraldine92US #51
#63Clara91US #133
#64Edith89US #118
#65Marie89US #45
#66Susan89US #18
#67Gladys87US #131
#68Jane87US #44
#69Lois87US #43
#70Laura86US #117
#71Bessie82US #190
#72Mae82
#73Bonnie80US #34
#74Jessie79US #177
#75Juanita78US #91
#76Josephine77US #108
#77Anna76US #64
#78Mamie75
#79Lillian74US #116
#80Lula74
#81Deloris73
#82Johnnie73US #196
#83Emily72US #175
#84Beverly71US #32
#85Ida71US #162
#86Jo71US #63
#87Hazel70US #144
#88Rachel70US #170
#89Janet69US #20
#90Jeanette69US #110
#91Bernice68US #143
#92Jannie68
#93Maggie66
#94Annette65US #142
#95Eva64US #148
#96Glenda64US #83
#97Christine63US #84
#98Donna63US #17
#99Elaine62US #46
#100Lucille62US #125

Boys

#1James2,139US #1
#2John1,190US #3
#3William1,186US #4
#4Robert1,037US #2
#5Charles720US #7
#6Willie681US #36
#7Thomas527US #8
#8David510US #6
#9George459US #14
#10Joseph372US #13
#11Richard355US #5
#12Henry329US #31
#13Larry328US #12
#14Jerry318US #17
#15Edward281US #18
#16Bobby267US #46
#17Johnny257US #52
#18Donald245US #11
#19Jimmy236US #42
#20Joe231US #35
#21Leroy207US #74
#22Ronald207US #9
#23Billy205US #37
#24Walter200US #26
#25Samuel198US #62
#26Harold195US #27
#27Paul195US #19
#28Frank194US #21
#29Kenneth178US #15
#30Arthur174US #30
#31Harry171US #50
#32Roy147US #38
#33Albert139US #43
#34Ernest136US #61
#35Clarence135US #68
#36Eugene133US #47
#37Herbert133US #86
#38Eddie132US #80
#39Marion131US #170
#40Raymond129US #22
#41Tommy128US #77
#42Douglas127US #28
#43Jack127US #34
#44Johnnie124US #135
#45Fred123US #45
#46Roger122US #24
#47Michael116US #10
#48Charlie115US #122
#49Ralph111US #40
#50Nathaniel110US #191
#51Benjamin109US #130
#52Carl103US #33
#53Melvin100US #63
#54Gerald99US #23
#55Lewis99US #115
#56Franklin97US #119
#57Daniel95US #25
#58Marvin92US #66
#59Leon88US #103
#60Howard87US #48
#61Jimmie87US #95
#62Jesse85US #105
#63Andrew79US #79
#64Curtis79US #100
#65Wayne79US #41
#66Jessie78US #166
#67Clyde76US #114
#68Freddie73US #143
#69Gary73US #16
#70Earl71US #60
#71Jackie71US #124
#72Ray71US #84
#73Allen70US #76
#74Dennis70US #20
#75Calvin69US #126
#76Louis69US #53
#77Herman67US #129
#78Lee63US #91
#79Ronnie63US #71
#80Luther62US #190
#81Roosevelt62
#82Sammie62
#83Cecil60US #132
#84Lawrence60US #32
#85Sam58US #153
#86Earnest57US #177
#87Alfred56US #78
#88Bennie55US #189
#89Donnie54US #180
#90Leonard54US #55
#91Floyd53US #112
#92Alvin51US #113
#93Ben50US #192
#94Claude50US #152
#95Theodore50US #96
#96Mack49
#97Wallace47US #156
#98Danny45US #88
#99Horace45
#100Woodrow45

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑32Susan#66
↑28Roger#46
↑26Dennis#74
↑20Bonnie#73
↑19Andrew#63
↑17Clara#63
↑17Jane#68
↑16Jean#48

Falling

↓25Hazel#87
↓23Eva#95
↓23Douglas#42
↓22Bernice#91
↓19Mattie#54
↓19Marie#65
↓19Roosevelt#81
↓18Jessie#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.