State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1944 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,719 South Carolina births in 1944 across 888 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.

#38Carrie#197 nationally
#42Hattieoutside the national top 200
#57Mamieoutside the national top 200
#43Mattie#185 nationally
#46Nathaniel#184 nationally
#67Maeoutside the national top 200
#55Janie#186 nationally
#70Jannieoutside the national top 200
#45Marion#175 nationally
#59Bessie#189 nationally
#30Lillie#159 nationally
#46Minnie#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,605US #1
#2Betty757US #10
#3Linda632US #3
#4Barbara621US #2
#5Patricia516US #4
#6Shirley463US #15
#7Dorothy455US #19
#8Carolyn437US #11
#9Brenda421US #30
#10Margaret391US #14
#11Sandra362US #6
#12Annie319US #71
#13Martha318US #29
#14Nancy315US #7
#15Elizabeth293US #23
#16Joyce288US #18
#17Frances277US #33
#18Judy277US #12
#19Sarah268US #67
#20Helen236US #31
#21Virginia204US #26
#22Doris199US #42
#23Carol198US #5
#24Rosa197US #145
#25Gloria194US #25
#26Willie181US #138
#27Peggy174US #45
#28Mildred171US #81
#29Alice161US #38
#30Lillie159US #159
#31Ruby153US #87
#32Ruth148US #32
#33Evelyn139US #57
#34Rebecca134US #84
#35Louise133US #69
#36Julia129US #102
#37Judith126US #9
#38Carrie124US #197
#39Ethel113US #127
#40Ann111US #39
#41Catherine107US #49
#42Hattie106
#43Mattie105US #185
#44Joan103US #22
#45Thelma103US #131
#46Minnie102US #175
#47Sara102US #136
#48Sylvia102US #83
#49Ella99US #158
#50Patsy99US #72
#51Emma97US #118
#52Susan97US #13
#53Janice96US #28
#54Jean94US #37
#55Janie92US #186
#56Edna91US #112
#57Mamie91
#58Margie91US #130
#59Bessie90US #189
#60Hazel90US #147
#61Gladys89US #137
#62Jessie88US #177
#63Geraldine87US #53
#64Jane87US #41
#65Marie86US #48
#66Donna85US #17
#67Mae85
#68Bertha84US #151
#69Delores84US #97
#70Jannie84
#71Rose82US #52
#72Lula78
#73Vivian75US #129
#74Bonnie74US #34
#75Cheryl74US #36
#76Bernice73US #149
#77Daisy72
#78Anna71US #74
#79Johnnie68US #192
#80Phyllis67US #40
#81Georgia66US #114
#82Beatrice65US #156
#83Ida65US #166
#84Jo65US #61
#85Laura64US #119
#86Lucille64US #132
#87Jeanette63US #117
#88Bobbie62US #144
#89Christine62US #75
#90Rachel62US #172
#91Janet61US #21
#92Juanita61US #94
#93Deloris60
#94Clara59US #134
#95Joann59US #65
#96Josephine59US #115
#97Beverly58US #35
#98Geneva58
#99Lillian58US #126
#100Marilyn58US #27

Boys

#1James2,043US #1
#2John1,096US #3
#3William1,055US #4
#4Robert976US #2
#5Charles748US #7
#6Willie640US #31
#7Thomas508US #8
#8David497US #6
#9George484US #14
#10Richard395US #5
#11Joseph346US #13
#12Larry337US #12
#13Henry297US #35
#14Edward284US #18
#15Johnny277US #45
#16Bobby258US #50
#17Jerry250US #19
#18Donald243US #11
#19Leroy234US #78
#20Jimmy233US #41
#21Joe225US #33
#22Harold218US #27
#23Frank209US #21
#24Billy197US #38
#25Kenneth196US #16
#26Samuel195US #62
#27Paul192US #17
#28Walter189US #26
#29Ronald185US #10
#30Ernest175US #59
#31Michael150US #9
#32Arthur149US #29
#33Raymond140US #22
#34Harry138US #49
#35Albert137US #44
#36Tommy132US #70
#37Clarence130US #74
#38Roy130US #39
#39Jack124US #30
#40Eugene122US #48
#41Eddie121US #79
#42Carl120US #36
#43Fred120US #47
#44Charlie119US #120
#45Marion116US #175
#46Nathaniel116US #184
#47Benjamin113US #130
#48Douglas112US #34
#49Roger111US #23
#50Ralph107US #42
#51Johnnie106US #131
#52Gerald105US #24
#53Wayne101US #37
#54Franklin97US #121
#55Earl95US #65
#56Herbert94US #90
#57Melvin94US #67
#58Gary87US #15
#59Lewis84US #112
#60Daniel82US #25
#61Louis82US #54
#62Curtis78US #97
#63Ronnie78US #69
#64Jimmie77US #98
#65Leon77US #108
#66Marvin77US #75
#67Sam77US #157
#68Freddie76US #138
#69Howard74US #53
#70Jesse74US #103
#71Luther72US #185
#72Allen70US #77
#73Gene69US #95
#74Ray69US #86
#75Roosevelt69
#76Calvin67US #124
#77Sammie64
#78Andrew63US #81
#79Lawrence62US #32
#80Danny61US #76
#81Clyde60US #111
#82Dennis60US #20
#83Lee60US #85
#84Wallace58US #162
#85Julius57
#86Cecil56US #142
#87Floyd56US #110
#88Herman56US #129
#89Donnie55US #171
#90Isaac55
#91Leonard55US #56
#92Earnest54US #182
#93Alfred53US #82
#94Don52US #72
#95Jackie52US #128
#96Otis52US #198
#97Stephen52US #28
#98Terry50US #43
#99Claude49US #154
#100Horace48

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑32Donna#66
↑27Hazel#60
↑22Jannie#70
↑21Mamie#57
↑19Hattie#42
↑18Sam#67
↑18Danny#80
↑16Michael#31

Falling

↓31Clara#94
↓24Jackie#95
↓23Vivian#73
↓22Daisy#77
↓20Josephine#96
↓20Lillian#99
↓19Herbert#56
↓18Delores#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.