State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1945 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,460 South Carolina births in 1945 across 858 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.

#43Hattieoutside the national top 200
#48Carrie#199 nationally
#45Minnie#187 nationally
#46Marion#184 nationally
#53Mattie#191 nationally
#33Lillie#167 nationally
#49Nathaniel#181 nationally
#54Jessie#185 nationally
#70Maeoutside the national top 200
#72Daisyoutside the national top 200
#73Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#74Isaacoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,548US #1
#2Betty717US #11
#3Linda653US #2
#4Barbara629US #3
#5Patricia507US #4
#6Dorothy439US #21
#7Shirley423US #14
#8Margaret380US #15
#9Carolyn364US #12
#10Brenda362US #29
#11Martha332US #30
#12Annie330US #69
#13Sandra327US #6
#14Elizabeth288US #26
#15Judy286US #13
#16Frances284US #34
#17Nancy266US #7
#18Gloria247US #23
#19Sarah235US #76
#20Joyce226US #18
#21Helen222US #31
#22Rosa205US #147
#23Doris189US #46
#24Virginia183US #28
#25Carol180US #5
#26Mildred157US #93
#27Peggy150US #45
#28Willie150US #137
#29Evelyn144US #57
#30Ruby140US #95
#31Alice135US #41
#32Louise132US #78
#33Lillie131US #167
#34Janice129US #24
#35Sylvia127US #83
#36Ruth126US #33
#37Ethel125US #134
#38Rebecca125US #85
#39Catherine124US #50
#40Judith122US #9
#41Emma121US #123
#42Julia110US #115
#43Hattie109
#44Patsy109US #84
#45Minnie108US #187
#46Ann105US #39
#47Susan104US #10
#48Carrie103US #199
#49Donna103US #17
#50Rose102US #54
#51Marie101US #49
#52Ella100US #158
#53Mattie100US #191
#54Jessie96US #185
#55Bertha95US #165
#56Janie95US #159
#57Gladys94US #141
#58Joan93US #25
#59Margie90US #138
#60Geraldine89US #56
#61Sara89US #135
#62Thelma88US #131
#63Clara87US #136
#64Bessie86US #190
#65Edna86US #119
#66Anna85US #73
#67Delores84US #112
#68Bonnie80US #35
#69Jo80US #60
#70Mae80
#71Jane79US #36
#72Daisy77
#73Johnnie76
#74Lois76US #48
#75Jean74US #38
#76Mamie74
#77Vivian74US #118
#78Deloris73
#79Edith73US #132
#80Ida73US #173
#81Jannie72
#82Juanita71US #108
#83Laura69US #77
#84Cheryl66US #32
#85Lula66
#86Marilyn66US #27
#87Phyllis66US #40
#88Beverly64US #37
#89Bernice63US #157
#90Christine63US #62
#91Bobbie62US #150
#92Diane62US #22
#93Geneva62
#94Janet62US #20
#95Lillian62US #124
#96Norma60US #74
#97Sadie59
#98Ellen58US #61
#99Georgia58US #116
#100Miriam57

Boys

#1James1,931US #1
#2John1,106US #3
#3Robert1,012US #2
#4William1,003US #4
#5Charles672US #7
#6Willie626US #31
#7Thomas491US #8
#8David483US #6
#9George461US #15
#10Richard404US #5
#11Joseph363US #14
#12Larry339US #11
#13Henry293US #37
#14Johnny289US #45
#15Jerry276US #20
#16Jimmy246US #41
#17Edward228US #18
#18Leroy228US #83
#19Bobby226US #53
#20Donald221US #12
#21Michael220US #9
#22Kenneth208US #16
#23Harry205US #47
#24Joe203US #36
#25Frank189US #21
#26Harold185US #28
#27Billy181US #42
#28Walter180US #27
#29Paul175US #17
#30Ronald173US #10
#31Samuel169US #62
#32Ernest139US #60
#33Eugene139US #50
#34Eddie137US #81
#35Arthur136US #34
#36Albert134US #49
#37Carl123US #39
#38Tommy122US #75
#39Raymond121US #23
#40Charlie117US #128
#41Roger117US #22
#42Herbert116US #94
#43Clarence114US #82
#44Roy114US #40
#45Douglas109US #29
#46Marion109US #184
#47Benjamin108US #140
#48Daniel106US #24
#49Nathaniel106US #181
#50Jack104US #32
#51Johnnie104US #133
#52Melvin102US #78
#53Ronnie98US #67
#54Gary95US #13
#55Earl94US #71
#56Freddie93US #145
#57Fred90US #51
#58Wayne89US #35
#59Jimmie88US #102
#60Ralph88US #44
#61Calvin87US #124
#62Dennis87US #19
#63Franklin85US #119
#64Gerald84US #25
#65Clyde77US #121
#66Lawrence77US #30
#67Howard75US #54
#68Marvin75US #80
#69Curtis73US #97
#70Jesse73US #104
#71Lewis72US #123
#72Herman70US #146
#73Andrew67US #86
#74Isaac67
#75Louis66US #55
#76Lee65US #87
#77Danny64US #56
#78Allen63US #74
#79Ray62US #92
#80Cecil60US #152
#81Francis59US #76
#82Horace59
#83Leon58US #111
#84Steve57US #79
#85Alfred56US #88
#86Leonard54US #57
#87Donnie52US #168
#88Terry52US #33
#89Sam51US #161
#90Sammie51
#91Bennie50US #190
#92Julius50
#93Stephen50US #26
#94Alvin49US #120
#95Claude49US #159
#96Jackie49US #142
#97Earnest47US #188
#98Jessie47US #175
#99Mack47
#100Roosevelt47

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑31Clara#63
↑21Rose#50
↑20Dennis#62
↑19Janice#34
↑18Horace#82
↑17Donna#49
↑16Clyde#65
↑16Herman#72

Falling

↓25Roosevelt#100
↓22Sam#89
↓21Jean#75
↓19Mamie#76
↓18Georgia#99
↓18Leon#83
↓17Thelma#62
↓14Joan#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.