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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1946 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,724 South Carolina births in 1946 across 926 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.

#39Carrieoutside the national top 200
#32Lillie#178 nationally
#27Rosa#168 nationally
#50Marion#189 nationally
#64Mattieoutside the national top 200
#52Nathaniel#186 nationally
#68Delorisoutside the national top 200
#71Hattieoutside the national top 200
#72Bessieoutside the national top 200
#34Willie#159 nationally
#76Jessieoutside the national top 200
#76Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,570US #1
#2Linda842US #2
#3Barbara703US #4
#4Betty701US #14
#5Patricia610US #3
#6Brenda524US #24
#7Shirley463US #18
#8Carolyn430US #12
#9Dorothy421US #23
#10Sandra420US #6
#11Margaret400US #17
#12Judy387US #11
#13Annie374US #97
#14Nancy353US #7
#15Martha344US #32
#16Elizabeth328US #25
#17Frances298US #39
#18Joyce269US #20
#19Gloria244US #26
#20Sarah242US #92
#21Helen234US #36
#22Carol222US #5
#23Virginia199US #31
#24Doris188US #51
#25Susan182US #8
#26Janice177US #22
#27Rosa172US #168
#28Rebecca170US #68
#29Peggy167US #43
#30Sylvia164US #82
#31Alice152US #44
#32Lillie152US #178
#33Ruth145US #38
#34Willie145US #159
#35Mildred142US #103
#36Evelyn139US #65
#37Judith137US #10
#38Ruby135US #105
#39Carrie127
#40Louise126US #91
#41Catherine122US #48
#42Donna120US #13
#43Julia119US #114
#44Ann116US #40
#45Sara115US #135
#46Patsy114US #85
#47Phyllis108US #41
#48Marie107US #54
#49Ethel106US #140
#50Cynthia105US #46
#51Janie104US #158
#52Jane101US #35
#53Dianne100US #76
#54Joan99US #28
#55Anna96US #87
#56Edna96US #126
#57Delores94US #115
#58Diane92US #19
#59Cheryl91US #27
#60Jo91US #53
#61Geraldine89US #66
#62Sharon89US #9
#63Margie88US #138
#64Mattie88
#65Emma87US #131
#66Gladys87US #157
#67Juanita87US #110
#68Deloris86
#69Rose86US #60
#70Bertha85US #173
#71Hattie84
#72Bessie82
#73Vivian82US #120
#74Elaine81US #47
#75Lillian81US #129
#76Jessie80
#77Beverly79US #30
#78Janet78US #21
#79Norma78US #77
#80Thelma77US #150
#81Bonnie76US #33
#82Daisy75
#83Ella75US #177
#84Laura75US #75
#85Ida74US #184
#86Christine72US #50
#87Edith72US #136
#88Jean72US #37
#89Clara70US #145
#90Jeanette67US #121
#91Mae66
#92Marilyn66US #29
#93Minnie66
#94Bernice64US #179
#95Eva64US #161
#96Gail64US #49
#97Wanda64US #59
#98Geneva63
#99Gwendolyn63US #132
#100Lois63US #55

Boys

#1James2,104US #1
#2John1,180US #3
#3William1,160US #4
#4Robert1,090US #2
#5Charles773US #9
#6Willie632US #40
#7David577US #6
#8Thomas542US #8
#9Richard465US #5
#10George454US #16
#11Larry406US #11
#12Joseph394US #14
#13Jerry349US #20
#14Henry322US #41
#15Johnny311US #47
#16Donald284US #13
#17Michael283US #7
#18Edward272US #19
#19Jimmy266US #42
#20Bobby263US #53
#21Ronald261US #10
#22Kenneth251US #15
#23Joe247US #37
#24Leroy236US #90
#25Billy218US #45
#26Harold206US #33
#27Samuel205US #70
#28Paul195US #18
#29Frank188US #22
#30Walter184US #30
#31Harry179US #50
#32Tommy172US #77
#33Arthur152US #36
#34Roger147US #23
#35Eugene145US #57
#36Ronnie144US #54
#37Ernest141US #71
#38Wayne135US #29
#39Eddie131US #85
#40Raymond130US #25
#41Clarence129US #89
#42Albert128US #52
#43Danny127US #46
#44Roy125US #43
#45Gary119US #12
#46Charlie117US #135
#47Fred117US #51
#48Daniel113US #21
#49Herbert112US #97
#50Marion112US #189
#51Ralph108US #48
#52Nathaniel107US #186
#53Johnnie106US #141
#54Douglas104US #34
#55Melvin104US #86
#56Carl102US #39
#57Jack101US #35
#58Benjamin99US #146
#59Earl97US #82
#60Calvin93US #128
#61Freddie91US #151
#62Lewis91US #118
#63Terry90US #26
#64Dennis89US #17
#65Jimmie89US #104
#66Leon89US #113
#67Allen88US #74
#68Marvin87US #88
#69Louis86US #63
#70Gerald83US #27
#71Curtis80US #99
#72Jesse77US #109
#73Clyde74US #122
#74Lawrence74US #31
#75Andrew73US #84
#76Roosevelt73
#77Franklin69US #140
#78Howard68US #55
#79Alvin67US #126
#80Donnie67US #165
#81Lee66US #91
#82Stanley65US #65
#83Glenn64US #81
#84Herman64US #152
#85Phillip64US #83
#86Isaac62
#87Bennie61US #196
#88Ray60US #95
#89Sammie60
#90Luther59
#91Stephen58US #24
#92Jackie56US #139
#93Julius56
#94Sam56US #164
#95Floyd54US #121
#96Horace54
#97Don53US #79
#98Cecil52US #159
#99Harvey52US #125
#100Lonnie52US #136

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑40Phyllis#47
↑34Diane#58
↑34Danny#43
↑25Cheryl#59
↑25Terry#63
↑24Roosevelt#76
↑22Susan#25
↑20Lillian#75

Falling

↓48Minnie#93
↓31Ella#83
↓28Hattie#71
↓26Clara#89
↓26Lois#100
↓24Emma#65
↓22Jessie#76
↓21Mae#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.