State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1947 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,093 South Carolina births in 1947 across 957 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.

#42Carrieoutside the national top 200
#35Lillie#191 nationally
#49Marionoutside the national top 200
#56Hattieoutside the national top 200
#31Willie#173 nationally
#46Nathaniel#187 nationally
#28Rosa#167 nationally
#62Minnieoutside the national top 200
#63Bessieoutside the national top 200
#66Jessieoutside the national top 200
#68Jannieoutside the national top 200
#72Delorisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,709US #2
#2Linda1,196US #1
#3Barbara758US #4
#4Patricia717US #3
#5Betty709US #17
#6Brenda561US #21
#7Shirley502US #19
#8Sandra486US #5
#9Carolyn484US #15
#10Dorothy460US #26
#11Margaret438US #16
#12Judy433US #14
#13Martha419US #32
#14Nancy419US #7
#15Annie335US #103
#16Gloria308US #27
#17Elizabeth300US #25
#18Sarah297US #93
#19Joyce273US #20
#20Frances270US #39
#21Helen249US #38
#22Doris219US #58
#23Janice218US #22
#24Peggy218US #42
#25Virginia206US #34
#26Susan205US #8
#27Carol199US #6
#28Rosa184US #167
#29Rebecca169US #52
#30Donna158US #10
#31Willie152US #173
#32Mildred149US #109
#33Alice147US #47
#34Catherine147US #46
#35Lillie147US #191
#36Ruby146US #112
#37Evelyn144US #72
#38Sylvia143US #97
#39Emma140US #141
#40Patsy140US #87
#41Ruth140US #44
#42Carrie139
#43Phyllis138US #37
#44Cynthia128US #33
#45Judith128US #12
#46Louise124US #99
#47Janie121US #161
#48Joan120US #30
#49Beverly119US #31
#50Geraldine117US #78
#51Ann116US #41
#52Delores113US #115
#53Ethel110US #144
#54Dianne109US #83
#55Sara108US #138
#56Hattie105
#57Marilyn104US #29
#58Rose102US #65
#59Julia101US #116
#60Sharon100US #9
#61Jo99US #51
#62Minnie98
#63Bessie97
#64Thelma96US #153
#65Bertha95US #180
#66Jessie95
#67Diane94US #18
#68Jannie94
#69Cheryl93US #24
#70Edna93US #131
#71Jean92US #40
#72Deloris91
#73Mattie91
#74Vivian91US #128
#75Juanita90US #110
#76Bonnie85US #35
#77Janet85US #23
#78Norma85US #82
#79Jane84US #36
#80Wanda84US #66
#81Gladys83US #165
#82Laura83US #74
#83Marie81US #57
#84Anna80US #92
#85Ella80US #177
#86Margie79US #139
#87Christine78US #45
#88Bobbie77US #178
#89Geneva77
#90Clara76US #150
#91Edith76US #136
#92Jeanette76US #125
#93Connie75US #43
#94Lillian75US #143
#95Eva74US #168
#96Rachel74US #190
#97Gail73US #49
#98Lois71US #63
#99Gwendolyn70US #130
#100Jacqueline70US #59

Boys

#1James2,317US #1
#2John1,312US #3
#3William1,288US #4
#4Robert1,132US #2
#5Charles804US #9
#6Willie682US #42
#7David630US #6
#8Thomas583US #8
#9George529US #16
#10Richard510US #5
#11Larry499US #10
#12Joseph403US #14
#13Johnny392US #49
#14Ronald361US #11
#15Henry358US #46
#16Jerry356US #20
#17Donald325US #13
#18Jimmy319US #44
#19Michael296US #7
#20Edward291US #19
#21Bobby284US #60
#22Leroy266US #98
#23Kenneth258US #15
#24Samuel250US #72
#25Joe233US #43
#26Harold226US #35
#27Billy222US #51
#28Walter215US #34
#29Harry205US #54
#30Frank194US #23
#31Arthur188US #38
#32Paul186US #18
#33Ronnie174US #61
#34Wayne171US #30
#35Tommy168US #79
#36Clarence165US #88
#37Eddie164US #80
#38Ernest160US #75
#39Daniel149US #22
#40Roger146US #25
#41Eugene144US #59
#42Roy143US #48
#43Fred142US #56
#44Danny138US #39
#45Dennis137US #17
#46Nathaniel135US #187
#47Albert132US #55
#48Carl127US #40
#49Marion126
#50Jack124US #37
#51Terry124US #26
#52Gary122US #12
#53Benjamin119US #144
#54Herbert119US #104
#55Johnnie119US #148
#56Charlie117US #145
#57Freddie114US #153
#58Jimmie114US #113
#59Ralph110US #50
#60Douglas106US #31
#61Lewis106US #118
#62Raymond105US #27
#63Stephen104US #21
#64Howard103US #62
#65Melvin103US #85
#66Gerald101US #28
#67Jesse99US #107
#68Allen94US #73
#69Earl93US #83
#70Marvin93US #89
#71Leon92US #117
#72Curtis86US #99
#73Herman85US #150
#74Louis85US #64
#75Calvin83US #120
#76Steve83US #58
#77Clyde81US #128
#78Donnie81US #168
#79Lawrence81US #32
#80Franklin79US #152
#81Isaac79
#82Ray78US #97
#83Lee74US #92
#84Phillip74US #74
#85Stanley72US #67
#86Francis70US #84
#87Sam69US #169
#88Jackie68US #141
#89Glenn66US #70
#90Andrew65US #82
#91Tony65US #126
#92Julius64
#93Bruce63US #29
#94Steven62US #24
#95Gene61US #103
#96Leonard57US #71
#97Norman57US #81
#98Otis57
#99Sammie56
#100Bennie55

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑35Marilyn#57
↑31Minnie#62
↑28Beverly#49
↑28Stephen#63
↑26Emma#39
↑19Dennis#45
↑17Jean#71
↑17Wanda#80

Falling

↓35Marie#83
↓29Anna#84
↓27Jane#79
↓23Margie#86
↓22Raymond#62
↓19Lillian#94
↓16Julia#59
↓15Gladys#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.