State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1948 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,630 South Carolina births in 1948 across 933 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.

#33Marionoutside the national top 200
#35Lillie#189 nationally
#49Carrieoutside the national top 200
#53Mattieoutside the national top 200
#41Nathaniel#180 nationally
#68Bessieoutside the national top 200
#70Hattieoutside the national top 200
#41Willie#168 nationally
#77Delorisoutside the national top 200
#28Rosa#149 nationally
#58Ella#177 nationally
#83Maeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,642US #2
#2Linda1,290US #1
#3Barbara714US #3
#4Betty699US #18
#5Patricia691US #4
#6Brenda536US #17
#7Shirley478US #20
#8Carolyn424US #14
#9Sandra420US #6
#10Margaret406US #13
#11Dorothy397US #29
#12Nancy387US #7
#13Judy364US #16
#14Martha359US #32
#15Annie346US #97
#16Elizabeth307US #26
#17Gloria291US #28
#18Susan256US #5
#19Sarah253US #85
#20Joyce251US #21
#21Frances246US #42
#22Peggy210US #38
#23Rebecca210US #50
#24Helen204US #40
#25Doris200US #64
#26Janice199US #23
#27Virginia190US #36
#28Rosa183US #149
#29Carol170US #8
#30Donna167US #11
#31Ruth164US #45
#32Mildred158US #120
#33Alice155US #49
#34Cynthia155US #27
#35Lillie155US #189
#36Evelyn148US #74
#37Catherine143US #41
#38Deborah143US #30
#39Sylvia142US #100
#40Julia131US #118
#41Willie129US #168
#42Diane125US #19
#43Louise123US #99
#44Patsy122US #98
#45Ruby116US #114
#46Delores115US #116
#47Phyllis115US #46
#48Wanda115US #57
#49Carrie114
#50Emma114US #138
#51Geraldine110US #83
#52Beverly108US #31
#53Mattie107
#54Ann106US #44
#55Ethel103US #152
#56Laura101US #73
#57Cheryl100US #25
#58Ella100US #177
#59Jo100US #56
#60Joan100US #37
#61Judith100US #15
#62Bonnie99US #34
#63Juanita99US #107
#64Sara99US #142
#65Rose98US #62
#66Sharon97US #9
#67Jane94US #39
#68Bessie91
#69Janie91US #176
#70Hattie89
#71Dianne87US #86
#72Pamela86US #22
#73Marie85US #60
#74Thelma85US #163
#75Clara84US #160
#76Christine83US #35
#77Deloris83
#78Janet83US #24
#79Margie83US #148
#80Edna82US #139
#81Marilyn82US #33
#82Bertha81US #183
#83Mae81
#84Vivian81US #126
#85Johnnie80
#86Lillian80US #136
#87Minnie78
#88Elaine76US #53
#89Josephine76US #134
#90Connie74US #43
#91Jean74US #47
#92Karen74US #12
#93Daisy72
#94Jacqueline72US #58
#95Sally71US #72
#96Lois68US #70
#97Hazel67US #199
#98Kathy67US #55
#99Rita66US #59
#100Katherine65US #68

Boys

#1James2,278US #1
#2John1,318US #3
#3William1,193US #4
#4Robert1,143US #2
#5Charles833US #9
#6Willie655US #40
#7David625US #5
#8Larry594US #11
#9Thomas591US #8
#10George505US #16
#11Richard456US #7
#12Joseph379US #13
#13Michael369US #6
#14Ronald361US #10
#15Jerry354US #21
#16Johnny322US #52
#17Henry313US #45
#18Jimmy313US #50
#19Donald277US #14
#20Edward266US #19
#21Samuel256US #70
#22Bobby247US #62
#23Leroy246US #97
#24Kenneth242US #15
#25Joe239US #47
#26Harold226US #36
#27Frank198US #25
#28Roger196US #24
#29Walter191US #35
#30Billy190US #53
#31Paul185US #18
#32Harry180US #57
#33Marion163
#34Ronnie159US #59
#35Arthur155US #44
#36Danny155US #39
#37Tommy153US #79
#38Eddie151US #78
#39Ernest150US #76
#40Daniel146US #22
#41Nathaniel146US #180
#42Eugene143US #61
#43Charlie142US #144
#44Albert140US #55
#45Carl139US #42
#46Wayne136US #34
#47Clarence134US #87
#48Roy132US #49
#49Raymond131US #27
#50Terry131US #26
#51Melvin128US #81
#52Herbert127US #103
#53Fred120US #66
#54Ralph119US #51
#55Benjamin117US #139
#56Dennis115US #17
#57Douglas114US #33
#58Jack109US #43
#59Gary108US #12
#60Gerald107US #30
#61Jimmie107US #120
#62Johnnie100US #150
#63Earl98US #83
#64Louis98US #64
#65Calvin96US #117
#66Donnie96US #162
#67Lawrence95US #31
#68Phillip93US #69
#69Leon90US #119
#70Marvin90US #90
#71Stephen90US #20
#72Allen89US #72
#73Steve89US #60
#74Howard88US #63
#75Freddie85US #152
#76Lewis85US #130
#77Andrew83US #77
#78Curtis82US #101
#79Jesse79US #108
#80Herman78US #146
#81Lee78US #93
#82Stanley74US #65
#83Franklin73US #159
#84Jackie68US #147
#85Steven68US #23
#86Sammie66
#87Roosevelt64
#88Isaac63
#89Glenn62US #73
#90Randy62US #99
#91Ray62US #100
#92Jessie61US #185
#93Moses61
#94Theodore60US #104
#95Tony58US #125
#96Alvin57US #124
#97Bruce57US #28
#98Clyde57US #131
#99Bernard56US #107
#100Francis56US #80

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑32Wanda#48
↑27Ella#58
↑26Laura#56
↑25Diane#42
↑20Mattie#53
↑19Julia#40
↑16Marion#33
↑16Phillip#68

Falling

↓25Minnie#87
↓24Marilyn#81
↓22Janie#69
↓21Clyde#98
↓20Jean#91
↓18Freddie#75
↓17Dianne#71
↓17Bertha#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.