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Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1949 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,400 South Carolina births in 1949 across 920 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.

#39Lillie#197 nationally
#50Carrieoutside the national top 200
#42Nathaniel#179 nationally
#44Willie#179 nationally
#68Marionoutside the national top 200
#69Hattieoutside the national top 200
#74Delorisoutside the national top 200
#30Rosa#155 nationally
#76Minnieoutside the national top 200
#55Ella#177 nationally
#82Daisyoutside the national top 200
#83Mattieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,594US #2
#2Linda1,241US #1
#3Betty695US #22
#4Patricia687US #3
#5Barbara668US #4
#6Brenda602US #13
#7Shirley537US #18
#8Sandra503US #6
#9Carolyn458US #17
#10Dorothy395US #32
#11Margaret385US #14
#12Nancy357US #7
#13Martha353US #34
#14Judy346US #20
#15Gloria333US #29
#16Elizabeth307US #25
#17Annie282US #103
#18Sarah252US #84
#19Janice246US #24
#20Joyce245US #26
#21Susan243US #5
#22Frances218US #49
#23Rebecca207US #40
#24Doris205US #69
#25Deborah202US #15
#26Peggy195US #38
#27Donna192US #12
#28Helen189US #46
#29Carol183US #8
#30Rosa180US #155
#31Virginia179US #39
#32Cynthia172US #27
#33Alice168US #53
#34Wanda151US #56
#35Mildred150US #120
#36Evelyn148US #80
#37Diane145US #19
#38Kathy144US #42
#39Lillie143US #197
#40Emma138US #147
#41Julia134US #112
#42Ruth134US #47
#43Sylvia134US #94
#44Willie124US #179
#45Catherine122US #37
#46Sharon122US #10
#47Phyllis120US #50
#48Joan119US #36
#49Ruby113US #123
#50Carrie111
#51Laura109US #65
#52Rose109US #66
#53Dianne107US #85
#54Beverly106US #31
#55Ella105US #177
#56Judith105US #16
#57Jean103US #45
#58Jo103US #60
#59Connie102US #43
#60Janie102US #165
#61Ann100US #44
#62Patsy98US #106
#63Pamela97US #21
#64Ethel96US #164
#65Geraldine96US #90
#66Cheryl94US #28
#67Jacqueline94US #58
#68Delores93US #126
#69Hattie93
#70Janet92US #23
#71Karen92US #11
#72Marie92US #67
#73Bonnie91US #35
#74Deloris90
#75Louise89US #104
#76Minnie89
#77Thelma88US #172
#78Sara87US #148
#79Christine86US #30
#80Glenda86US #87
#81Vivian86US #136
#82Daisy85
#83Mattie85
#84Bertha84US #181
#85Gladys83US #178
#86Gwendolyn83US #114
#87Juanita83US #107
#88Edna80US #142
#89Elaine80US #57
#90Marilyn80US #33
#91Katherine78US #59
#92Jane77US #41
#93Jessie77
#94Rita77US #54
#95Lillian76US #153
#96Bessie74
#97Mae74
#98Edith72US #145
#99Cathy71US #81
#100Ida69

Boys

#1James2,146US #1
#2John1,284US #3
#3William1,174US #4
#4Robert1,099US #2
#5Charles879US #9
#6David716US #6
#7Willie699US #41
#8Thomas647US #8
#9Larry596US #10
#10George461US #18
#11Michael455US #5
#12Richard438US #7
#13Ronald378US #11
#14Joseph368US #14
#15Johnny346US #49
#16Jerry340US #23
#17Donald329US #13
#18Henry325US #46
#19Edward285US #21
#20Bobby272US #67
#21Jimmy264US #53
#22Kenneth257US #15
#23Samuel242US #62
#24Walter230US #37
#25Leroy222US #101
#26Harold210US #42
#27Roger197US #25
#28Billy188US #57
#29Daniel182US #22
#30Paul182US #17
#31Joe181US #52
#32Harry178US #59
#33Frank175US #27
#34Terry174US #28
#35Arthur171US #44
#36Ronnie163US #65
#37Eddie156US #80
#38Ernest155US #76
#39Danny153US #40
#40Eugene149US #58
#41Tommy148US #84
#42Nathaniel146US #179
#43Stephen143US #19
#44Wayne140US #35
#45Gary134US #12
#46Albert133US #56
#47Herbert133US #107
#48Clarence131US #94
#49Roy129US #51
#50Benjamin125US #135
#51Charlie121US #146
#52Raymond120US #30
#53Curtis119US #97
#54Gerald119US #33
#55Dennis118US #16
#56Carl115US #43
#57Leon115US #121
#58Johnnie114US #150
#59Melvin112US #82
#60Phillip111US #66
#61Fred106US #72
#62Calvin105US #112
#63Ralph103US #50
#64Steve100US #68
#65Allen99US #71
#66Jesse96US #110
#67Douglas95US #29
#68Marion95
#69Franklin94US #155
#70Jack93US #47
#71Lewis93US #132
#72Marvin92US #89
#73Donnie91US #156
#74Freddie89US #152
#75Howard89US #63
#76Jimmie89US #130
#77Louis89US #64
#78Andrew83US #75
#79Stanley83US #60
#80Herman82US #157
#81Jackie82US #140
#82Steven81US #20
#83Earl79US #91
#84Lawrence78US #32
#85Tony78US #139
#86Randy76US #92
#87Bruce73US #26
#88Ray72US #109
#89Clyde70US #131
#90Timothy69US #34
#91Isaac68
#92Glenn63US #61
#93Lee63US #93
#94Sammie62
#95Gene60US #119
#96Theodore59US #100
#97Anthony58US #36
#98Leonard58US #74
#99Otis58
#100Russell58US #69

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑60Kathy#38
↑34Jean#57
↑31Connie#59
↑28Stephen#43
↑27Jacqueline#67
↑25Curtis#53
↑21Karen#71
↑20Sharon#46

Falling

↓35Marion#68
↓32Louise#75
↓30Mattie#83
↓28Bessie#96
↓25Jane#92
↓24Juanita#87
↓22Delores#68
↓20Earl#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.