State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1950 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,156 South Carolina births in 1950 across 953 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.

#43Delorisoutside the national top 200
#44Lillieoutside the national top 200
#48Carrieoutside the national top 200
#52Willieoutside the national top 200
#52Marionoutside the national top 200
#37Nathaniel#182 nationally
#64Ella#198 nationally
#67Mattieoutside the national top 200
#79Hattieoutside the national top 200
#36Rosa#155 nationally
#65Gladys#182 nationally
#80Bertha#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,454US #2
#2Linda1,005US #1
#3Barbara726US #4
#4Patricia711US #3
#5Betty606US #26
#6Brenda582US #14
#7Shirley533US #19
#8Sandra506US #8
#9Carolyn429US #20
#10Nancy381US #6
#11Dorothy377US #35
#12Margaret372US #15
#13Deborah355US #7
#14Judy349US #25
#15Martha324US #32
#16Elizabeth321US #24
#17Gloria320US #30
#18Annie317US #106
#19Susan282US #5
#20Joyce270US #27
#21Frances262US #51
#22Janice256US #22
#23Sarah241US #88
#24Cynthia216US #23
#25Wanda212US #52
#26Virginia210US #43
#27Peggy203US #41
#28Rebecca202US #36
#29Doris200US #74
#30Kathy199US #38
#31Helen197US #50
#32Donna196US #13
#33Alice184US #57
#34Carol163US #9
#35Catherine151US #34
#36Rosa148US #155
#37Sharon148US #11
#38Diane141US #16
#39Beverly132US #31
#40Mildred132US #135
#41Sylvia124US #97
#42Ruth121US #49
#43Deloris119
#44Lillie119
#45Karen116US #12
#46Phyllis116US #53
#47Rose115US #69
#48Carrie114
#49Evelyn114US #86
#50Vivian111US #138
#51Pamela108US #17
#52Willie108
#53Emma105US #154
#54Julia105US #119
#55Bonnie104US #33
#56Jo104US #64
#57Patsy104US #117
#58Janet102US #18
#59Dianne101US #90
#60Ann99US #45
#61Ruby99US #130
#62Cheryl98US #29
#63Jacqueline98US #55
#64Ella97US #198
#65Gladys95US #182
#66Christine93US #28
#67Mattie93
#68Laura91US #63
#69Joan90US #40
#70Delores89US #129
#71Louise89US #109
#72Jane88US #39
#73Judith88US #21
#74Janie87US #164
#75Katherine87US #58
#76Sara87US #147
#77Connie86US #44
#78Anna85US #93
#79Hattie84
#80Bertha83US #193
#81Gwendolyn83US #113
#82Margie83US #184
#83Marie81US #72
#84Marilyn80US #37
#85Cathy79US #75
#86Edna78US #157
#87Ethel78US #176
#88Kathryn77US #46
#89Elaine76US #60
#90Geraldine76US #102
#91Edith75US #150
#92Vickie75US #108
#93Bobbie74US #195
#94Marsha74US #68
#95Gail72US #42
#96Glenda72US #87
#97Jessie72
#98Jean71US #48
#99Bessie70
#100Debra69US #59

Boys

#1James2,108US #1
#2John1,182US #3
#3William1,145US #6
#4Robert1,111US #2
#5Charles857US #9
#6Willie687US #42
#7David655US #5
#8Larry624US #11
#9Thomas603US #8
#10Michael512US #4
#11Richard474US #7
#12George472US #20
#13Joseph413US #13
#14Ronald369US #12
#15Jerry349US #24
#16Donald334US #14
#17Johnny331US #50
#18Henry328US #47
#19Kenneth322US #15
#20Edward288US #22
#21Samuel255US #62
#22Bobby234US #65
#23Leroy234US #102
#24Jimmy221US #55
#25Billy211US #57
#26Harry209US #61
#27Harold207US #45
#28Roger205US #27
#29Walter198US #40
#30Joe190US #54
#31Frank187US #29
#32Gary185US #10
#33Danny180US #39
#34Ronnie178US #76
#35Paul171US #18
#36Eddie164US #89
#37Nathaniel162US #182
#38Ernest159US #81
#39Herbert152US #112
#40Daniel149US #21
#41Arthur143US #46
#42Clarence141US #95
#43Terry140US #30
#44Roy137US #51
#45Wayne133US #35
#46Dennis132US #17
#47Raymond129US #31
#48Albert128US #56
#49Benjamin128US #123
#50Steven128US #16
#51Douglas127US #28
#52Marion127
#53Calvin120US #105
#54Eugene119US #58
#55Stephen119US #19
#56Allen118US #71
#57Carl118US #44
#58Melvin118US #87
#59Tommy114US #94
#60Donnie110US #150
#61Ralph107US #52
#62Charlie103US #151
#63Gerald102US #34
#64Earl100US #92
#65Johnnie99US #157
#66Phillip99US #64
#67Lawrence97US #33
#68Howard96US #63
#69Freddie95US #155
#70Fred90US #84
#71Leon89US #119
#72Timothy89US #32
#73Jimmie88US #141
#74Marvin87US #93
#75Lewis86US #132
#76Jack85US #48
#77Jerome85US #103
#78Stanley85US #60
#79Jesse84US #114
#80Jackie83US #140
#81Anthony82US #36
#82Lee82US #91
#83Curtis80US #97
#84Steve76US #83
#85Franklin74US #153
#86Andrew72US #68
#87Bruce72US #26
#88Tony72US #149
#89Glenn70US #59
#90Leonard70US #77
#91Louis70US #66
#92Randy70US #80
#93Philip68US #53
#94Clyde67US #136
#95Randolph67US #162
#96Herman64US #159
#97Bernard60US #110
#98Ray60US #111
#99Barry58US #74
#100Isaac58

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑32Steven#50
↑31Deloris#43
↑31Vivian#50
↑26Karen#45
↑20Gladys#65
↑20Jane#72
↑19Earl#64
↑18Bonnie#55

Falling

↓41Jean#98
↓30Curtis#83
↓25Geraldine#90
↓23Ethel#87
↓21Joan#69
↓20Steve#84
↓18Connie#77
↓18Tommy#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.