State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1951 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,781 South Carolina births in 1951 across 936 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.

#48Marionoutside the national top 200
#49Lillieoutside the national top 200
#51Carrieoutside the national top 200
#53Willieoutside the national top 200
#46Nathaniel#187 nationally
#60Delorisoutside the national top 200
#38Rosa#160 nationally
#86Hattieoutside the national top 200
#64Janie#176 nationally
#87Gladys#199 nationally
#81Ethel#191 nationally
#91Ellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,460US #2
#2Linda989US #1
#3Patricia797US #3
#4Barbara684US #5
#5Brenda609US #14
#6Deborah576US #4
#7Betty566US #29
#8Shirley481US #27
#9Carolyn449US #22
#10Sandra442US #9
#11Nancy390US #7
#12Margaret370US #17
#13Judy369US #26
#14Dorothy345US #42
#15Gloria344US #31
#16Elizabeth338US #23
#17Martha326US #38
#18Susan310US #6
#19Janice274US #21
#20Sarah255US #91
#21Donna250US #12
#22Annie247US #113
#23Joyce245US #28
#24Kathy228US #35
#25Wanda227US #52
#26Cynthia226US #20
#27Debra218US #18
#28Frances203US #59
#29Peggy203US #40
#30Rebecca189US #32
#31Carol185US #11
#32Helen182US #54
#33Doris176US #80
#34Virginia175US #47
#35Catherine166US #34
#36Beverly164US #33
#37Sharon161US #13
#38Rosa158US #160
#39Sylvia156US #97
#40Pamela154US #16
#41Alice153US #62
#42Diane150US #15
#43Ruth150US #53
#44Karen149US #8
#45Jo134US #67
#46Evelyn130US #88
#47Rose130US #65
#48Janet123US #19
#49Lillie120
#50Ann116US #46
#51Carrie114
#52Gwendolyn114US #112
#53Willie111
#54Cathy110US #71
#55Mildred110US #146
#56Connie109US #44
#57Jacqueline109US #56
#58Phyllis108US #57
#59Joan107US #39
#60Deloris105
#61Katherine104US #55
#62Ruby104US #140
#63Vivian102US #138
#64Janie101US #176
#65Julia101US #127
#66Laura101US #60
#67Emma98US #174
#68Gail98US #36
#69Sara96US #152
#70Christine94US #24
#71Edna94US #170
#72Jane91US #43
#73Marilyn90US #41
#74Patsy89US #121
#75Cheryl88US #30
#76Geraldine87US #108
#77Jean87US #49
#78Louise87US #117
#79Sherry87US #70
#80Teresa87US #63
#81Ethel86US #191
#82Juanita86US #126
#83Dianne83US #90
#84Bonnie82US #37
#85Delores82US #141
#86Hattie82
#87Gladys81US #199
#88Ellen79US #68
#89Marie79US #78
#90Elaine77US #66
#91Ella76
#92Judith76US #25
#93Kathryn76US #45
#94Vickie76US #87
#95Yvonne76US #101
#96Anna75US #94
#97Margie74US #198
#98Minnie74
#99Thelma74US #189
#100Bertha69

Boys

#1James2,083US #1
#2William1,241US #6
#3John1,191US #3
#4Robert1,145US #2
#5Charles886US #9
#6David713US #5
#7Thomas652US #8
#8Willie605US #45
#9Larry599US #11
#10Michael580US #4
#11Richard506US #7
#12George431US #22
#13Joseph411US #14
#14Ronald377US #12
#15Kenneth360US #16
#16Jerry350US #24
#17Johnny331US #50
#18Donald316US #15
#19Henry316US #47
#20Edward300US #23
#21Bobby231US #77
#22Samuel227US #67
#23Danny216US #41
#24Leroy216US #111
#25Roger215US #29
#26Paul212US #18
#27Jimmy209US #62
#28Harry192US #70
#29Joe189US #57
#30Harold188US #46
#31Ronnie188US #82
#32Walter188US #42
#33Eddie179US #89
#34Daniel174US #21
#35Stephen171US #19
#36Terry163US #30
#37Arthur161US #44
#38Billy161US #64
#39Ernest158US #83
#40Dennis156US #17
#41Steven155US #13
#42Frank152US #31
#43Gary150US #10
#44Eugene146US #65
#45Carl145US #43
#46Nathaniel145US #187
#47Raymond142US #32
#48Marion139
#49Tommy135US #94
#50Albert134US #60
#51Clarence133US #98
#52Douglas129US #27
#53Herbert129US #112
#54Melvin128US #88
#55Timothy128US #28
#56Wayne125US #37
#57Jack119US #48
#58Roy119US #52
#59Benjamin118US #123
#60Calvin118US #106
#61Curtis118US #91
#62Charlie113US #153
#63Earl113US #95
#64Jackie111US #133
#65Anthony110US #34
#66Johnnie109US #162
#67Fred106US #87
#68Allen104US #72
#69Leon103US #122
#70Stanley103US #54
#71Ralph102US #51
#72Phillip101US #79
#73Donnie95US #150
#74Gerald94US #36
#75Marvin93US #96
#76Franklin91US #152
#77Andrew90US #69
#78Freddie90US #165
#79Jerome90US #103
#80Steve90US #86
#81Randy89US #56
#82Jimmie87US #145
#83Lee84US #92
#84Lawrence83US #33
#85Lewis80US #135
#86Louis79US #76
#87Alvin78US #121
#88Bernard78US #107
#89Bruce78US #26
#90Howard77US #74
#91Jesse77US #115
#92Herman75US #167
#93Clyde74US #132
#94Glenn73US #58
#95Leonard71US #80
#96Alfred67US #100
#97Tony65US #141
#98Micheal64US #97
#99Norman64US #90
#100Mark63US #20

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑73Debra#27
↑31Cathy#54
↑29Gwendolyn#52
↑27Gail#68
↑22Curtis#61
↑21Connie#56
↑21Jean#77
↑20Stephen#35

Falling

↓29Bonnie#84
↓27Ella#91
↓24Dianne#83
↓22Gladys#87
↓22Howard#90
↓20Bertha#100
↓19Judith#92
↓18Anna#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.