State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1952 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,336 South Carolina births in 1952 across 976 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.

#53Marionoutside the national top 200
#55Lillieoutside the national top 200
#61Willieoutside the national top 200
#52Nathaniel#189 nationally
#66Delorisoutside the national top 200
#51Emma#180 nationally
#41Rosa#162 nationally
#82Ellaoutside the national top 200
#85Carrieoutside the national top 200
#86Clara#196 nationally
#69Freddie#177 nationally
#95Etheloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,398US #2
#2Linda958US #1
#3Patricia877US #3
#4Deborah711US #4
#5Barbara647US #6
#6Brenda592US #15
#7Betty543US #32
#8Shirley473US #28
#9Sandra429US #10
#10Carolyn421US #24
#11Susan410US #5
#12Nancy378US #7
#13Debra370US #9
#14Gloria359US #36
#15Margaret353US #21
#16Judy341US #26
#17Elizabeth323US #22
#18Martha321US #40
#19Dorothy304US #46
#20Kathy296US #29
#21Cynthia270US #18
#22Joyce268US #27
#23Janice263US #23
#24Sarah254US #93
#25Donna251US #13
#26Annie246US #127
#27Rebecca235US #30
#28Wanda223US #54
#29Peggy202US #43
#30Karen200US #8
#31Sharon196US #14
#32Virginia195US #49
#33Frances189US #67
#34Catherine186US #34
#35Helen185US #63
#36Diane183US #16
#37Carol177US #12
#38Doris177US #83
#39Pamela167US #17
#40Jo155US #55
#41Rosa154US #162
#42Janet153US #19
#43Beverly144US #35
#44Gwendolyn143US #114
#45Alice138US #69
#46Evelyn138US #90
#47Cathy137US #56
#48Teresa136US #52
#49Rose124US #62
#50Sylvia122US #99
#51Emma116US #180
#52Ruth116US #57
#53Patsy113US #128
#54Phyllis113US #65
#55Lillie112
#56Vickie112US #76
#57Ann110US #45
#58Jacqueline110US #58
#59Marilyn109US #38
#60Ruby109US #145
#61Willie109
#62Connie108US #44
#63Dianne107US #96
#64Joan105US #37
#65Katherine105US #59
#66Deloris103
#67Julia103US #131
#68Bonnie100US #41
#69Laura98US #53
#70Vivian97US #142
#71Christine96US #20
#72Mildred95US #159
#73Marie94US #82
#74Delores93US #152
#75Jane92US #42
#76Judith92US #25
#77Louise88US #122
#78Cheryl87US #31
#79Elaine86US #73
#80Gail84US #39
#81Sara84US #161
#82Ella83
#83Kathryn83US #48
#84Yvonne82US #103
#85Carrie80
#86Clara80US #196
#87Geraldine80US #119
#88Rhonda79US #95
#89Lois77US #86
#90Paula77US #47
#91Sherry77US #68
#92Edna75US #177
#93Janie75US #189
#94Jean75US #50
#95Ethel74
#96Loretta73US #136
#97Glenda72US #97
#98Anna71US #101
#99Marsha71US #75
#100Thelma70

Boys

#1James2,002US #1
#2John1,199US #3
#3Robert1,183US #2
#4William1,183US #6
#5Charles912US #9
#6David797US #5
#7Larry687US #14
#8Michael684US #4
#9Thomas607US #8
#10Willie606US #48
#11Richard550US #7
#12Joseph454US #12
#13George420US #22
#14Ronald382US #15
#15Kenneth367US #16
#16Donald363US #13
#17Johnny335US #53
#18Jerry333US #26
#19Edward308US #23
#20Henry295US #50
#21Bobby260US #77
#22Leroy235US #116
#23Jimmy228US #72
#24Samuel228US #67
#25Stephen212US #21
#26Frank205US #32
#27Steven204US #11
#28Harold203US #51
#29Roger203US #30
#30Harry197US #75
#31Danny195US #40
#32Gary195US #10
#33Paul194US #19
#34Terry193US #29
#35Walter188US #44
#36Arthur187US #47
#37Daniel184US #20
#38Ronnie184US #82
#39Billy169US #65
#40Joe166US #62
#41Dennis155US #18
#42Eddie155US #93
#43Carl153US #45
#44Ernest148US #87
#45Wayne141US #38
#46Timothy139US #27
#47Anthony136US #34
#48Melvin136US #91
#49Raymond136US #33
#50Eugene135US #71
#51Albert132US #66
#52Nathaniel132US #189
#53Marion130
#54Herbert129US #115
#55Calvin128US #108
#56Tommy128US #97
#57Randy124US #41
#58Roy123US #55
#59Steve121US #85
#60Phillip120US #74
#61Gerald117US #39
#62Clarence115US #102
#63Douglas115US #28
#64Fred113US #90
#65Jerome110US #105
#66Leon109US #124
#67Jack107US #52
#68Stanley107US #58
#69Freddie106US #177
#70Benjamin105US #122
#71Ralph104US #56
#72Andrew96US #68
#73Curtis96US #86
#74Lewis96US #145
#75Tony96US #133
#76Johnnie95US #173
#77Marvin94US #95
#78Earl92US #98
#79Howard88US #73
#80Lawrence86US #35
#81Jesse85US #112
#82Mark85US #17
#83Bruce84US #25
#84Allen82US #78
#85Glenn82US #61
#86Franklin81US #159
#87Jackie80US #144
#88Donnie79US #156
#89Gregory79US #24
#90Clyde77US #143
#91Jimmie77US #163
#92Charlie76US #161
#93Louis74US #79
#94Bernard73US #111
#95Alvin72US #128
#96Leonard72US #83
#97Ricky70US #81
#98Russell68US #70
#99Barry67US #69
#100Micheal66US #94

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑38Vickie#56
↑32Teresa#48
↑24Randy#57
↑22Tony#75
↑21Patsy#53
↑21Steve#59
↑20Dianne#63
↑18Anthony#47

Falling

↓34Carrie#85
↓30Charlie#92
↓29Janie#93
↓23Jackie#87
↓21Edna#92
↓17Mildred#72
↓17Jean#94
↓16Allen#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.