State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1953 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,387 South Carolina births in 1953 across 1,005 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.

#46Nathaniel#193 nationally
#57Marionoutside the national top 200
#62Delorisoutside the national top 200
#72Lillieoutside the national top 200
#73Willieoutside the national top 200
#74Carrieoutside the national top 200
#80Ellaoutside the national top 200
#75Emma#195 nationally
#28Annie#143 nationally
#46Rosa#161 nationally
#88Janie#197 nationally
#93Gladysoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,360US #1
#2Linda863US #2
#3Patricia772US #4
#4Deborah688US #3
#5Barbara669US #6
#6Brenda593US #18
#7Shirley483US #29
#8Betty482US #33
#9Debra463US #7
#10Sandra420US #11
#11Carolyn399US #25
#12Susan379US #5
#13Nancy362US #8
#14Elizabeth360US #21
#15Cynthia357US #12
#16Margaret329US #20
#17Janice293US #22
#18Kathy291US #23
#19Martha291US #41
#20Joyce289US #26
#21Gloria286US #38
#22Dorothy284US #49
#23Wanda268US #57
#24Judy265US #27
#25Pamela265US #10
#26Donna258US #13
#27Rebecca241US #24
#28Annie234US #143
#29Karen214US #9
#30Sharon212US #15
#31Sarah210US #93
#32Beverly200US #34
#33Frances199US #72
#34Catherine189US #35
#35Doris189US #87
#36Carol188US #16
#37Diane186US #17
#38Helen167US #65
#39Virginia166US #53
#40Peggy162US #44
#41Marilyn160US #36
#42Cathy155US #56
#43Janet152US #19
#44Teresa152US #42
#45Gwendolyn141US #112
#46Rosa139US #161
#47Jo138US #54
#48Rose136US #59
#49Dianne132US #109
#50Alice128US #73
#51Jacqueline126US #58
#52Sylvia126US #101
#53Ruby125US #150
#54Geraldine123US #135
#55Phyllis121US #69
#56Ann116US #46
#57Evelyn114US #94
#58Laura110US #51
#59Jane109US #43
#60Ruth109US #62
#61Vickie107US #79
#62Deloris105
#63Connie104US #47
#64Cheryl102US #28
#65Julia99US #124
#66Paula99US #40
#67Elaine98US #77
#68Vivian97US #149
#69Annette96US #145
#70Christine95US #32
#71Joan94US #37
#72Lillie94
#73Willie92
#74Carrie91
#75Emma91US #195
#76Mildred91US #166
#77Bonnie90US #45
#78Gail90US #39
#79Yvonne90US #104
#80Ella88
#81Marie83US #86
#82Patsy83US #141
#83Sara82US #158
#84Delores79US #156
#85Jean79US #52
#86Katherine79US #63
#87Kathryn79US #48
#88Janie78US #197
#89Rita77US #64
#90Sherry77US #70
#91Louise76US #125
#92Theresa76US #50
#93Gladys73
#94Ethel72
#95Sheila71US #60
#96Edna70US #190
#97Vicki69US #61
#98Angela68US #120
#99Johnnie68
#100Audrey67US #167

Boys

#1James1,951US #2
#2John1,201US #4
#3William1,168US #6
#4Robert1,115US #1
#5Charles859US #9
#6David850US #5
#7Michael809US #3
#8Richard644US #7
#9Thomas614US #8
#10Willie613US #49
#11Larry588US #18
#12Joseph419US #13
#13Ronald403US #15
#14George388US #22
#15Kenneth373US #17
#16Johnny346US #52
#17Donald333US #14
#18Jerry299US #29
#19Henry277US #54
#20Edward263US #23
#21Bobby258US #74
#22Roger233US #31
#23Terry232US #30
#24Ronnie229US #79
#25Gary220US #10
#26Samuel216US #70
#27Jimmy205US #72
#28Danny204US #41
#29Stephen204US #21
#30Paul200US #16
#31Steven200US #11
#32Billy191US #65
#33Harry181US #83
#34Walter180US #45
#35Leroy178US #126
#36Daniel175US #20
#37Harold175US #56
#38Randy171US #35
#39Frank169US #33
#40Dennis158US #19
#41Anthony152US #32
#42Joe150US #66
#43Timothy148US #26
#44Ernest145US #87
#45Eddie138US #97
#46Nathaniel138US #193
#47Roy138US #55
#48Herbert137US #125
#49Stanley135US #62
#50Phillip134US #76
#51Carl133US #44
#52Curtis132US #86
#53Arthur130US #50
#54Albert129US #69
#55Douglas128US #27
#56Raymond128US #34
#57Marion127
#58Melvin126US #91
#59Steve124US #84
#60Clarence119US #108
#61Eugene116US #75
#62Barry115US #73
#63Calvin114US #111
#64Wayne112US #40
#65Jack111US #57
#66Donnie109US #156
#67Ricky109US #51
#68Tony108US #117
#69Leon107US #137
#70Gerald105US #42
#71Earl103US #96
#72Allen102US #81
#73Benjamin102US #128
#74Jerome101US #107
#75Marvin101US #94
#76Fred100US #92
#77Ralph100US #59
#78Charlie98US #174
#79Howard98US #77
#80Jesse98US #114
#81Tommy97US #95
#82Freddie94US #171
#83Bruce92US #28
#84Johnnie92US #180
#85Bernard86US #119
#86Mark86US #12
#87Lee85US #93
#88Lawrence84US #37
#89Jimmie83US #167
#90Andrew82US #68
#91Micheal80US #88
#92Glenn78US #67
#93Leonard78US #85
#94Randolph76US #161
#95Alfred75US #104
#96Franklin73US #158
#97Jackie73US #145
#98Gregory72US #24
#99Herman72US #179
#100Ray72US #115

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑37Barry#62
↑33Geraldine#54
↑30Ricky#67
↑24Paula#66
↑22Donnie#66
↑21Curtis#52
↑19Randy#38
↑19Stanley#49

Falling

↓29Patsy#82
↓25Tommy#81
↓24Emma#75
↓21Katherine#86
↓19Wayne#64
↓18Andrew#90
↓17Lillie#72
↓17Arthur#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.