State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1957 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,859 South Carolina births in 1957 across 1,001 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.

#47Annie#193 nationally
#80Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#81Delorisoutside the national top 200
#60Donnie#177 nationally
#68Rosa#181 nationally
#92Marionoutside the national top 200
#97Freddieoutside the national top 200
#47Leroy#148 nationally
#82Franklin#180 nationally
#91Sara#178 nationally
#49Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#95Clyde#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary993US #1
#2Linda665US #3
#3Patricia651US #8
#4Deborah624US #6
#5Debra622US #4
#6Cynthia615US #7
#7Barbara532US #9
#8Brenda512US #13
#9Susan457US #2
#10Sharon380US #14
#11Sandra377US #15
#12Pamela364US #12
#13Kathy360US #20
#14Karen359US #5
#15Wanda355US #59
#16Teresa348US #24
#17Betty347US #50
#18Shirley343US #46
#19Donna336US #10
#20Carolyn323US #33
#21Janice294US #32
#22Elizabeth290US #22
#23Gloria271US #66
#24Nancy249US #11
#25Margaret247US #29
#26Joyce246US #40
#27Cheryl245US #16
#28Cathy240US #39
#29Janet221US #23
#30Diane214US #17
#31Dorothy207US #74
#32Martha206US #63
#33Judy197US #38
#34Debbie195US #27
#35Rebecca181US #34
#36Robin179US #30
#37Carol174US #18
#38Cindy174US #19
#39Sarah166US #116
#40Beverly163US #48
#41Sylvia148US #109
#42Frances147US #113
#43Doris144US #119
#44Catherine143US #37
#45Sherry142US #55
#46Vickie142US #70
#47Annie141US #193
#48Virginia137US #75
#49Gwendolyn135US #132
#50Lisa135US #26
#51Sheila135US #58
#52Phyllis131US #90
#53Rhonda130US #52
#54Rose128US #69
#55Marilyn127US #82
#56Laura126US #31
#57Peggy126US #62
#58Dianne122US #135
#59Katherine122US #72
#60Connie121US #47
#61Angela114US #89
#62Helen112US #95
#63Loretta109US #131
#64Jo107US #83
#65Jacqueline101US #91
#66Julia101US #122
#67Glenda95US #134
#68Rosa95US #181
#69Denise91US #25
#70Alice89US #106
#71Gail88US #54
#72Paula88US #49
#73Vivian88US #153
#74Christine87US #41
#75Evelyn85US #125
#76Terry83US #92
#77Yvonne83US #124
#78Annette82US #97
#79Theresa82US #36
#80Bonnie81US #64
#81Deloris81
#82Joan79US #60
#83Vicki79US #51
#84Audrey77US #149
#85Elaine77US #96
#86Julie77US #28
#87Kim77US #35
#88Kathryn73US #65
#89Anita72US #81
#90Jane72US #56
#91Sara71US #178
#92Sheryl71US #112
#93Ruth70US #84
#94Ann68US #44
#95Tina68US #80
#96Carrie67US #175
#97Darlene67US #57
#98Rita67US #78
#99Terri67US #68
#100Jackie66US #162

Boys

#1James1,788US #2
#2Robert1,090US #4
#3John1,011US #5
#4Michael962US #1
#5William962US #6
#6David922US #3
#7Charles780US #11
#8Richard587US #8
#9Larry510US #22
#10Kenneth500US #14
#11Thomas487US #9
#12Willie421US #63
#13Donald394US #15
#14Joseph383US #12
#15Ronald379US #17
#16George318US #29
#17Jerry312US #35
#18Randy294US #31
#19Mark292US #7
#20Terry292US #33
#21Timothy286US #19
#22Johnny278US #61
#23Anthony276US #27
#24Ronnie258US #73
#25Steven257US #10
#26Ricky253US #40
#27Edward247US #25
#28Bobby245US #78
#29Henry221US #75
#30Jimmy219US #77
#31Dennis217US #28
#32Tony203US #71
#33Gary200US #13
#34Stephen186US #24
#35Danny185US #45
#36Stanley182US #81
#37Billy178US #64
#38Daniel178US #16
#39Paul178US #18
#40Harold169US #74
#41Roger163US #42
#42Gregory161US #23
#43Samuel160US #82
#44Carl158US #49
#45Walter155US #58
#46Eddie150US #95
#47Leroy147US #148
#48Wayne147US #47
#49Curtis142US #80
#50Bruce141US #34
#51Joe139US #57
#52Calvin138US #114
#53Steve137US #44
#54Harry136US #100
#55Melvin135US #113
#56Phillip133US #79
#57Raymond131US #39
#58Frank130US #38
#59Douglas129US #30
#60Donnie127US #177
#61Ernest126US #101
#62Micheal118US #85
#63Tommy115US #102
#64Rickey112US #108
#65Gerald111US #51
#66Allen109US #91
#67Roy109US #65
#68Albert107US #84
#69Arthur107US #66
#70Russell105US #54
#71Keith104US #36
#72Marvin101US #112
#73Barry100US #72
#74Benjamin99US #138
#75Clarence99US #135
#76Earl96US #122
#77Jeffrey96US #21
#78Jerome96US #126
#79Andrew95US #56
#80Nathaniel94
#81Ralph93US #76
#82Franklin91US #180
#83Lawrence89US #46
#84Bernard87US #137
#85Herbert87US #151
#86Christopher86US #43
#87Howard83US #89
#88Eugene81US #92
#89Lee81US #105
#90Glenn80US #62
#91Jeffery79US #52
#92Marion76
#93Alfred71US #131
#94Alvin71US #144
#95Clyde71US #176
#96Fred70US #103
#97Freddie70
#98Jack70US #67
#99Mike70US #53
#100Brian69US #26

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑25Phillip#56
↑22Russell#70
↑20Bruce#50
↑20Rickey#64
↑20Keith#71
↑19Sherry#45
↑18Sylvia#41
↑18Tony#32

Falling

↓33Ruth#93
↓28Eugene#88
↓26Ann#94
↓26Nathaniel#80
↓23Rita#98
↓23Herbert#85
↓16Marion#92
↓15Alice#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.