State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1958 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,864 South Carolina births in 1958 across 1,000 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.

#62Annie#196 nationally
#79Rubyoutside the national top 200
#83Myraoutside the national top 200
#73Rosa#189 nationally
#89Marionoutside the national top 200
#49Leroy#158 nationally
#74Donnie#181 nationally
#96Patsyoutside the national top 200
#97Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#99Lillieoutside the national top 200
#58Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#84Vivian#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary899US #1
#2Linda663US #3
#3Cynthia579US #8
#4Patricia561US #5
#5Debra533US #6
#6Deborah514US #7
#7Barbara476US #9
#8Brenda457US #16
#9Susan453US #2
#10Kathy403US #14
#11Sandra389US #15
#12Karen374US #4
#13Sharon357US #17
#14Donna353US #10
#15Carolyn346US #37
#16Teresa346US #26
#17Shirley324US #52
#18Pamela322US #11
#19Wanda320US #66
#20Betty290US #54
#21Cheryl282US #13
#22Janice253US #35
#23Elizabeth252US #22
#24Debbie239US #24
#25Nancy235US #12
#26Gloria227US #77
#27Cathy219US #34
#28Margaret218US #31
#29Joyce211US #46
#30Carol192US #20
#31Dorothy192US #86
#32Janet187US #28
#33Judy187US #36
#34Martha178US #69
#35Lisa169US #19
#36Robin169US #32
#37Cindy164US #25
#38Beverly160US #55
#39Diane160US #18
#40Angela155US #83
#41Peggy152US #42
#42Annette149US #76
#43Sarah148US #117
#44Catherine140US #38
#45Tammy136US #44
#46Julie132US #23
#47Frances130US #118
#48Rebecca129US #41
#49Rhonda129US #48
#50Laura126US #29
#51Doris125US #131
#52Sherry125US #67
#53Phyllis124US #94
#54Rose123US #78
#55Sheila123US #59
#56Vickie123US #75
#57Virginia121US #85
#58Gwendolyn120US #151
#59Helen119US #100
#60Sylvia119US #114
#61Theresa113US #33
#62Annie112US #196
#63Jacqueline106US #99
#64Christine102US #43
#65Connie98US #50
#66Darlene98US #49
#67Kimberly98US #39
#68Marilyn98US #96
#69Katherine96US #74
#70Terri96US #51
#71Julia95US #119
#72Alice88US #115
#73Rosa87US #189
#74Ann86US #47
#75Terry85US #89
#76Rita83US #88
#77Dianne80US #143
#78Gail80US #72
#79Ruby80
#80Vanessa80US #148
#81Denise78US #27
#82Evelyn77US #134
#83Myra77
#84Vivian76US #172
#85Jo75US #91
#86Tina75US #71
#87Kathryn74US #58
#88Ruth72US #90
#89Carrie70US #155
#90Lynn70US #60
#91Vicki70US #57
#92Bonnie68US #63
#93Kim68US #40
#94Loretta66US #132
#95Paula66US #53
#96Patsy65
#97Anna64US #103
#98Elaine64US #101
#99Lillie64
#100Valerie64US #64

Boys

#1James1,570US #3
#2Robert987US #4
#3William952US #6
#4Michael944US #1
#5David911US #2
#6John909US #5
#7Charles701US #11
#8Richard607US #8
#9Kenneth444US #14
#10Thomas436US #9
#11Larry432US #22
#12Willie374US #70
#13Joseph348US #12
#14Donald345US #18
#15Ronald334US #19
#16Timothy327US #13
#17Ricky312US #34
#18Mark304US #7
#19Terry300US #33
#20Johnny288US #61
#21Anthony286US #27
#22George280US #31
#23Jerry277US #35
#24Ronnie256US #66
#25Bobby248US #69
#26Dennis235US #29
#27Randy232US #32
#28Jimmy228US #73
#29Steven223US #10
#30Tony214US #57
#31Edward212US #28
#32Paul198US #15
#33Billy195US #64
#34Henry189US #83
#35Stephen185US #26
#36Danny184US #45
#37Gary176US #17
#38Gregory172US #23
#39Daniel170US #16
#40Samuel166US #85
#41Joe164US #56
#42Roger164US #47
#43Carl159US #51
#44Curtis156US #82
#45Steve152US #44
#46Eddie151US #100
#47Stanley151US #88
#48Wayne141US #48
#49Leroy140US #158
#50Harry139US #111
#51Harold138US #84
#52Tommy136US #104
#53Raymond133US #43
#54Walter133US #63
#55Douglas131US #30
#56Melvin128US #122
#57Frank121US #38
#58Phillip120US #81
#59Micheal117US #91
#60Russell117US #54
#61Arthur116US #72
#62Bruce111US #36
#63Calvin109US #123
#64Jeffrey109US #21
#65Albert107US #89
#66Keith106US #37
#67Mike103US #40
#68Clarence102US #138
#69Christopher101US #39
#70Barry100US #79
#71Ernest99US #113
#72Rickey96US #106
#73Jerome94US #129
#74Donnie91US #181
#75Marvin89US #119
#76Rodney89US #65
#77Ralph88US #78
#78Ray87US #121
#79Roy87US #75
#80Andrew86US #55
#81Eugene83US #103
#82Herbert82US #157
#83Benjamin81US #150
#84Dale81US #46
#85Allen76US #92
#86Brian75US #24
#87Glenn75US #76
#88Bernard74US #143
#89Marion74
#90Earl73US #130
#91Jeffery73US #59
#92Lawrence73US #52
#93Leon73US #163
#94Randall73US #62
#95Reginald73US #142
#96Jack70US #80
#97Nathaniel70
#98Gerald69US #58
#99Howard69US #95
#100Kevin67US #20

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑40Julie#46
↑36Annette#42
↑32Mike#67
↑31Darlene#66
↑29Terri#70
↑22Rita#76
↑21Angela#40
↑20Ann#74

Falling

↓33Gerald#98
↓31Loretta#94
↓23Paula#95
↓21Jo#85
↓19Sylvia#60
↓19Dianne#77
↓19Allen#85
↓17Nathaniel#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.