State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1960 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,426 South Carolina births in 1960 across 1,011 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.

#66Annieoutside the national top 200
#77Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#87Myraoutside the national top 200
#51Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#88Rosa#197 nationally
#89Franklin#194 nationally
#94Donnie#193 nationally
#74Leroy#172 nationally
#95Vivian#188 nationally
#57Doris#147 nationally
#73Benjamin#155 nationally
#59Loretta#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary808US #1
#2Donna558US #5
#3Cynthia552US #9
#4Linda516US #3
#5Brenda471US #13
#6Sandra467US #11
#7Barbara457US #12
#8Debra438US #8
#9Patricia437US #7
#10Susan426US #2
#11Deborah402US #10
#12Karen399US #4
#13Sharon398US #16
#14Teresa395US #19
#15Pamela348US #14
#16Lisa322US #6
#17Wanda309US #66
#18Kathy295US #21
#19Tammy270US #31
#20Betty264US #68
#21Elizabeth262US #18
#22Janice250US #41
#23Cheryl246US #17
#24Angela241US #50
#25Carolyn237US #43
#26Debbie235US #24
#27Shirley235US #70
#28Gloria231US #79
#29Robin217US #33
#30Nancy211US #15
#31Cindy175US #30
#32Joyce170US #58
#33Janet169US #32
#34Beverly168US #60
#35Sheila168US #56
#36Dorothy167US #95
#37Laura166US #25
#38Cathy162US #46
#39Margaret161US #36
#40Carol159US #23
#41Rhonda156US #44
#42Judy145US #48
#43Kimberly139US #26
#44Martha135US #83
#45Sarah130US #116
#46Diane128US #22
#47Annette127US #62
#48Catherine126US #42
#49Phyllis122US #108
#50Sherry117US #54
#51Gwendolyn116US #163
#52Rebecca115US #38
#53Peggy113US #69
#54Rose112US #98
#55Theresa112US #35
#56Tina112US #45
#57Doris110US #147
#58Julie107US #28
#59Loretta105US #138
#60Frances101US #127
#61Sylvia101US #121
#62Connie100US #47
#63Wendy97US #63
#64Alice94US #119
#65Denise94US #29
#66Annie91
#67Jacqueline91US #85
#68Virginia90US #102
#69Paula89US #55
#70Terri86US #49
#71Kim85US #34
#72Darlene84US #75
#73Katherine84US #81
#74Helen82US #117
#75Valerie82US #65
#76Julia81US #122
#77Ann80US #51
#78Vickie78US #100
#79Christine74US #40
#80Jennifer73US #61
#81Marilyn73US #118
#82Elaine72US #112
#83Glenda72US #158
#84Rita71US #96
#85Terry71US #101
#86Bonnie70US #71
#87Myra70
#88Rosa70US #197
#89Vanessa70US #155
#90Dianne69US #160
#91Jackie67US #144
#92Anna65US #104
#93Gail65US #90
#94Ruth65US #97
#95Vivian65US #188
#96Anita63US #87
#97Yvonne63US #133
#98Audrey62US #174
#99Lynn62US #64
#100Evelyn61US #137

Boys

#1James1,511US #3
#2David903US #1
#3John898US #4
#4Michael895US #2
#5William886US #7
#6Robert877US #5
#7Charles603US #13
#8Kenneth513US #16
#9Thomas470US #9
#10Richard464US #8
#11Mark427US #6
#12Timothy411US #11
#13Willie341US #81
#14Anthony339US #25
#15Larry323US #28
#16Joseph312US #12
#17Donald304US #19
#18Ronald301US #21
#19George283US #33
#20Johnny271US #65
#21Terry266US #34
#22Ricky265US #38
#23Steven255US #10
#24Bobby248US #73
#25Jerry244US #37
#26Tony226US #52
#27Gregory212US #24
#28Randy211US #32
#29Edward209US #26
#30Ronnie205US #87
#31Henry202US #84
#32Jimmy194US #69
#33Gary190US #22
#34Danny175US #48
#35Dennis175US #31
#36Billy172US #67
#37Daniel171US #17
#38Paul169US #18
#39Roger168US #47
#40Christopher163US #29
#41Jeffrey158US #14
#42Samuel146US #91
#43Stanley146US #100
#44Joe145US #57
#45Steve144US #43
#46Barry139US #72
#47Carl139US #53
#48Stephen136US #27
#49Keith131US #35
#50Eddie130US #102
#51Micheal125US #105
#52Walter125US #70
#53Tommy123US #112
#54Frank120US #40
#55Curtis119US #79
#56Phillip118US #66
#57Russell117US #56
#58Kevin115US #15
#59Douglas113US #30
#60Melvin112US #125
#61Raymond112US #46
#62Wayne111US #58
#63Harold109US #92
#64Marvin108US #119
#65Gerald107US #62
#66Harry102US #124
#67Jeffery102US #55
#68Mike102US #36
#69Bruce101US #39
#70Calvin101US #129
#71Ernest99US #120
#72Arthur96US #82
#73Benjamin96US #155
#74Leroy96US #172
#75Albert92US #93
#76Rickey92US #138
#77Nathaniel90
#78Clarence87US #157
#79Roy86US #80
#80Allen85US #99
#81Brian85US #20
#82Andrew84US #51
#83Eugene84US #109
#84Jerome83US #133
#85Lee83US #116
#86Ralph80US #89
#87Earl79US #139
#88Reginald78US #144
#89Franklin76US #194
#90Alvin75US #166
#91Bernard74US #152
#92Ray72US #121
#93Scott71US #23
#94Donnie70US #193
#95Glenn70US #74
#96Perry70US #146
#97Rodney69US #68
#98Darryl68US #96
#99Chris67US #63
#100Eric66US #44

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑26Kevin#58
↑22Nathaniel#77
↑20Melvin#60
↑19Laura#37
↑18Tina#56
↑18Loretta#59
↑17Alice#64
↑16Ann#77

Falling

↓33Gail#93
↓25Ruth#94
↓23Ray#92
↓21Leroy#74
↓20Lynn#99
↓19Vickie#78
↓17Vanessa#89
↓16Evelyn#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.