State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1963 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,625 South Carolina births in 1963 across 1,002 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.

#80Annieoutside the national top 200
#85Donnieoutside the national top 200
#58Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#88Joeyoutside the national top 200
#69Doris#181 nationally
#92Franklin#195 nationally
#92Vanessa#188 nationally
#99Sonya#194 nationally
#86Leroy#176 nationally
#84Clarence#163 nationally
#83Loretta#161 nationally
#71Frances#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary644US #2
#2Lisa578US #1
#3Donna476US #6
#4Teresa447US #18
#5Cynthia441US #10
#6Tammy426US #12
#7Linda411US #5
#8Patricia409US #7
#9Sandra396US #9
#10Sharon395US #19
#11Brenda381US #15
#12Karen373US #4
#13Pamela370US #14
#14Angela368US #30
#15Barbara331US #17
#16Susan329US #3
#17Deborah307US #13
#18Debra302US #21
#19Elizabeth259US #20
#20Kimberly256US #11
#21Wanda251US #76
#22Robin219US #25
#23Jacqueline211US #51
#24Kathy208US #34
#25Rhonda202US #45
#26Sheila200US #50
#27Carolyn188US #56
#28Cheryl186US #24
#29Sherry178US #49
#30Nancy174US #23
#31Janice169US #63
#32Janet167US #40
#33Shirley156US #99
#34Betty154US #104
#35Carol154US #33
#36Cindy153US #37
#37Gloria152US #96
#38Laura150US #16
#39Tina145US #35
#40Debbie144US #41
#41Lori137US #8
#42Beverly135US #81
#43Connie130US #55
#44Margaret130US #46
#45Melissa130US #61
#46Rebecca130US #44
#47Jennifer128US #36
#48Sarah128US #94
#49Martha125US #90
#50Cathy122US #67
#51Judy119US #70
#52Joyce118US #84
#53Paula117US #42
#54Dorothy113US #116
#55Terri111US #58
#56Annette110US #71
#57Theresa110US #38
#58Gwendolyn107US #171
#59Tracy104US #48
#60Catherine102US #53
#61Julie100US #22
#62Darlene97US #85
#63Sylvia97US #128
#64Sherri96US #78
#65Diane95US #31
#66Virginia94US #103
#67Denise93US #27
#68Kim90US #39
#69Doris89US #181
#70Rose88US #118
#71Frances82US #146
#72Melanie82US #101
#73Valerie82US #69
#74Wendy80US #60
#75Alice79US #138
#76Christine79US #29
#77Kelly78US #32
#78Amy77US #54
#79Stephanie74US #64
#80Annie73
#81Peggy73US #106
#82Phyllis73US #131
#83Loretta72US #161
#84Julia71US #122
#85Melinda71US #121
#86Jackie70US #142
#87Regina70US #92
#88Anita69US #77
#89Marilyn68US #125
#90Vickie67US #120
#91Dana66US #88
#92Vanessa64US #188
#93Belinda63US #150
#94Leslie63US #72
#95Bonnie62US #83
#96Michelle62US #26
#97Helen60US #124
#98Katherine58US #87
#99Sonya58US #194
#100Laurie57US #47

Boys

#1James1,434US #4
#2John960US #2
#3Michael885US #1
#4Robert877US #5
#5William829US #7
#6David822US #3
#7Charles529US #16
#8Kenneth492US #18
#9Richard457US #8
#10Thomas411US #9
#11Timothy404US #15
#12Mark396US #6
#13Anthony342US #22
#14Joseph334US #13
#15Donald283US #25
#16Terry270US #32
#17George263US #34
#18Gregory256US #21
#19Ricky251US #47
#20Larry249US #36
#21Jeffrey246US #10
#22Willie246US #93
#23Ronald243US #23
#24Johnny234US #71
#25Tony234US #52
#26Jerry208US #38
#27Steven205US #14
#28Bobby203US #75
#29Paul197US #17
#30Scott181US #12
#31Christopher180US #26
#32Kevin180US #11
#33Edward176US #27
#34Gary170US #24
#35Billy169US #74
#36Randy169US #37
#37Stephen167US #29
#38Dennis164US #39
#39Roger161US #53
#40Keith152US #33
#41Daniel151US #19
#42Henry148US #94
#43Jimmy145US #78
#44Ronnie145US #101
#45Brian138US #20
#46Danny134US #55
#47Stanley133US #105
#48Barry130US #67
#49Carl127US #54
#50Eric127US #31
#51Samuel127US #87
#52Jeffery122US #46
#53Darryl120US #80
#54Joe118US #58
#55Douglas116US #28
#56Tommy116US #107
#57Gerald113US #60
#58Harold113US #96
#59Curtis110US #72
#60Russell107US #57
#61Steve106US #49
#62Bruce105US #43
#63Marvin97US #120
#64Frank96US #41
#65Micheal94US #106
#66Phillip94US #70
#67Harry93US #137
#68Wayne93US #63
#69Walter92US #77
#70Raymond91US #45
#71Calvin89US #140
#72Eddie89US #109
#73Ernest85US #122
#74Allen84US #90
#75Glenn83US #64
#76Melvin83US #133
#77Arthur80US #91
#78Bryan80US #73
#79Mike77US #44
#80Randall77US #65
#81Todd77US #30
#82Jerome76US #128
#83Rodney75US #76
#84Clarence74US #163
#85Donnie74
#86Leroy72US #176
#87Vincent72US #61
#88Joey71
#89Reginald71US #132
#90Troy70US #66
#91Bernard69US #165
#92Franklin69US #195
#93Joel69US #110
#94Patrick69US #35
#95Andrew68US #42
#96Darrell68US #95
#97Albert66US #100
#98Ray66US #131
#99Alan64US #56
#100Jonathan64US #88

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑30Darryl#53
↑27Paula#53
↑18Virginia#66
↑17Melissa#45
↑17Bruce#62
↑17Harry#67
↑16Carol#35
↑16Amy#78

Falling

↓24Helen#97
↓22Frances#71
↓22Jackie#86
↓21Vickie#90
↓21Albert#97
↓20Glenn#75
↓17Denise#67
↓17Rose#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.