State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1964 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,629 South Carolina births in 1964 across 1,026 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.

#68Gwendolyn#193 nationally
#91Marionoutside the national top 200
#92Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#82Franklin#189 nationally
#92Glenda#198 nationally
#95Annieoutside the national top 200
#76Tammie#180 nationally
#86Vanessa#183 nationally
#93Sonya#187 nationally
#84Leroy#173 nationally
#90Loretta#174 nationally
#69Calvin#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary617US #2
#2Lisa612US #1
#3Angela488US #22
#4Tammy445US #10
#5Cynthia421US #9
#6Donna411US #7
#7Karen404US #4
#8Teresa396US #21
#9Patricia387US #5
#10Sharon376US #20
#11Sandra375US #13
#12Linda363US #8
#13Pamela349US #11
#14Susan340US #3
#15Barbara319US #19
#16Brenda318US #18
#17Jacqueline269US #37
#18Deborah265US #12
#19Kimberly255US #6
#20Elizabeth235US #16
#21Wanda233US #81
#22Debra220US #24
#23Robin220US #27
#24Janice191US #69
#25Kathy191US #39
#26Tina189US #34
#27Sheila177US #51
#28Carolyn172US #56
#29Rhonda169US #43
#30Sherry163US #50
#31Carol162US #36
#32Laura159US #14
#33Betty157US #102
#34Cheryl157US #29
#35Margaret147US #49
#36Melissa142US #53
#37Nancy137US #26
#38Shirley137US #103
#39Annette129US #68
#40Tracy127US #40
#41Janet126US #48
#42Joyce124US #87
#43Sarah124US #92
#44Cindy122US #47
#45Julie119US #17
#46Beverly116US #91
#47Paula116US #45
#48Darlene115US #80
#49Jennifer115US #31
#50Gloria113US #104
#51Cathy110US #75
#52Dorothy110US #118
#53Rebecca110US #46
#54Debbie109US #52
#55Valerie108US #66
#56Lori107US #15
#57Martha106US #95
#58Amy103US #44
#59Denise103US #25
#60Kim103US #42
#61Theresa103US #38
#62Catherine101US #54
#63Connie100US #64
#64Judy99US #74
#65Sherri98US #86
#66Stephanie88US #57
#67Kelly87US #35
#68Gwendolyn85US #193
#69Vickie83US #127
#70Wendy83US #55
#71Diane80US #32
#72Michelle77US #23
#73Rose77US #120
#74Regina76US #83
#75Dana75US #70
#76Tammie75US #180
#77Phyllis73US #140
#78Virginia73US #109
#79Terry71US #139
#80Terri70US #62
#81Anita67US #85
#82Laurie67US #59
#83Carla66US #78
#84Helen66US #132
#85Marilyn66US #146
#86Vanessa66US #183
#87Charlene65US #144
#88Frances65US #152
#89Jackie65US #128
#90Loretta65US #174
#91Melanie65US #105
#92Glenda64US #198
#93Sonya63US #187
#94Sylvia62US #137
#95Annie61
#96Katherine61US #82
#97Bonnie60US #89
#98Dawn60US #33
#99Alice59US #141
#100Ann59US #60

Boys

#1James1,453US #4
#2John1,015US #2
#3William858US #7
#4Michael846US #1
#5Robert831US #5
#6David746US #3
#7Charles574US #17
#8Kenneth430US #18
#9Mark423US #6
#10Timothy414US #15
#11Richard412US #8
#12Thomas402US #9
#13Anthony376US #21
#14Joseph370US #11
#15Donald255US #25
#16Willie253US #90
#17Terry250US #35
#18Gregory240US #22
#19Paul231US #16
#20Jeffrey230US #10
#21Ronald223US #24
#22George222US #33
#23Tony216US #50
#24Steven214US #12
#25Jerry208US #40
#26Larry203US #36
#27Bobby202US #73
#28Kevin200US #13
#29Christopher190US #23
#30Ricky189US #54
#31Edward186US #27
#32Randy185US #38
#33Gary182US #26
#34Brian173US #20
#35Johnny171US #74
#36Jimmy163US #78
#37Stephen154US #29
#38Eric148US #32
#39Barry146US #69
#40Scott145US #14
#41Dennis142US #42
#42Patrick136US #30
#43Ronnie135US #104
#44Henry132US #92
#45Roger131US #49
#46Douglas130US #31
#47Daniel127US #19
#48Carl126US #55
#49Billy120US #71
#50Phillip119US #67
#51Jeffery117US #45
#52Samuel116US #86
#53Walter115US #80
#54Gerald113US #60
#55Curtis112US #75
#56Danny112US #56
#57Stanley110US #111
#58Raymond109US #44
#59Tommy109US #108
#60Russell107US #58
#61Eddie106US #106
#62Ernest105US #124
#63Rodney105US #59
#64Darryl102US #87
#65Marvin102US #119
#66Andrew100US #37
#67Reginald100US #128
#68Joe95US #62
#69Calvin94US #145
#70Benjamin93US #131
#71Bruce93US #46
#72Keith93US #34
#73Harold91US #98
#74Steve91US #51
#75Melvin90US #134
#76Wayne90US #61
#77Allen87US #93
#78Arthur83US #91
#79Frank83US #41
#80Glenn82US #81
#81Bryan78US #70
#82Franklin78US #189
#83Todd78US #28
#84Leroy76US #173
#85Alan72US #53
#86Micheal69US #112
#87Troy69US #57
#88Albert68US #100
#89Ray68US #142
#90Randall67US #66
#91Marion66
#92Nathaniel66
#93Roy66US #89
#94Dwayne64US #120
#95Eugene64US #114
#96Jerome64US #140
#97Jack63US #99
#98Mike63US #47
#99Darrell60US #96
#100Derrick60US #156

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑52Patrick#42
↑29Andrew#66
↑24Michelle#72
↑22Reginald#67
↑21Vickie#69
↑20Amy#58
↑20Rodney#63
↑19Tracy#40

Falling

↓32Keith#72
↓31Sylvia#94
↓25Terri#80
↓24Alice#99
↓21Micheal#86
↓20Connie#63
↓19Melanie#91
↓19Mike#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.