South Carolina · 1912

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1912, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	711
#2	Annie	328
#3	Elizabeth	227
#4	Ruth	216
#5	Louise	205
#6	Ethel	166
#7	Carrie	155
#8	Lillie	150
#9	Sarah	146
#10	Margaret	141
#11	Willie	139
#12	Marie	138
#13	Rosa	137
#14	Bessie	137
#15	Ruby	136
#16	Lucille	133
#17	Martha	130
#18	Mattie	127
#19	Bertha	124
#20	Viola	113
#21	Hattie	112
#22	Mamie	112
#23	Minnie	111
#24	Edna	111
#25	Emma	110
#26	Helen	107
#27	Maggie	107
#28	Frances	106
#29	Julia	106
#30	Alice	103
#31	Thelma	100
#32	Gladys	98
#33	Dorothy	97
#34	Jessie	95
#35	Ida	94
#36	Lillian	94
#37	Rebecca	93
#38	Anna	90
#39	Ella	89
#40	Pearl	88
#41	Eva	87
#42	Evelyn	83
#43	Mildred	80
#44	Daisy	80
#45	Beatrice	79
#46	Clara	78
#47	Janie	78
#48	Fannie	75
#49	Gertrude	75
#50	Florence	72
#51	Laura	71
#52	Sadie	71
#53	Alma	69
#54	Geneva	68
#55	Grace	67
#56	Irene	67
#57	Edith	66
#58	Virginia	65
#59	Lula	65
#60	Sallie	65
#61	Nellie	64
#62	Sara	59
#63	Lucile	59
#64	Mabel	59
#65	Beulah	58
#66	Josephine	57
#67	Bernice	55
#68	Alberta	54
#69	Cora	53
#70	Ellen	53
#71	Lois	53
#72	Myrtle	52
#73	Rose	52
#74	Pauline	52
#75	Inez	50
#76	Lizzie	49
#77	Essie	49
#78	Catherine	46
#79	Eunice	45
#80	Lottie	44
#81	Eloise	43
#82	Katherine	43
#83	Susie	43
#84	Georgia	42
#85	Hazel	41
#86	Agnes	41
#87	Ada	40
#88	Addie	40
#89	Nancy	39
#90	Estelle	37
#91	Blanche	37
#92	Mae	36
#93	Esther	36
#94	Jennie	35
#95	Victoria	34
#96	Katie	34
#97	Christine	33
#98	Lucy	33
#99	Eula	33
#100	Leola	32

Uniquely popular in South Carolina

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Jannie	30	26	2
Queen	22	19	2
Janie	78	66	7
Corine	26	22	3
Leila	27	23	3
Rebecca	93	79	14
Maggie	107	91	18
Rosa	137	117	23
Wilhelmina	20	17	3
Sallie	65	55	11
Cornelia	25	21	5
Carrie	155	132	28

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.