South Carolina · 1916

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,243
#2	Annie	566
#3	Ruth	387
#4	Elizabeth	367
#5	Louise	363
#6	Margaret	358
#7	Sarah	265
#8	Ruby	259
#9	Helen	247
#10	Lillie	234
#11	Frances	229
#12	Carrie	222
#13	Ethel	214
#14	Rosa	209
#15	Marie	208
#16	Edna	206
#17	Virginia	205
#18	Martha	203
#19	Mattie	200
#20	Willie	196
#21	Dorothy	188
#22	Lucille	182
#23	Bessie	181
#24	Evelyn	174
#25	Hattie	170
#26	Alice	168
#27	Jessie	165
#28	Gladys	161
#29	Maggie	155
#30	Anna	151
#31	Mildred	151
#32	Emma	151
#33	Thelma	148
#34	Julia	147
#35	Bertha	145
#36	Eva	144
#37	Lula	144
#38	Janie	142
#39	Edith	133
#40	Mamie	130
#41	Ella	129
#42	Grace	129
#43	Lillian	129
#44	Ida	125
#45	Sara	124
#46	Minnie	122
#47	Rebecca	122
#48	Clara	121
#49	Lois	114
#50	Beatrice	114
#51	Viola	113
#52	Pearl	108
#53	Nellie	107
#54	Alma	104
#55	Pauline	103
#56	Geneva	103
#57	Essie	101
#58	Daisy	101
#59	Hazel	100
#60	Irene	97
#61	Lucile	95
#62	Sadie	93
#63	Inez	93
#64	Gertrude	92
#65	Myrtle	90
#66	Mae	90
#67	Sallie	87
#68	Catherine	86
#69	Florence	84
#70	Josephine	81
#71	Fannie	81
#72	Rose	79
#73	Bernice	77
#74	Laura	73
#75	Cora	72
#76	Jannie	70
#77	Lottie	70
#78	Eloise	69
#79	Eunice	69
#80	Estelle	69
#81	Lizzie	69
#82	Eula	66
#83	Susie	65
#84	Alberta	64
#85	Vera	64
#86	Katherine	63
#87	Agnes	63
#88	Ada	62
#89	Ellen	60
#90	Mabel	60
#91	Nancy	57
#92	Lena	56
#93	Juanita	54
#94	Jennie	54
#95	Vivian	53
#96	Beulah	51
#97	Esther	51
#98	Doris	51
#99	Ollie	50
#100	Lucy	50

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
Elease	33	17	1
Jannie	70	36	2
Albertha	32	17	1
Janie	142	74	6
Queen	26	14	2
Elise	26	14	2
Maggie	155	81	12
Eliza	39	20	3
Rosa	209	109	17
Corine	32	17	3
Essie	101	53	9
Rebecca	122	63	11

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.