South Carolina · 1920

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,615
#2	Annie	686
#3	Margaret	510
#4	Ruth	503
#5	Louise	458
#6	Helen	435
#7	Dorothy	431
#8	Frances	416
#9	Elizabeth	409
#10	Sarah	344
#11	Ruby	322
#12	Mildred	297
#13	Ethel	283
#14	Virginia	271
#15	Lillie	268
#16	Mattie	259
#17	Willie	255
#18	Thelma	247
#19	Rosa	246
#20	Carrie	239
#21	Evelyn	227
#22	Martha	227
#23	Gladys	207
#24	Edna	207
#25	Alice	207
#26	Marie	202
#27	Hattie	190
#28	Julia	188
#29	Sara	187
#30	Lillian	182
#31	Emma	180
#32	Lucille	180
#33	Edith	178
#34	Minnie	177
#35	Bertha	176
#36	Ida	173
#37	Jessie	171
#38	Mamie	171
#39	Bessie	169
#40	Maggie	169
#41	Janie	161
#42	Anna	154
#43	Hazel	154
#44	Beatrice	149
#45	Catherine	143
#46	Ella	142
#47	Lula	141
#48	Viola	140
#49	Grace	140
#50	Geneva	139
#51	Irene	139
#52	Nellie	137
#53	Pauline	133
#54	Doris	133
#55	Inez	130
#56	Lois	128
#57	Pearl	128
#58	Eva	120
#59	Myrtle	117
#60	Laura	116
#61	Bernice	116
#62	Gertrude	115
#63	Rebecca	113
#64	Sadie	112
#65	Fannie	109
#66	Alma	109
#67	Daisy	108
#68	Clara	108
#69	Katherine	99
#70	Alberta	99
#71	Mae	98
#72	Josephine	98
#73	Lucile	97
#74	Florence	96
#75	Nancy	91
#76	Eloise	91
#77	Susie	87
#78	Vera	87
#79	Kathleen	83
#80	Rose	83
#81	Essie	82
#82	Juanita	82
#83	Sallie	81
#84	Eunice	81
#85	Lizzie	78
#86	Agnes	77
#87	Vivian	76
#88	Ellen	74
#89	Christine	70
#90	Beulah	69
#91	Lucy	68
#92	Lila	68
#93	Cora	67
#94	Lena	66
#95	Lottie	65
#96	Jannie	64
#97	Blanche	64
#98	Betty	64
#99	Mabel	62
#100	Marion	61

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
Eartha	22	9	0
Elease	26	11	1
Albertha	41	17	1
Jannie	64	26	2
Janie	161	65	6
Rosalee	38	15	2
Corine	56	23	3
Estell	23	9	1
Elise	30	12	2
Elouise	31	13	2
Wilhelmina	30	12	2
Maggie	169	68	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.