South Carolina · 1922

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,635
#2	Annie	644
#3	Margaret	525
#4	Dorothy	513
#5	Elizabeth	469
#6	Frances	444
#7	Ruth	443
#8	Louise	435
#9	Helen	415
#10	Sarah	356
#11	Virginia	300
#12	Ruby	294
#13	Lillie	289
#14	Mildred	287
#15	Martha	278
#16	Ethel	267
#17	Willie	265
#18	Thelma	256
#19	Rosa	247
#20	Evelyn	246
#21	Edna	241
#22	Carrie	232
#23	Mattie	203
#24	Hattie	201
#25	Alice	200
#26	Marie	200
#27	Julia	193
#28	Emma	192
#29	Gladys	192
#30	Ella	190
#31	Jessie	190
#32	Minnie	186
#33	Lucille	183
#34	Doris	183
#35	Bessie	180
#36	Lillian	177
#37	Sara	172
#38	Catherine	171
#39	Anna	165
#40	Mamie	161
#41	Grace	159
#42	Beatrice	155
#43	Maggie	152
#44	Bertha	152
#45	Lula	145
#46	Edith	144
#47	Janie	141
#48	Rebecca	139
#49	Daisy	139
#50	Bernice	138
#51	Ida	135
#52	Viola	127
#53	Geneva	127
#54	Hazel	126
#55	Inez	124
#56	Lois	119
#57	Pauline	115
#58	Eva	111
#59	Essie	111
#60	Alma	111
#61	Clara	110
#62	Juanita	108
#63	Fannie	106
#64	Nellie	106
#65	Katherine	104
#66	Irene	104
#67	Nancy	101
#68	Myrtle	101
#69	Lucile	101
#70	Pearl	100
#71	Josephine	98
#72	Laura	98
#73	Florence	96
#74	Kathleen	94
#75	Betty	94
#76	Rose	92
#77	Christine	90
#78	Sallie	86
#79	Lizzie	86
#80	Ellen	86
#81	Eloise	86
#82	Margie	86
#83	Alberta	83
#84	Gertrude	81
#85	Vivian	81
#86	Sadie	79
#87	Mable	79
#88	Mae	76
#89	Jannie	74
#90	Cora	73
#91	Agnes	72
#92	Vera	71
#93	Eunice	71
#94	Dora	70
#95	Georgia	69
#96	Beulah	66
#97	Susie	65
#98	Addie	64
#99	Rachel	64
#100	Marjorie	63

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
Corrie	29	12	1
Elease	35	14	1
Albertha	50	20	1
Jannie	74	30	2
Wilhelmina	58	23	2
Janie	141	57	6
Rosalee	22	9	1
Elise	29	12	2
Elouise	32	13	2
Eliza	51	21	3
Pearline	20	8	1
Lizzie	86	35	6

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.