South Carolina · 1923

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,647
#2	Annie	665
#3	Dorothy	543
#4	Margaret	505
#5	Ruth	429
#6	Louise	427
#7	Elizabeth	413
#8	Helen	401
#9	Frances	364
#10	Sarah	328
#11	Mildred	323
#12	Ruby	308
#13	Virginia	276
#14	Martha	275
#15	Rosa	259
#16	Lillie	258
#17	Thelma	240
#18	Willie	239
#19	Evelyn	239
#20	Alice	221
#21	Ethel	219
#22	Gladys	215
#23	Doris	210
#24	Carrie	208
#25	Mattie	206
#26	Sara	197
#27	Lillian	189
#28	Lucille	187
#29	Catherine	176
#30	Emma	174
#31	Marie	174
#32	Jessie	170
#33	Julia	170
#34	Hattie	167
#35	Edna	165
#36	Bessie	162
#37	Anna	160
#38	Edith	157
#39	Ella	151
#40	Minnie	151
#41	Mamie	150
#42	Lois	146
#43	Betty	143
#44	Maggie	141
#45	Beatrice	140
#46	Bertha	138
#47	Hazel	136
#48	Clara	135
#49	Ida	134
#50	Grace	127
#51	Geneva	127
#52	Rebecca	125
#53	Pauline	121
#54	Janie	119
#55	Bernice	118
#56	Daisy	117
#57	Sadie	114
#58	Lula	112
#59	Nellie	108
#60	Eva	107
#61	Myrtle	107
#62	Fannie	106
#63	Nancy	105
#64	Pearl	103
#65	Mae	101
#66	Alma	101
#67	Viola	99
#68	Juanita	98
#69	Inez	94
#70	Laura	94
#71	Katherine	93
#72	Lucile	92
#73	Josephine	89
#74	Florence	89
#75	Gertrude	86
#76	Margie	83
#77	Vivian	79
#78	Irene	79
#79	Kathleen	77
#80	Rose	76
#81	Lizzie	75
#82	Essie	75
#83	Eloise	75
#84	Alberta	75
#85	Eula	72
#86	Eunice	71
#87	Agnes	69
#88	Vera	69
#89	Esther	68
#90	Marjorie	68
#91	Susie	67
#92	Sallie	67
#93	Jannie	67
#94	Emily	66
#95	Cora	66
#96	Jean	65
#97	Mable	61
#98	Katie	61
#99	Lottie	60
#100	Beulah	60

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	48	20	1
Albertha	46	19	1
Jannie	67	28	2
Rosalee	36	15	1
Wilhelmina	44	19	2
Janie	119	50	6
Queen	40	17	2
Elouise	40	17	2
Elise	27	11	2
Corine	42	18	3
Rosa	259	109	17
Leila	42	18	3

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.