South Carolina · 1927

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,639
#2	Dorothy	668
#3	Annie	532
#4	Margaret	462
#5	Betty	393
#6	Helen	381
#7	Ruth	378
#8	Elizabeth	374
#9	Frances	368
#10	Sarah	348
#11	Mildred	331
#12	Louise	309
#13	Ruby	268
#14	Willie	263
#15	Martha	262
#16	Virginia	250
#17	Thelma	234
#18	Doris	232
#19	Ethel	231
#20	Rosa	224
#21	Evelyn	221
#22	Lillie	208
#23	Carrie	186
#24	Mattie	181
#25	Gladys	179
#26	Bessie	165
#27	Edna	165
#28	Sara	164
#29	Alice	160
#30	Ella	150
#31	Jessie	149
#32	Catherine	148
#33	Bernice	146
#34	Minnie	145
#35	Mamie	143
#36	Emma	142
#37	Hattie	141
#38	Julia	141
#39	Edith	133
#40	Rebecca	133
#41	Lucille	131
#42	Geneva	129
#43	Lillian	125
#44	Marie	123
#45	Lula	120
#46	Maggie	120
#47	Beatrice	120
#48	Janie	117
#49	Hazel	117
#50	Anna	116
#51	Lois	114
#52	Ida	105
#53	Clara	105
#54	Grace	104
#55	Nellie	102
#56	Mae	102
#57	Bertha	99
#58	Alma	95
#59	Rose	89
#60	Pauline	89
#61	Juanita	88
#62	Daisy	88
#63	Laura	86
#64	Margie	85
#65	Pearl	85
#66	Fannie	85
#67	Nancy	85
#68	Eva	84
#69	Carolyn	82
#70	Sadie	82
#71	Myrtle	81
#72	Josephine	81
#73	Sallie	80
#74	Barbara	78
#75	Inez	78
#76	Jannie	77
#77	Vera	75
#78	Viola	75
#79	Florence	74
#80	Katherine	74
#81	Irene	73
#82	Kathleen	73
#83	Susie	73
#84	Eunice	71
#85	Jean	71
#86	Lizzie	70
#87	Vivian	68
#88	Gertrude	68
#89	Christine	68
#90	Essie	66
#91	Alberta	66
#92	Ellen	64
#93	Cora	63
#94	Lottie	61
#95	Lucile	60
#96	Rachel	60
#97	Beulah	58
#98	Eloise	56
#99	Lila	56
#100	Marjorie	53

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	24	11	0
Elease	42	19	1
Albertha	37	17	1
Jannie	77	35	2
Janie	117	53	6
Queen	42	19	2
Wilhelmina	30	14	2
Rosalee	25	11	1
Elouise	32	15	2
Lizzie	70	32	5
Sallie	80	37	5
Corine	34	16	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.