South Carolina · 1929

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1929, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,417
#2	Dorothy	631
#3	Betty	582
#4	Annie	488
#5	Margaret	420
#6	Helen	343
#7	Frances	336
#8	Elizabeth	324
#9	Doris	313
#10	Louise	301
#11	Mildred	301
#12	Ruth	285
#13	Sarah	269
#14	Willie	258
#15	Ruby	229
#16	Martha	222
#17	Virginia	214
#18	Thelma	208
#19	Evelyn	197
#20	Lillie	194
#21	Rosa	188
#22	Gladys	170
#23	Edna	162
#24	Carrie	162
#25	Ethel	153
#26	Catherine	151
#27	Bernice	140
#28	Mattie	137
#29	Alice	137
#30	Jessie	136
#31	Marie	135
#32	Hattie	132
#33	Sara	130
#34	Emma	127
#35	Lois	121
#36	Barbara	119
#37	Mamie	118
#38	Minnie	116
#39	Lucille	112
#40	Edith	112
#41	Anna	110
#42	Lillian	109
#43	Bessie	109
#44	Julia	108
#45	Bertha	106
#46	Ella	103
#47	Geneva	101
#48	Hazel	100
#49	Clara	99
#50	Juanita	95
#51	Janie	94
#52	Beatrice	94
#53	Ida	89
#54	Daisy	88
#55	Rebecca	87
#56	Maggie	83
#57	Grace	81
#58	Nancy	81
#59	Eva	80
#60	Nellie	79
#61	Pearl	78
#62	Carolyn	77
#63	Myrtle	77
#64	Lula	77
#65	Josephine	77
#66	Margie	76
#67	Pauline	76
#68	Vivian	75
#69	Laura	73
#70	Alberta	70
#71	Alma	67
#72	Irene	64
#73	Eunice	62
#74	Florence	61
#75	Ellen	61
#76	Fannie	61
#77	Sallie	61
#78	Mae	60
#79	Joyce	58
#80	Marjorie	58
#81	Sadie	57
#82	Inez	57
#83	Ann	57
#84	Peggy	56
#85	Jannie	56
#86	Beulah	54
#87	Jean	54
#88	Bobbie	53
#89	Lizzie	53
#90	Gertrude	52
#91	Eloise	52
#92	Essie	52
#93	Vera	52
#94	Emily	51
#95	Katherine	51
#96	Esther	50
#97	Christine	50
#98	Katie	49
#99	Georgia	49
#100	Rachel	48

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	25	13	0
Albertha	36	19	1
Jannie	56	29	2
Wilhelmina	29	15	2
Queen	37	19	2
Janie	94	48	6
Elouise	26	13	2
Eliza	30	15	2
Corine	29	15	2
Lizzie	53	27	4
Carrie	162	84	14
Hattie	132	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.