South Carolina · 1931

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1931, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,365
#2	Betty	823
#3	Dorothy	603
#4	Annie	405
#5	Margaret	334
#6	Helen	297
#7	Frances	285
#8	Ruth	284
#9	Sarah	282
#10	Elizabeth	265
#11	Doris	262
#12	Mildred	254
#13	Martha	250
#14	Louise	216
#15	Ruby	210
#16	Barbara	202
#17	Willie	194
#18	Virginia	194
#19	Thelma	191
#20	Evelyn	186
#21	Lillie	176
#22	Rosa	172
#23	Ethel	163
#24	Gladys	144
#25	Carrie	136
#26	Minnie	134
#27	Sara	132
#28	Mattie	129
#29	Alice	123
#30	Nancy	123
#31	Catherine	122
#32	Jessie	120
#33	Peggy	118
#34	Edna	117
#35	Emma	110
#36	Ella	110
#37	Clara	108
#38	Lillian	106
#39	Carolyn	105
#40	Julia	104
#41	Juanita	103
#42	Lois	103
#43	Bessie	103
#44	Hattie	103
#45	Mamie	102
#46	Anna	102
#47	Ida	100
#48	Daisy	100
#49	Bobbie	95
#50	Edith	95
#51	Bernice	93
#52	Hazel	93
#53	Margie	92
#54	Marie	91
#55	Janie	89
#56	Geneva	89
#57	Lucille	88
#58	Joyce	87
#59	Lula	85
#60	Maggie	80
#61	Josephine	78
#62	Beatrice	76
#63	Eva	76
#64	Bertha	75
#65	Nellie	73
#66	Grace	72
#67	Pauline	72
#68	Patricia	70
#69	Jean	69
#70	Sadie	67
#71	Florence	67
#72	Fannie	66
#73	Rebecca	64
#74	Alberta	60
#75	Mae	60
#76	Viola	59
#77	Vera	58
#78	Sallie	58
#79	Katherine	58
#80	Gloria	58
#81	Pearl	57
#82	Laura	57
#83	Susie	57
#84	Shirley	56
#85	Myrtle	55
#86	Ellen	55
#87	Ernestine	54
#88	Joan	53
#89	Vivian	53
#90	Jannie	53
#91	Irene	52
#92	Gertrude	51
#93	Christine	51
#94	Lottie	50
#95	Rose	50
#96	Geraldine	49
#97	Essie	49
#98	Katie	48
#99	Alma	47
#100	Miriam	46

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	21	11	0
Elease	33	18	1
Albertha	32	17	1
Jannie	53	29	2
Wilhelmina	24	13	1
Eliza	32	17	2
Queen	35	19	2
Janie	89	48	7
Lucile	45	24	3
Sallie	58	31	5
Elouise	22	12	2
Maggie	80	43	7

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.