South Carolina · 1934

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1934, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,526
#2	Betty	961
#3	Dorothy	559
#4	Annie	460
#5	Barbara	383
#6	Margaret	380
#7	Frances	338
#8	Elizabeth	297
#9	Helen	285
#10	Martha	268
#11	Doris	262
#12	Sarah	260
#13	Ruth	250
#14	Mildred	249
#15	Ruby	244
#16	Willie	217
#17	Louise	205
#18	Shirley	201
#19	Virginia	193
#20	Evelyn	193
#21	Lillie	191
#22	Carolyn	179
#23	Rosa	176
#24	Peggy	170
#25	Thelma	162
#26	Nancy	160
#27	Carrie	157
#28	Edna	153
#29	Ethel	145
#30	Alice	142
#31	Gladys	141
#32	Mattie	141
#33	Patricia	140
#34	Hattie	139
#35	Emma	138
#36	Joyce	134
#37	Sara	133
#38	Minnie	131
#39	Catherine	124
#40	Bernice	124
#41	Joan	122
#42	Jessie	119
#43	Bessie	113
#44	Juanita	112
#45	Bobbie	112
#46	Clara	112
#47	Mamie	111
#48	Ida	110
#49	Marie	109
#50	Bertha	109
#51	Janie	105
#52	Ella	104
#53	Julia	101
#54	Ann	97
#55	Lillian	94
#56	Rebecca	91
#57	Margie	91
#58	Maggie	88
#59	Lois	87
#60	Patsy	86
#61	Jean	86
#62	Hazel	86
#63	Anna	86
#64	Geneva	85
#65	Eva	80
#66	Mae	80
#67	Edith	80
#68	Gloria	80
#69	Lula	79
#70	Daisy	75
#71	Myrtle	75
#72	Beatrice	73
#73	Sadie	73
#74	Norma	73
#75	Vivian	71
#76	Jannie	67
#77	Grace	65
#78	Fannie	65
#79	Josephine	65
#80	Lucille	65
#81	Irene	64
#82	Rose	64
#83	Susie	64
#84	Jo	63
#85	Christine	63
#86	Nellie	62
#87	Rachel	59
#88	Laura	58
#89	Pauline	57
#90	Essie	57
#91	Georgia	57
#92	Pearl	55
#93	Sylvia	53
#94	Emily	52
#95	Eleanor	52
#96	Alma	51
#97	Geraldine	51
#98	Ellen	51
#99	Viola	50
#100	Alberta	49

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
Albertha	43	21	1
Eartha	23	11	0
Elease	29	14	1
Jannie	67	32	2
Queen	45	22	2
Elouise	39	19	2
Wilhelmina	21	10	1
Pearline	21	10	1
Janie	105	51	7
Hattie	139	67	10
Mamie	111	53	8
Carrie	157	76	12

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.