South Carolina · 1937

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,548
#2	Betty	788
#3	Shirley	515
#4	Barbara	510
#5	Dorothy	503
#6	Annie	400
#7	Margaret	390
#8	Frances	280
#9	Sarah	279
#10	Martha	276
#11	Elizabeth	273
#12	Doris	225
#13	Helen	223
#14	Patricia	210
#15	Carolyn	209
#16	Willie	202
#17	Ruth	201
#18	Nancy	196
#19	Ruby	196
#20	Rosa	196
#21	Mildred	183
#22	Lillie	183
#23	Evelyn	180
#24	Carrie	175
#25	Louise	172
#26	Virginia	172
#27	Peggy	169
#28	Joyce	146
#29	Emma	141
#30	Ethel	139
#31	Mattie	136
#32	Thelma	136
#33	Julia	132
#34	Catherine	130
#35	Shelby	126
#36	Sylvia	125
#37	Alice	124
#38	Jessie	119
#39	Bobbie	119
#40	Edna	118
#41	Bertha	108
#42	Ida	107
#43	Bernice	107
#44	Gladys	105
#45	Marie	103
#46	Minnie	103
#47	Sara	102
#48	Hattie	101
#49	Edith	100
#50	Rebecca	98
#51	Ella	97
#52	Lula	96
#53	Hazel	96
#54	Joan	94
#55	Ann	91
#56	Anna	90
#57	Janie	89
#58	Daisy	87
#59	Bessie	87
#60	Lois	85
#61	Gloria	85
#62	Mamie	84
#63	Clara	81
#64	Jean	81
#65	Juanita	81
#66	Maggie	79
#67	Patsy	79
#68	Margie	79
#69	Jo	77
#70	Mae	76
#71	Geneva	72
#72	Rose	71
#73	Annette	71
#74	Christine	68
#75	Beatrice	68
#76	Eva	66
#77	Grace	65
#78	Nellie	64
#79	Rachel	64
#80	Josephine	64
#81	Lillian	63
#82	Pauline	62
#83	Florence	61
#84	Jannie	60
#85	Cora	60
#86	Georgia	59
#87	Laura	59
#88	Irene	59
#89	Alma	56
#90	Pearl	55
#91	Emily	55
#92	Lucille	54
#93	Sadie	54
#94	Viola	54
#95	Ellen	54
#96	Linda	53
#97	Vivian	53
#98	Myrtle	53
#99	Fannie	52
#100	Vera	50

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	30	15	1
Jannie	60	29	2
Elouise	35	17	2
Queen	38	18	2
Carrie	175	85	11
Vernell	21	10	1
Rosa	196	95	14
Lucile	31	15	2
Janie	89	43	7
Maggie	79	38	6
Lizzie	38	18	3
Mamie	84	41	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.