South Carolina · 1938

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,479
#2	Betty	771
#3	Dorothy	515
#4	Shirley	488
#5	Barbara	482
#6	Annie	404
#7	Margaret	345
#8	Martha	327
#9	Elizabeth	315
#10	Frances	284
#11	Sarah	269
#12	Patricia	259
#13	Nancy	248
#14	Carolyn	233
#15	Helen	223
#16	Doris	206
#17	Virginia	199
#18	Rosa	195
#19	Ruth	187
#20	Evelyn	187
#21	Louise	178
#22	Mildred	177
#23	Ruby	171
#24	Joyce	171
#25	Lillie	169
#26	Willie	169
#27	Peggy	164
#28	Thelma	151
#29	Carrie	144
#30	Alice	138
#31	Ethel	125
#32	Shelby	125
#33	Emma	119
#34	Sylvia	118
#35	Edna	116
#36	Mattie	115
#37	Catherine	114
#38	Rebecca	113
#39	Marie	112
#40	Hattie	107
#41	Janie	105
#42	Julia	104
#43	Sara	104
#44	Ann	103
#45	Margie	102
#46	Ella	101
#47	Hazel	101
#48	Minnie	101
#49	Gladys	101
#50	Jessie	97
#51	Patsy	97
#52	Clara	97
#53	Jean	93
#54	Bernice	93
#55	Juanita	91
#56	Bobbie	90
#57	Gloria	86
#58	Edith	85
#59	Ida	84
#60	Laura	83
#61	Rose	81
#62	Lula	81
#63	Joan	81
#64	Daisy	80
#65	Linda	78
#66	Eva	78
#67	Mae	75
#68	Lois	74
#69	Anna	74
#70	Bertha	73
#71	Sadie	72
#72	Beatrice	71
#73	Maggie	71
#74	Lillian	69
#75	Geraldine	68
#76	Bessie	67
#77	Christine	65
#78	Josephine	65
#79	Norma	65
#80	Lucille	64
#81	Emily	63
#82	Geneva	63
#83	Rachel	62
#84	Jane	62
#85	Grace	61
#86	Nellie	61
#87	Alma	61
#88	Fannie	60
#89	Jo	60
#90	Vivian	60
#91	Myrtle	57
#92	Janice	56
#93	Sallie	56
#94	Annette	56
#95	Carol	55
#96	Eleanor	55
#97	Miriam	55
#98	Mamie	54
#99	Judith	53
#100	Loretta	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
Elease	23	11	0
Eartha	26	13	0
Albertha	33	16	1
Jannie	50	24	2
Pearline	21	10	1
Vernell	24	12	2
Sadie	72	35	5
Janie	105	51	7
Lottie	42	20	3
Carrie	144	70	10
Rosa	195	95	14
Queen	28	14	2

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.