South Carolina · 1942

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,634
#2	Betty	716
#3	Barbara	668
#4	Linda	543
#5	Dorothy	510
#6	Patricia	491
#7	Shirley	430
#8	Margaret	387
#9	Carolyn	381
#10	Annie	380
#11	Brenda	375
#12	Martha	362
#13	Nancy	304
#14	Elizabeth	300
#15	Frances	299
#16	Sarah	267
#17	Sandra	260
#18	Helen	253
#19	Joyce	238
#20	Doris	222
#21	Judy	217
#22	Virginia	208
#23	Rosa	192
#24	Louise	180
#25	Willie	180
#26	Peggy	175
#27	Mildred	165
#28	Ruby	159
#29	Lillie	159
#30	Emma	157
#31	Alice	150
#32	Ruth	146
#33	Gloria	146
#34	Evelyn	144
#35	Mattie	141
#36	Rebecca	140
#37	Judith	136
#38	Carol	134
#39	Sara	129
#40	Patsy	126
#41	Carrie	125
#42	Minnie	125
#43	Sylvia	122
#44	Julia	120
#45	Ann	116
#46	Marie	113
#47	Catherine	111
#48	Ethel	110
#49	Thelma	109
#50	Hattie	104
#51	Janie	103
#52	Edna	102
#53	Vivian	100
#54	Edith	100
#55	Geraldine	99
#56	Jessie	99
#57	Janice	97
#58	Joan	94
#59	Daisy	93
#60	Bessie	93
#61	Margie	92
#62	Hazel	90
#63	Jean	89
#64	Delores	89
#65	Anna	88
#66	Bertha	87
#67	Ida	85
#68	Gladys	83
#69	Bernice	82
#70	Ella	81
#71	Bobbie	79
#72	Lillian	79
#73	Mae	78
#74	Eva	78
#75	Rose	75
#76	Johnnie	75
#77	Jo	74
#78	Georgia	73
#79	Laura	72
#80	Lula	71
#81	Clara	71
#82	Josephine	71
#83	Jannie	69
#84	Beverly	68
#85	Jane	67
#86	Juanita	67
#87	Geneva	66
#88	Jeanette	66
#89	Emily	65
#90	Annette	65
#91	Christine	64
#92	Ellen	63
#93	Bonnie	62
#94	Susan	61
#95	Nellie	61
#96	Rachel	61
#97	Joann	61
#98	Maggie	61
#99	Sadie	60
#100	Myrtle	59

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	35	15	1
Elease	23	10	0
Eartha	24	10	0
Jannie	69	29	2
Vernell	22	9	1
Queen	31	13	2
Hattie	104	44	6
Sadie	60	25	3
Lorine	21	9	1
Lucile	20	8	1
Lizzie	38	16	2
Rosa	192	81	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.