South Carolina · 1946

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1946, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,570
#2	Linda	842
#3	Barbara	703
#4	Betty	701
#5	Patricia	610
#6	Brenda	524
#7	Shirley	463
#8	Carolyn	430
#9	Dorothy	421
#10	Sandra	420
#11	Margaret	400
#12	Judy	387
#13	Annie	374
#14	Nancy	353
#15	Martha	344
#16	Elizabeth	328
#17	Frances	298
#18	Joyce	269
#19	Gloria	244
#20	Sarah	242
#21	Helen	234
#22	Carol	222
#23	Virginia	199
#24	Doris	188
#25	Susan	181
#26	Janice	177
#27	Rosa	172
#28	Rebecca	170
#29	Peggy	167
#30	Sylvia	164
#31	Lillie	152
#32	Alice	152
#33	Willie	145
#34	Ruth	145
#35	Mildred	142
#36	Evelyn	139
#37	Judith	137
#38	Ruby	135
#39	Carrie	127
#40	Louise	126
#41	Catherine	122
#42	Donna	120
#43	Julia	119
#44	Ann	116
#45	Sara	115
#46	Patsy	114
#47	Phyllis	108
#48	Marie	107
#49	Ethel	106
#50	Cynthia	105
#51	Janie	104
#52	Jane	101
#53	Dianne	100
#54	Joan	99
#55	Anna	96
#56	Edna	96
#57	Delores	94
#58	Diane	92
#59	Jo	91
#60	Cheryl	91
#61	Geraldine	89
#62	Sharon	89
#63	Margie	88
#64	Mattie	88
#65	Juanita	87
#66	Emma	87
#67	Gladys	87
#68	Deloris	86
#69	Rose	86
#70	Bertha	85
#71	Hattie	84
#72	Bessie	82
#73	Vivian	82
#74	Elaine	81
#75	Lillian	81
#76	Jessie	80
#77	Beverly	79
#78	Janet	78
#79	Norma	78
#80	Thelma	77
#81	Bonnie	76
#82	Daisy	75
#83	Ella	75
#84	Laura	75
#85	Ida	74
#86	Edith	72
#87	Jean	72
#88	Christine	72
#89	Clara	70
#90	Jeanette	67
#91	Mae	66
#92	Marilyn	66
#93	Minnie	65
#94	Eva	64
#95	Gail	64
#96	Bernice	64
#97	Wanda	64
#98	Lois	63
#99	Gwendolyn	63
#100	Mamie	63

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	28	11	0
Albertha	28	11	0
Jannie	55	21	2
Queen	41	16	1
Elouise	23	9	1
Daisy	75	29	4
Sadie	49	19	2
Maggie	56	22	3
Carrie	127	49	7
Mamie	63	24	3
Hattie	84	33	5
Lizzie	33	13	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.