South Carolina · 1950

Top 100 names in South Carolina, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,454
#2	Linda	1,005
#3	Barbara	726
#4	Patricia	711
#5	Betty	606
#6	Brenda	582
#7	Shirley	533
#8	Sandra	506
#9	Carolyn	430
#10	Nancy	381
#11	Dorothy	378
#12	Margaret	372
#13	Deborah	355
#14	Judy	349
#15	Martha	324
#16	Elizabeth	321
#17	Gloria	320
#18	Annie	317
#19	Susan	282
#20	Joyce	270
#21	Frances	262
#22	Janice	256
#23	Sarah	241
#24	Cynthia	216
#25	Wanda	212
#26	Virginia	210
#27	Peggy	203
#28	Rebecca	202
#29	Doris	200
#30	Kathy	199
#31	Helen	197
#32	Donna	196
#33	Alice	184
#34	Carol	163
#35	Catherine	151
#36	Rosa	148
#37	Sharon	148
#38	Diane	141
#39	Beverly	132
#40	Mildred	132
#41	Sylvia	124
#42	Ruth	121
#43	Lillie	119
#44	Deloris	119
#45	Karen	116
#46	Phyllis	116
#47	Rose	115
#48	Evelyn	114
#49	Carrie	114
#50	Vivian	111
#51	Willie	108
#52	Pamela	108
#53	Julia	105
#54	Emma	105
#55	Jo	104
#56	Bonnie	104
#57	Patsy	104
#58	Janet	102
#59	Dianne	101
#60	Ruby	99
#61	Ann	99
#62	Jacqueline	98
#63	Cheryl	98
#64	Ella	97
#65	Gladys	95
#66	Mattie	93
#67	Christine	93
#68	Laura	91
#69	Joan	90
#70	Louise	89
#71	Delores	89
#72	Judith	88
#73	Jane	88
#74	Janie	87
#75	Sara	87
#76	Katherine	87
#77	Connie	86
#78	Anna	85
#79	Hattie	84
#80	Gwendolyn	83
#81	Margie	83
#82	Bertha	83
#83	Marie	81
#84	Marilyn	80
#85	Cathy	79
#86	Edna	78
#87	Ethel	78
#88	Kathryn	77
#89	Elaine	76
#90	Geraldine	76
#91	Edith	75
#92	Vickie	75
#93	Bobbie	74
#94	Marsha	74
#95	Glenda	72
#96	Gail	72
#97	Jessie	72
#98	Jean	71
#99	Bessie	70
#100	Loretta	69

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	25	9	0
Albertha	33	12	1
Jannie	64	23	1
Elouise	28	10	1
Vernell	23	8	1
Queen	38	14	1
Deloris	119	43	5
Hattie	84	30	4
Lottie	27	10	1
Mamie	58	21	3
Maggie	52	19	3
Carrie	114	41	6

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.