South Carolina ★ 1916

Top names in South Carolina, 1916

Mary led for girls with 1,243 babies ; James for boys with 1,511. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,243
2	Annie	566
3	Ruth	387
4	Elizabeth	367
5	Louise	363
6	Margaret	358
7	Sarah	265
8	Ruby	259
9	Helen	247
10	Lillie	234
11	Frances	229
12	Carrie	222
13	Ethel	214
14	Rosa	209
15	Marie	208
16	Edna	206
17	Virginia	205
18	Martha	203
19	Mattie	200
20	Willie	196
21	Dorothy	188
22	Lucille	182
23	Bessie	181
24	Evelyn	174
25	Hattie	170
26	Alice	168
27	Jessie	165
28	Gladys	161
29	Maggie	155
30	Anna	151
30	Emma	151
30	Mildred	151
33	Thelma	148
34	Julia	147
35	Bertha	145
36	Eva	144
36	Lula	144
38	Janie	142
39	Edith	133
40	Mamie	130
41	Ella	129
41	Grace	129
41	Lillian	129
44	Ida	125
45	Sara	124
46	Minnie	122
46	Rebecca	122
48	Clara	121
49	Beatrice	114
49	Lois	114
51	Viola	113
52	Pearl	108
53	Nellie	107
54	Alma	104
55	Geneva	103
55	Pauline	103
57	Daisy	101
57	Essie	101
59	Hazel	100
60	Irene	97
61	Lucile	95
62	Inez	93
62	Sadie	93
64	Gertrude	92
65	Mae	90
65	Myrtle	90
67	Sallie	87
68	Catherine	86
69	Florence	84
70	Fannie	81
70	Josephine	81
72	Rose	79
73	Bernice	77
74	Laura	73
75	Cora	72
76	Jannie	70
76	Lottie	70
78	Eloise	69
78	Estelle	69
78	Eunice	69
78	Lizzie	69
82	Eula	66
83	Susie	65
84	Alberta	64
84	Vera	64
86	Agnes	63
86	Katherine	63
88	Ada	62
89	Ellen	60
89	Mabel	60
91	Nancy	57
92	Lena	56
93	Jennie	54
93	Juanita	54
95	Vivian	53
96	Beulah	51
96	Doris	51
96	Esther	51
99	Lucy	50
99	Ollie	50

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	John	988
3	William	892
4	Robert	599
5	Willie	593
6	George	460
7	Henry	367
8	Thomas	364
9	Charles	345
10	Joseph	253
11	Edward	245
12	Frank	211
13	Walter	198
14	David	193
15	Joe	173
15	Samuel	173
17	Richard	166
18	Fred	159
19	Arthur	157
19	Paul	157
21	Leroy	153
22	Charlie	151
23	Clarence	147
24	Johnnie	138
25	Woodrow	136
26	Harold	135
27	Ernest	123
28	Eugene	113
29	Harry	110
30	Albert	105
31	Sam	104
32	Marion	101
33	Jack	100
34	Benjamin	98
34	Roy	98
36	Louis	93
37	Eddie	92
38	Jessie	88
39	Luther	87
40	Carl	85
41	Lawrence	83
42	Ralph	82
43	Ben	77
44	Daniel	76
45	Herbert	74
46	Lee	72
46	Lewis	72
48	Raymond	71
49	Andrew	70
49	Clyde	70
49	Julius	70
52	Jesse	66
53	Claude	62
54	Isaac	59
55	Nathaniel	57
55	Theodore	57
57	Horace	54
57	Howard	54
57	Leon	54
60	Allen	53
60	Oscar	53
62	Bennie	51
62	Earl	51
62	Herman	51
65	Otis	49
66	Edgar	48
67	Rufus	47
68	Cecil	46
68	Floyd	46
68	Tom	46
71	Johnie	45
71	Marvin	45
73	Calvin	44
73	Francis	44
73	Leonard	44
76	Moses	43
77	Harvey	39
77	Wilbur	39
79	Elijah	38
80	Earnest	37
80	Mack	37
80	Wallace	37
83	Julian	36
84	Alex	35
84	Odell	35
86	Curtis	34
86	Freddie	34
86	Hubert	34
86	Hugh	34
90	Lester	33
91	Alfred	32
91	Melvin	32
91	Nathan	32
91	Wilson	32
95	Clifton	31
95	Jacob	31
95	Lonnie	31
95	Oliver	31
95	Willard	31
100	Archie	30