South Carolina ★ 1917

Top names in South Carolina, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,263 babies ; James for boys with 1,536. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Annie	550
3	Margaret	371
4	Ruth	368
5	Louise	355
6	Elizabeth	327
7	Sarah	285
8	Helen	269
9	Lillie	256
10	Ruby	254
11	Frances	253
12	Ethel	248
13	Willie	238
14	Carrie	214
15	Rosa	212
16	Alice	205
16	Dorothy	205
18	Martha	196
19	Evelyn	189
20	Hattie	188
21	Mattie	182
22	Gladys	177
22	Marie	177
24	Emma	172
25	Mildred	171
26	Lucille	170
27	Bessie	168
28	Edna	165
29	Virginia	163
30	Minnie	161
31	Anna	159
32	Jessie	152
33	Thelma	151
34	Julia	147
35	Bertha	144
36	Sara	140
37	Lillian	139
38	Mamie	138
39	Rebecca	137
40	Ella	136
41	Maggie	133
42	Edith	132
43	Eva	131
44	Lula	127
44	Pearl	127
46	Beatrice	126
47	Grace	121
47	Viola	121
49	Catherine	116
49	Janie	116
51	Sadie	115
52	Ida	113
53	Florence	109
54	Geneva	107
54	Irene	107
56	Inez	105
57	Alma	104
58	Clara	102
59	Lois	99
59	Myrtle	99
61	Pauline	96
62	Daisy	95
63	Fannie	94
64	Lucile	92
64	Nellie	92
66	Hazel	91
67	Nancy	89
68	Laura	87
69	Gertrude	86
70	Essie	85
70	Josephine	85
72	Vera	83
73	Bernice	80
74	Rose	77
75	Alberta	76
76	Mae	72
77	Lizzie	69
78	Sallie	66
79	Cora	64
79	Ellen	64
81	Lottie	63
82	Rachel	62
83	Eunice	61
84	Agnes	60
85	Ada	59
85	Juanita	59
87	Georgia	57
87	Katherine	57
89	Estelle	55
89	Susie	55
91	Marjorie	54
91	Ollie	54
93	Addie	53
94	Beulah	51
94	Christine	51
94	Eliza	51
97	Kathleen	50
97	Lena	50
99	Maude	49
100	Emily	48

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,536
2	John	1,065
3	William	958
4	Robert	603
5	Willie	579
6	George	464
7	Henry	350
8	Thomas	330
9	Joseph	278
10	Charles	271
11	Frank	217
12	Walter	209
13	David	207
14	Edward	204
15	Joe	187
16	Samuel	186
17	Charlie	173
18	Leroy	168
19	Clarence	166
20	Arthur	156
21	Richard	155
22	Fred	154
23	Ernest	147
24	Eugene	137
25	Sam	131
26	Paul	129
27	Albert	127
27	Woodrow	127
29	Johnnie	116
30	Harold	113
31	Harry	112
32	Jack	110
33	Herbert	103
34	Marion	99
35	Luther	92
35	Roy	92
37	Ralph	88
38	Jessie	86
39	Eddie	84
40	Carl	80
41	Daniel	79
42	Jesse	78
43	Lewis	77
44	Clyde	74
45	Andrew	70
46	Louis	69
47	Lawrence	68
48	Benjamin	66
49	Julius	64
50	Ben	62
50	Raymond	62
52	Claude	61
53	Horace	60
53	Isaac	60
53	Wilson	60
56	Allen	58
57	Earl	57
58	Howard	56
58	Otis	56
60	Oscar	55
61	Edgar	54
62	Francis	53
62	Nathaniel	53
64	Leon	52
64	Marvin	52
66	Bennie	51
66	Johnie	51
68	Herman	49
68	Lee	49
70	Earnest	48
70	Theodore	48
72	Wilbur	47
73	Alfred	46
74	Melvin	45
75	Leonard	44
76	Odell	43
77	Peter	42
77	Tom	42
79	Elijah	39
80	Alvin	38
81	Cleveland	36
81	Clifton	36
81	Lonnie	36
81	Norman	36
85	Curtis	35
85	Jacob	35
87	Cecil	34
87	Nathan	34
87	Rufus	34
90	Mack	33
90	Willis	33
92	Alexander	32
92	Archie	32
92	Calvin	32
92	Hubert	32
92	Perry	32
97	Floyd	31
97	Johnny	31
97	Roosevelt	31
97	Wade	31