South Carolina ★ 1920

Top names in South Carolina, 1920

Mary led for girls with 1,615 babies ; James for boys with 2,118. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,615
2	Annie	686
3	Margaret	510
4	Ruth	503
5	Louise	458
6	Helen	435
7	Dorothy	431
8	Frances	416
9	Elizabeth	409
10	Sarah	344
11	Ruby	322
12	Mildred	297
13	Ethel	283
14	Virginia	271
15	Lillie	268
16	Mattie	259
17	Willie	255
18	Thelma	247
19	Rosa	246
20	Carrie	239
21	Evelyn	227
21	Martha	227
23	Alice	207
23	Edna	207
23	Gladys	207
26	Marie	202
27	Hattie	190
28	Julia	188
29	Sara	187
30	Lillian	182
31	Emma	180
31	Lucille	180
33	Edith	178
34	Minnie	177
35	Bertha	176
36	Ida	173
37	Jessie	171
37	Mamie	171
39	Bessie	169
39	Maggie	169
41	Janie	161
42	Anna	154
42	Hazel	154
44	Beatrice	149
45	Catherine	143
46	Ella	142
47	Lula	141
48	Grace	140
48	Viola	140
50	Geneva	139
50	Irene	139
52	Nellie	137
53	Doris	133
53	Pauline	133
55	Inez	130
56	Lois	128
56	Pearl	128
58	Eva	120
59	Myrtle	117
60	Bernice	116
60	Laura	116
62	Gertrude	115
63	Rebecca	113
64	Sadie	112
65	Alma	109
65	Fannie	109
67	Clara	108
67	Daisy	108
69	Alberta	99
69	Katherine	99
71	Josephine	98
71	Mae	98
73	Lucile	97
74	Florence	96
75	Eloise	91
75	Nancy	91
77	Susie	87
77	Vera	87
79	Kathleen	83
79	Rose	83
81	Essie	82
81	Juanita	82
83	Eunice	81
83	Sallie	81
85	Lizzie	78
86	Agnes	77
87	Vivian	76
88	Ellen	74
89	Christine	70
90	Beulah	69
91	Lila	68
91	Lucy	68
93	Cora	67
94	Lena	66
95	Lottie	65
96	Betty	64
96	Blanche	64
96	Jannie	64
99	Mabel	62
100	Emily	61

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,118
2	John	1,291
3	William	1,213
4	Robert	750
5	Willie	683
6	George	539
7	Thomas	442
8	Henry	426
9	Charles	418
10	Joseph	369
11	David	298
12	Edward	288
13	Frank	254
14	Walter	238
15	Samuel	233
16	Joe	208
17	Leroy	200
18	Harold	191
19	Arthur	185
20	Charlie	184
21	Albert	181
22	Clarence	175
22	Richard	175
24	Paul	173
25	Fred	164
26	Eugene	154
27	Jack	149
28	Johnnie	148
29	Harry	143
30	Ernest	136
31	Jessie	127
32	Herbert	125
32	Ralph	125
34	Sam	123
35	Marion	119
36	Carl	109
36	Roy	109
38	Benjamin	108
39	Eddie	106
39	Lewis	106
41	Nathaniel	104
42	Howard	93
42	Lee	93
44	Andrew	91
44	Raymond	91
46	Luther	88
47	Lawrence	87
47	Woodrow	87
49	Clyde	82
49	Louis	82
51	Claude	81
52	Ben	80
53	Allen	79
53	Earl	79
53	Jesse	79
56	Horace	75
57	Leon	74
58	Daniel	73
59	Julius	69
60	Rufus	67
61	Isaac	65
62	Curtis	64
63	Bennie	62
63	Cecil	62
65	Herman	61
66	Alfred	56
66	Marvin	56
68	Melvin	55
68	Moses	55
70	Floyd	54
71	Francis	52
71	Lonnie	52
71	Oscar	52
71	Otis	52
75	Archie	50
76	Grady	49
77	Freddie	48
77	Leonard	48
79	Johnie	47
79	Odell	47
81	Harvey	46
81	Johnny	46
81	Mack	46
84	Alvin	45
84	Cleveland	45
84	Edgar	45
84	Wallace	45
88	Earnest	43
89	Jacob	42
89	Warren	42
89	Wilson	42
92	Jimmie	41
92	Theodore	41
92	Vernon	41
95	Lester	40
95	Norman	40
95	Ray	40
95	Tom	40
99	Oliver	39
99	Sammie	39