South Carolina ★ 1937

Top names in South Carolina, 1937

Mary led for girls with 1,548 babies ; James for boys with 1,659. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,548
2	Betty	788
3	Shirley	515
4	Barbara	510
5	Dorothy	503
6	Annie	400
7	Margaret	390
8	Frances	280
9	Sarah	279
10	Martha	276
11	Elizabeth	273
12	Doris	225
13	Helen	223
14	Patricia	210
15	Carolyn	209
16	Willie	202
17	Ruth	201
18	Nancy	196
18	Rosa	196
18	Ruby	196
21	Lillie	183
21	Mildred	183
23	Evelyn	180
24	Carrie	175
25	Louise	172
25	Virginia	172
27	Peggy	169
28	Joyce	146
29	Emma	141
30	Ethel	139
31	Mattie	136
31	Thelma	136
33	Julia	132
34	Catherine	130
35	Shelby	126
36	Sylvia	125
37	Alice	124
38	Bobbie	119
38	Jessie	119
40	Edna	118
41	Bertha	108
42	Bernice	107
42	Ida	107
44	Gladys	105
45	Marie	103
45	Minnie	103
47	Sara	102
48	Hattie	101
49	Edith	100
50	Rebecca	98
51	Ella	97
52	Hazel	96
52	Lula	96
54	Joan	94
55	Ann	91
56	Anna	90
57	Janie	89
58	Bessie	87
58	Daisy	87
60	Gloria	85
60	Lois	85
62	Mamie	84
63	Clara	81
63	Jean	81
63	Juanita	81
66	Maggie	79
66	Margie	79
66	Patsy	79
69	Jo	77
70	Mae	76
71	Geneva	72
72	Annette	71
72	Rose	71
74	Beatrice	68
74	Christine	68
76	Eva	66
77	Grace	65
78	Josephine	64
78	Nellie	64
78	Rachel	64
81	Lillian	63
82	Pauline	62
83	Florence	61
84	Cora	60
84	Jannie	60
86	Georgia	59
86	Irene	59
86	Laura	59
89	Alma	56
90	Emily	55
90	Pearl	55
92	Ellen	54
92	Lucille	54
92	Sadie	54
92	Viola	54
96	Linda	53
96	Myrtle	53
96	Vivian	53
99	Fannie	52
100	Dora	50

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,659
2	John	944
3	William	919
4	Robert	787
5	Willie	613
6	Charles	600
7	Thomas	397
8	Joe	360
9	George	345
10	Bobby	338
11	David	330
12	Henry	291
13	Joseph	279
14	Richard	249
15	Billy	229
16	Harold	222
17	Edward	214
18	Leroy	201
19	Donald	192
20	Frank	184
21	Samuel	182
22	Walter	162
23	Jerry	148
24	Arthur	142
24	Jimmy	142
26	Paul	140
27	Jack	136
28	Eugene	131
29	Kenneth	130
30	Marion	125
31	Harry	118
31	Johnny	118
33	Albert	114
34	Fred	112
35	Charlie	111
35	Ernest	111
37	Carl	110
38	Franklin	104
38	Herbert	104
40	Ralph	103
41	Larry	102
42	Clarence	98
43	Raymond	96
44	Roosevelt	94
45	Benjamin	93
46	Jimmie	91
47	Johnnie	90
48	Nathaniel	83
49	Eddie	79
50	Melvin	78
50	Sam	78
52	Lewis	77
53	Curtis	74
53	Louis	74
55	Roy	73
56	Ronald	72
57	Earl	71
57	Lee	71
59	Daniel	70
60	Herman	68
61	Andrew	66
61	Tommy	66
63	Gerald	64
63	Leon	64
65	Gene	63
65	Howard	63
65	Jesse	63
65	Jessie	63
69	Clyde	59
70	Isaac	58
70	Marvin	58
72	Ray	57
73	Cecil	56
73	Theodore	56
75	Allen	53
76	Norman	51
77	Bennie	49
77	Horace	49
77	Lawrence	49
77	Rufus	49
77	Woodrow	49
82	Calvin	48
82	Claude	48
84	Freddie	47
85	Earnest	46
85	Gary	46
85	Luther	46
85	Olin	46
85	Otis	46
90	Douglas	44
90	Grady	44
90	Wayne	44
93	Sammie	43
94	Jacob	42
95	Jackie	41
95	Julius	41
97	Alvin	40
97	Floyd	40
97	Wallace	40
100	Elijah	39