South Carolina ★ 1938

Top names in South Carolina, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,479 babies ; James for boys with 1,662. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,479
2	Betty	771
3	Dorothy	515
4	Shirley	488
5	Barbara	482
6	Annie	404
7	Margaret	345
8	Martha	327
9	Elizabeth	315
10	Frances	284
11	Sarah	269
12	Patricia	259
13	Nancy	248
14	Carolyn	233
15	Helen	223
16	Doris	206
17	Virginia	199
18	Rosa	195
19	Evelyn	187
19	Ruth	187
21	Louise	178
22	Mildred	177
23	Joyce	171
23	Ruby	171
25	Lillie	169
25	Willie	169
27	Peggy	164
28	Thelma	151
29	Carrie	144
30	Alice	138
31	Ethel	125
31	Shelby	125
33	Emma	119
34	Sylvia	118
35	Edna	116
36	Mattie	115
37	Catherine	114
38	Rebecca	113
39	Marie	112
40	Hattie	107
41	Janie	105
42	Julia	104
42	Sara	104
44	Ann	103
45	Margie	102
46	Ella	101
46	Gladys	101
46	Hazel	101
46	Minnie	101
50	Clara	97
50	Jessie	97
50	Patsy	97
53	Bernice	93
53	Jean	93
55	Juanita	91
56	Bobbie	90
57	Gloria	86
58	Edith	85
59	Ida	84
60	Laura	83
61	Joan	81
61	Lula	81
61	Rose	81
64	Daisy	80
65	Eva	78
65	Linda	78
67	Mae	75
68	Anna	74
68	Lois	74
70	Bertha	73
71	Sadie	72
72	Beatrice	71
72	Maggie	71
74	Lillian	69
75	Geraldine	68
76	Bessie	67
77	Christine	65
77	Josephine	65
77	Norma	65
80	Lucille	64
81	Emily	63
81	Geneva	63
83	Jane	62
83	Rachel	62
85	Alma	61
85	Grace	61
85	Nellie	61
88	Fannie	60
88	Jo	60
88	Vivian	60
91	Myrtle	57
92	Annette	56
92	Janice	56
92	Sallie	56
95	Carol	55
95	Eleanor	55
95	Miriam	55
98	Mamie	54
99	Judith	53
99	Loretta	53

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,662
2	John	989
3	William	903
4	Robert	848
5	Charles	579
6	Willie	550
7	Thomas	406
8	George	378
9	David	317
10	Henry	306
11	Bobby	305
12	Joe	299
13	Joseph	276
14	Harold	250
15	Edward	222
16	Donald	217
16	Richard	217
18	Billy	211
19	Jerry	197
20	Frank	186
21	Walter	184
22	Samuel	175
23	Leroy	166
24	Jimmy	145
25	Paul	144
26	Johnny	141
27	Jack	140
28	Arthur	137
29	Clarence	134
30	Larry	131
31	Kenneth	128
31	Marion	128
33	Ernest	123
34	Eugene	121
35	Charlie	118
36	Fred	116
37	Harry	111
38	Roy	110
39	Nathaniel	109
40	Albert	108
41	Johnnie	99
42	Eddie	98
43	Benjamin	92
44	Ralph	91
45	Daniel	90
45	Melvin	90
47	Carl	88
48	Earl	86
49	Leon	83
50	Herbert	82
51	Raymond	78
52	Marvin	77
53	Jimmie	76
54	Ronald	75
55	Franklin	74
55	Gerald	74
55	Jesse	74
55	Louis	74
59	Curtis	71
59	Lawrence	71
61	Howard	70
61	Lewis	70
61	Tommy	70
64	Herman	67
65	Freddie	65
66	Horace	64
67	Douglas	63
68	Roosevelt	62
69	Andrew	59
69	Gene	59
71	Sam	58
72	Lee	57
73	Clyde	56
73	Francis	56
75	Luther	53
76	Allen	52
77	Bennie	51
78	Claude	49
78	Earnest	49
78	Isaac	49
81	Ben	48
81	Jackie	48
83	Gary	47
84	Don	46
84	Ray	46
86	Alfred	45
86	Calvin	45
86	Sammie	45
86	Wayne	45
86	Woodrow	45
91	Cecil	44
91	Grady	44
93	Jessie	43
93	Norman	43
93	Otis	43
96	Julius	42
96	Olin	42
98	Alvin	41
99	Lonnie	40
100	Rufus	38