South Carolina ★ 1939

Top names in South Carolina, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,484 babies ; James for boys with 1,802. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,484
2	Betty	790
3	Barbara	559
4	Shirley	471
5	Dorothy	457
6	Annie	424
7	Martha	344
8	Margaret	342
9	Elizabeth	312
10	Carolyn	292
11	Nancy	272
12	Patricia	260
13	Frances	247
14	Helen	244
15	Sarah	232
16	Doris	202
17	Virginia	198
18	Rosa	197
19	Ruth	193
20	Louise	189
21	Lillie	180
22	Willie	173
23	Ruby	167
24	Joyce	165
24	Mildred	165
26	Peggy	163
27	Evelyn	160
28	Alice	157
29	Linda	155
30	Carrie	131
30	Emma	131
30	Rebecca	131
33	Sylvia	128
34	Thelma	126
35	Jessie	122
36	Hattie	119
37	Catherine	112
38	Ella	111
39	Ann	108
40	Julia	105
41	Sara	104
42	Edna	103
42	Gloria	103
44	Bessie	102
44	Mattie	102
46	Margie	101
47	Juanita	100
48	Ethel	98
48	Shelby	98
50	Clara	96
50	Marie	96
52	Daisy	93
52	Gladys	93
52	Minnie	93
55	Ida	92
56	Edith	91
56	Patsy	91
58	Bobbie	88
58	Lula	88
60	Joan	86
61	Bertha	84
61	Jean	84
63	Janice	82
63	Josephine	82
63	Mamie	82
66	Hazel	79
66	Rose	79
68	Sandra	78
69	Laura	77
70	Judith	76
71	Bernice	75
71	Lois	75
73	Nellie	74
74	Geneva	73
74	Jannie	73
76	Christine	71
76	Maggie	71
78	Geraldine	70
78	Judy	70
80	Jane	69
81	Annette	68
81	Janie	68
81	Lucille	68
84	Emily	66
85	Georgia	65
85	Lillian	65
87	Norma	64
87	Rachel	64
89	Eva	63
90	Carol	62
90	Jo	62
90	Vivian	62
93	Jeanette	60
94	Joann	59
95	Fannie	58
96	Alma	57
96	Anna	57
98	Mae	56
99	Johnnie	55
99	Miriam	55

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,802
2	John	974
3	William	953
4	Robert	818
5	Charles	627
6	Willie	601
7	Thomas	427
8	George	416
9	David	363
10	Joseph	329
11	Bobby	320
12	Henry	310
13	Joe	293
14	Richard	260
15	Edward	249
16	Billy	240
17	Harold	227
18	Jerry	210
19	Leroy	199
20	Donald	195
21	Walter	177
22	Samuel	176
23	Paul	175
24	Johnny	171
25	Frank	169
26	Jimmy	159
27	Clarence	146
28	Larry	143
29	Jack	133
30	Kenneth	128
31	Arthur	127
31	Marion	127
33	Eugene	118
34	Albert	117
35	Charlie	115
35	Ernest	115
37	Fred	112
38	Harry	111
38	Raymond	111
40	Roy	109
41	Herbert	105
42	Johnnie	101
42	Ronald	101
44	Carl	97
45	Eddie	95
46	Jimmie	93
46	Leon	93
48	Daniel	92
48	Melvin	92
50	Nathaniel	91
51	Franklin	88
51	Tommy	88
53	Benjamin	85
54	Clyde	83
55	Jesse	76
56	Lewis	75
57	Freddie	73
58	Andrew	72
58	Jessie	72
60	Gerald	71
61	Herman	69
61	Ralph	69
61	Roosevelt	69
64	Louis	64
64	Marvin	64
66	Isaac	63
66	Sam	63
68	Howard	62
69	Curtis	61
70	Horace	60
71	Lawrence	59
72	Earl	58
72	Wayne	58
74	Gene	56
75	Douglas	55
75	Earnest	55
77	Lee	53
78	Cecil	52
79	Julius	51
80	Claude	50
80	Gary	50
82	Bennie	48
82	Calvin	48
82	Luther	48
82	Michael	48
86	Norman	47
86	Rufus	47
88	Alfred	46
88	Woodrow	46
90	Allen	45
91	Otis	44
91	Ray	44
93	Elijah	43
93	Sammie	43
95	Francis	42
95	Mack	42
95	Wallace	42
98	Floyd	40
99	Leonard	39
99	Roger	39