South Carolina ★ 1940

Top names in South Carolina, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,569 babies ; James for boys with 1,929. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,569
2	Betty	811
3	Barbara	566
4	Dorothy	461
5	Shirley	412
6	Annie	402
7	Margaret	377
8	Patricia	372
9	Martha	339
10	Linda	320
11	Frances	306
12	Elizabeth	304
13	Carolyn	283
14	Helen	271
15	Sarah	269
16	Nancy	261
17	Doris	226
18	Virginia	203
19	Rosa	199
20	Ruth	196
21	Joyce	184
22	Ruby	178
23	Willie	175
24	Alice	169
24	Mildred	169
26	Lillie	164
27	Peggy	160
28	Brenda	153
29	Evelyn	144
30	Sandra	136
31	Carrie	132
31	Emma	132
33	Gloria	130
33	Louise	130
35	Rebecca	122
35	Sara	122
37	Patsy	119
38	Minnie	116
39	Sylvia	114
40	Judy	113
40	Mattie	113
42	Bessie	112
42	Thelma	112
44	Hattie	111
45	Catherine	110
46	Edna	109
47	Rose	108
48	Julia	107
49	Ethel	104
50	Ella	103
50	Margie	103
52	Marie	102
53	Ida	101
54	Anna	100
54	Jessie	100
56	Ann	97
56	Daisy	97
58	Juanita	95
59	Gladys	92
59	Hazel	92
61	Mae	91
62	Geraldine	90
63	Lois	86
64	Joan	85
65	Bertha	84
66	Judith	83
67	Janie	81
68	Jannie	78
68	Shelby	78
70	Bernice	76
70	Bobbie	76
70	Delores	76
70	Jean	76
74	Edith	75
74	Josephine	75
74	Lillian	75
77	Carol	73
77	Lula	73
77	Vivian	73
80	Norma	71
81	Eva	70
82	Clara	69
83	Lucille	67
84	Nellie	66
85	Janice	65
86	Jo	64
86	Maggie	64
86	Mamie	64
89	Christine	63
89	Loretta	63
91	Geneva	61
92	Jeanette	60
92	Rachel	60
94	Fannie	58
94	Joann	58
94	Laura	58
97	Annette	56
98	Beatrice	54
98	Emily	54
100	Jane	53

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,929
2	John	1,072
3	William	943
4	Robert	908
5	Willie	646
6	Charles	640
7	Thomas	482
8	George	412
9	David	411
10	Joseph	320
11	Henry	313
12	Bobby	307
13	Richard	294
14	Joe	281
15	Jerry	251
16	Donald	226
17	Edward	216
18	Larry	214
19	Billy	208
20	Johnny	201
21	Harold	196
22	Samuel	193
23	Frank	188
24	Walter	180
25	Leroy	172
26	Jimmy	170
27	Kenneth	157
28	Paul	149
29	Eugene	147
30	Clarence	131
31	Arthur	130
32	Harry	119
33	Raymond	118
34	Albert	117
35	Fred	115
36	Carl	112
37	Ernest	110
38	Jack	109
39	Charlie	105
40	Johnnie	104
41	Marion	102
42	Melvin	101
43	Nathaniel	98
44	Roy	95
45	Herbert	93
45	Ronald	93
47	Eddie	92
47	Franklin	92
49	Leon	90
50	Daniel	84
50	Ralph	84
52	Jesse	82
52	Tommy	82
54	Earl	81
55	Benjamin	80
55	Gerald	80
57	Gene	79
57	Lewis	79
57	Louis	79
57	Roosevelt	79
61	Marvin	76
62	Wayne	74
63	Freddie	70
64	Jimmie	69
65	Clyde	67
66	Curtis	66
67	Calvin	65
68	Lawrence	64
69	Cecil	61
70	Wallace	60
71	Douglas	59
71	Howard	59
71	Isaac	59
74	Andrew	58
74	Theodore	58
76	Alfred	57
76	Lee	57
78	Allen	56
78	Gary	56
80	Bennie	55
81	Herman	54
81	Jessie	54
81	Luther	54
81	Michael	54
81	Woodrow	54
86	Earnest	53
87	Horace	50
87	Norman	50
89	Jackie	49
90	Sammie	48
91	Floyd	47
92	Claude	46
92	Ray	46
94	Ben	44
95	Alvin	43
96	Julius	42
97	Grady	41
97	Sam	41
99	Lonnie	40
99	Mack	40