South Carolina ★ 1942

Top names in South Carolina, 1942

Mary led for girls with 1,634 babies ; James for boys with 2,001. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,634
2	Betty	716
3	Barbara	668
4	Linda	543
5	Dorothy	510
6	Patricia	491
7	Shirley	430
8	Margaret	387
9	Carolyn	381
10	Annie	380
11	Brenda	375
12	Martha	362
13	Nancy	304
14	Elizabeth	300
15	Frances	299
16	Sarah	267
17	Sandra	260
18	Helen	253
19	Joyce	238
20	Doris	222
21	Judy	217
22	Virginia	208
23	Rosa	192
24	Louise	180
24	Willie	180
26	Peggy	175
27	Mildred	165
28	Lillie	159
28	Ruby	159
30	Emma	157
31	Alice	150
32	Gloria	146
32	Ruth	146
34	Evelyn	144
35	Mattie	141
36	Rebecca	140
37	Judith	136
38	Carol	134
39	Sara	129
40	Patsy	126
41	Carrie	125
41	Minnie	125
43	Sylvia	122
44	Julia	120
45	Ann	116
46	Marie	113
47	Catherine	111
48	Ethel	110
49	Thelma	109
50	Hattie	104
51	Janie	103
52	Edna	102
53	Edith	100
53	Vivian	100
55	Geraldine	99
55	Jessie	99
57	Janice	97
58	Joan	94
59	Bessie	93
59	Daisy	93
61	Margie	92
62	Hazel	90
63	Delores	89
63	Jean	89
65	Anna	88
66	Bertha	87
67	Ida	85
68	Gladys	83
69	Bernice	82
70	Ella	81
71	Bobbie	79
71	Lillian	79
73	Eva	78
73	Mae	78
75	Johnnie	75
75	Rose	75
77	Jo	74
78	Georgia	73
79	Laura	72
80	Clara	71
80	Josephine	71
80	Lula	71
83	Jannie	69
84	Beverly	68
85	Jane	67
85	Juanita	67
87	Geneva	66
87	Jeanette	66
89	Annette	65
89	Emily	65
91	Christine	64
92	Ellen	63
93	Bonnie	62
94	Joann	61
94	Maggie	61
94	Nellie	61
94	Rachel	61
94	Susan	61
99	Sadie	60
100	Myrtle	59

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,001
2	William	1,129
3	John	1,107
4	Robert	964
5	Charles	734
6	Willie	658
7	Thomas	538
8	George	476
9	David	412
10	Joseph	355
11	Henry	335
12	Richard	325
13	Joe	297
14	Bobby	293
15	Jerry	291
16	Jimmy	270
17	Edward	265
18	Larry	258
19	Douglas	257
20	Johnny	239
21	Leroy	217
22	Harold	216
23	Samuel	211
24	Billy	210
25	Donald	208
26	Walter	205
27	Frank	183
28	Harry	163
29	Ronald	160
30	Kenneth	156
31	Paul	155
32	Ernest	145
33	Arthur	143
34	Carl	130
35	Marion	129
36	Albert	128
36	Eugene	128
36	Raymond	128
39	Herbert	121
40	Charlie	117
41	Melvin	116
42	Clarence	115
42	Fred	115
42	Roy	115
45	Tommy	114
46	Franklin	112
47	Jack	111
48	Eddie	110
48	Johnnie	110
48	Wayne	110
51	Gerald	109
52	Benjamin	104
53	Nathaniel	100
54	Ralph	97
55	Daniel	96
55	Howard	96
57	Jimmie	91
58	Leon	89
58	Michael	89
60	Curtis	87
61	Earl	86
62	Roosevelt	85
63	Freddie	82
64	Clyde	81
64	Louis	81
66	Gary	80
67	Ray	77
68	Jesse	76
68	Lawrence	76
70	Herman	73
70	Lewis	73
70	Marvin	73
73	Gene	68
74	Roger	63
74	Sammie	63
76	Allen	62
76	Alvin	62
78	Jessie	61
78	Sam	61
80	Lee	60
80	Luther	60
82	Andrew	59
83	Ronnie	58
84	Floyd	57
85	Calvin	56
85	Jackie	56
87	Cecil	55
87	Donnie	55
89	Earnest	54
90	Bennie	53
91	Francis	51
91	Julius	51
91	Phillip	51
94	Alfred	50
94	Claude	50
94	Isaac	50
97	Mack	49
98	Ben	47
98	Carroll	47
100	Dennis	46