South Carolina ★ 1947

Top names in South Carolina, 1947

Mary led for girls with 1,708 babies ; James for boys with 2,318. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,708
2	Linda	1,196
3	Barbara	758
4	Patricia	717
5	Betty	709
6	Brenda	561
7	Shirley	503
8	Sandra	486
9	Carolyn	485
10	Dorothy	460
11	Margaret	438
12	Judy	433
13	Martha	419
13	Nancy	419
15	Annie	335
16	Gloria	308
17	Elizabeth	300
18	Sarah	297
19	Joyce	273
20	Frances	270
21	Helen	249
22	Doris	219
23	Janice	218
23	Peggy	218
25	Virginia	206
26	Susan	205
27	Carol	199
28	Rosa	184
29	Rebecca	169
30	Donna	158
31	Willie	152
32	Mildred	149
33	Alice	147
33	Catherine	147
33	Lillie	147
36	Ruby	146
37	Evelyn	144
38	Sylvia	143
39	Emma	140
39	Patsy	140
39	Ruth	140
42	Carrie	139
43	Phyllis	138
44	Cynthia	128
44	Judith	128
46	Louise	124
47	Janie	121
48	Joan	120
49	Beverly	119
50	Geraldine	117
51	Ann	116
52	Delores	113
53	Ethel	110
54	Dianne	109
55	Sara	108
56	Hattie	105
57	Marilyn	104
58	Rose	102
59	Julia	101
60	Sharon	100
61	Jo	99
62	Minnie	98
63	Bessie	97
64	Thelma	96
65	Bertha	95
65	Jessie	95
67	Diane	94
67	Jannie	94
69	Cheryl	93
69	Edna	93
71	Jean	92
72	Deloris	91
72	Mattie	91
72	Vivian	91
75	Juanita	90
76	Bonnie	85
76	Janet	85
76	Norma	85
79	Jane	84
79	Wanda	84
81	Gladys	83
81	Laura	83
83	Marie	81
84	Anna	80
84	Ella	80
86	Margie	79
87	Christine	78
88	Bobbie	77
88	Geneva	77
90	Clara	76
90	Edith	76
90	Jeanette	76
93	Connie	75
93	Lillian	75
95	Eva	74
95	Rachel	74
97	Gail	73
98	Lois	71
99	Gwendolyn	70
99	Jacqueline	70

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,318
2	John	1,312
3	William	1,289
4	Robert	1,132
5	Charles	804
6	Willie	683
7	David	630
8	Thomas	583
9	George	529
10	Richard	511
11	Larry	499
12	Joseph	403
13	Johnny	392
14	Ronald	361
15	Henry	358
16	Jerry	356
17	Donald	325
18	Jimmy	319
19	Michael	296
20	Edward	291
21	Bobby	284
22	Leroy	266
23	Kenneth	258
24	Samuel	250
25	Joe	233
26	Harold	226
27	Billy	222
28	Walter	215
29	Harry	205
30	Frank	194
31	Arthur	188
32	Paul	186
33	Ronnie	174
34	Wayne	171
35	Tommy	168
36	Clarence	165
37	Eddie	164
38	Ernest	160
39	Daniel	149
40	Roger	146
41	Eugene	144
42	Roy	143
43	Fred	142
44	Danny	138
45	Dennis	137
46	Nathaniel	135
47	Albert	132
48	Carl	127
49	Marion	126
50	Jack	124
50	Terry	124
52	Gary	122
53	Benjamin	119
53	Johnnie	119
55	Herbert	118
56	Charlie	117
57	Freddie	114
57	Jimmie	114
59	Ralph	110
60	Douglas	106
60	Lewis	106
62	Raymond	105
63	Stephen	104
64	Howard	103
64	Melvin	103
66	Gerald	101
67	Jesse	99
68	Allen	94
69	Earl	93
69	Marvin	93
71	Leon	92
72	Curtis	86
73	Herman	85
73	Louis	85
75	Calvin	83
75	Steve	83
77	Clyde	81
77	Donnie	81
77	Lawrence	81
80	Franklin	79
80	Isaac	79
82	Ray	78
83	Lee	74
83	Phillip	74
85	Stanley	72
86	Francis	70
87	Sam	69
88	Jackie	68
89	Glenn	66
90	Andrew	65
90	Tony	65
92	Julius	64
93	Bruce	63
94	Steven	62
95	Gene	61
96	Leonard	57
96	Norman	57
96	Otis	57
99	Sammie	56
100	Bennie	55