South Carolina ★ 1956

Top names in South Carolina, 1956

Mary led for girls with 1,097 babies ; James for boys with 1,720. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,097
2	Linda	704
3	Deborah	703
4	Debra	663
5	Patricia	655
6	Barbara	631
7	Cynthia	539
8	Susan	497
9	Brenda	462
10	Sandra	429
11	Sharon	428
12	Betty	403
13	Pamela	393
14	Shirley	382
15	Karen	366
16	Donna	365
17	Carolyn	351
18	Kathy	347
19	Wanda	339
20	Teresa	325
21	Gloria	308
22	Nancy	290
23	Janice	285
24	Elizabeth	271
25	Joyce	260
26	Margaret	247
27	Judy	245
28	Cheryl	232
28	Martha	232
30	Carol	224
31	Dorothy	223
32	Cathy	200
33	Debbie	192
34	Diane	191
35	Beverly	189
36	Rebecca	187
37	Janet	181
38	Annie	174
39	Sarah	171
40	Vickie	160
41	Marilyn	153
42	Catherine	152
42	Doris	152
44	Rose	142
45	Frances	139
46	Peggy	136
47	Dianne	134
48	Gwendolyn	133
48	Robin	133
50	Rhonda	132
51	Jo	131
52	Phyllis	128
53	Sheila	126
53	Virginia	126
55	Alice	125
56	Laura	120
57	Jacqueline	117
58	Helen	116
59	Sylvia	115
60	Ruth	113
61	Angela	112
61	Connie	112
63	Gail	107
64	Sherry	106
64	Vivian	106
66	Loretta	105
67	Rosa	101
68	Ann	97
68	Theresa	97
70	Ruby	95
71	Katherine	93
72	Denise	92
73	Deloris	90
74	Evelyn	86
75	Rita	83
76	Julia	81
76	Vicki	81
78	Bonnie	79
78	Christine	79
80	Willie	78
81	Sara	76
82	Elaine	75
83	Carrie	74
83	Jane	74
83	Joan	74
83	Paula	74
87	Annette	73
87	Kim	73
87	Terry	73
90	Audrey	70
90	Darlene	70
90	Yvonne	70
93	Kathleen	69
93	Lillie	69
95	Patsy	68
96	Emma	67
96	Kathryn	67
96	Vanessa	67
99	Delores	66
99	Jackie	66

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,720
2	John	1,078
3	William	1,065
4	Robert	1,058
5	Michael	883
6	David	860
7	Charles	752
8	Richard	599
9	Larry	521
10	Thomas	515
11	Willie	498
12	Kenneth	488
13	Ronald	413
14	Donald	384
15	Joseph	377
16	George	352
17	Johnny	330
18	Steven	297
18	Terry	297
20	Timothy	277
21	Jerry	274
22	Randy	270
23	Edward	257
24	Ronnie	253
25	Bobby	243
26	Henry	238
27	Anthony	231
28	Dennis	226
29	Mark	223
30	Danny	220
31	Paul	219
32	Jimmy	217
33	Ricky	213
34	Stephen	211
35	Gary	203
36	Harold	200
37	Roger	186
38	Leroy	180
38	Samuel	180
40	Billy	176
41	Daniel	175
42	Walter	170
43	Carl	169
44	Gregory	163
45	Joe	162
46	Steve	160
47	Eddie	158
47	Stanley	158
49	Harry	154
49	Tony	154
51	Frank	149
52	Melvin	144
53	Curtis	138
54	Nathaniel	133
55	Wayne	131
56	Calvin	130
57	Arthur	129
58	Roy	128
59	Ernest	126
60	Eugene	125
60	Raymond	125
62	Herbert	124
62	Marvin	124
62	Tommy	124
65	Douglas	123
66	Jerome	120
67	Clarence	118
68	Albert	117
69	Barry	113
69	Bruce	113
71	Gerald	112
72	Donnie	109
72	Ralph	109
74	Allen	108
75	Franklin	105
75	Marion	105
77	Andrew	103
77	Benjamin	103
79	Micheal	101
80	Leon	99
80	Phillip	99
82	Earl	96
82	Lawrence	96
84	Rickey	94
85	Jeffrey	93
86	Glenn	91
87	Ray	90
88	Howard	88
89	Jack	87
90	Bernard	86
91	Keith	84
92	Russell	83
93	Freddie	82
94	Alvin	81
95	Christopher	77
96	Charlie	76
96	Lee	76
98	Louis	74
98	Rodney	74
100	Leonard	73