Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1916

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1916 were Mary for girls (1,243 babies) and James for boys (1,511). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,988 babies born in South Carolina in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1916

Names given at least 15 times in South Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Elease: 33 babies, 28× the national rate
Jannie: 70 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Albertha: 32 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Janie: 142 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Queen: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Mozell: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Estell: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Elise: 26 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Maggie: 155 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eliza: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 18 babies, 36.8× the national rate
Broadus: 15 babies, 34.6× the national rate
Furman: 27 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Manning: 19 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Hazel: 23 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Elijah: 38 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Odell: 35 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Moses: 43 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Columbus: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dock: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	1,243	–	1
2	Annie	566	–	36
3	Ruth	387	–	5
4	Elizabeth	367	↑1	8
5	Louise	363	↓1	18
6	Margaret	358	–	4
7	Sarah	265	–	52
8	Ruby	259	–	23
9	Helen	247	↑3	2
10	Lillie	234	–	88
11	Frances	229	↓2	9
12	Carrie	222	↓1	>100
13	Ethel	214	↑3	25
14	Rosa	209	↑1	>100
15	Marie	208	↑21	12
16	Edna	206	↑8	19
17	Virginia	205	↑13	10
18	Martha	203	–	24
19	Mattie	200	–	93
20	Willie	196	↓6	73
21	Dorothy	188	↓8	3
22	Lucille	182	↑7	30
23	Bessie	181	↓3	56
24	Evelyn	174	↓3	11
25	Hattie	170	↓8	>100
26	Alice	168	↓3	13
27	Jessie	165	↑10	68
28	Gladys	161	↓2	22
29	Maggie	155	↓1	>100
30	Anna	151	↓3	7
31	Emma	151	↓6	41
32	Mildred	151	–	6
33	Thelma	148	↑7	29
34	Julia	147	↓12	46
35	Bertha	145	↓1	49
36	Eva	144	new	55
37	Lula	144	↑13	>100
38	Janie	142	↑9	>100
39	Edith	133	↑5	28
40	Mamie	130	↓5	>100
41	Ella	129	new	81
42	Grace	129	↓3	26
43	Lillian	129	↓10	16
44	Ida	125	↑2	54
45	Sara	124	–	>100
46	Minnie	122	↓8	71
47	Rebecca	122	↓4	>100
48	Clara	121	new	39
49	Beatrice	114	↓8	38
50	Lois	114	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	1,511	–	3
2	John	988	–	1
3	William	892	–	2
4	Robert	599	↑1	4
5	Willie	593	↓1	30
6	George	460	–	7
7	Henry	367	↑1	14
8	Thomas	364	↓1	10
9	Charles	345	↑1	6
10	Joseph	253	↓1	5
11	Edward	245	↑2	8
12	Frank	211	–	9
13	Walter	198	↓2	11
14	David	193	–	28
15	Joe	173	–	35
16	Samuel	173	↑1	41
17	Richard	166	↑4	15
18	Fred	159	↓2	29
19	Arthur	157	↓1	18
20	Paul	157	↑3	12
21	Leroy	153	↑1	63
22	Charlie	151	↑3	68
23	Clarence	147	↓4	24
24	Johnnie	138	↑6	>100
25	Woodrow	136	↓5	64
26	Harold	135	↑2	13
27	Ernest	123	↓1	36
28	Eugene	113	↓1	39
29	Harry	110	↑3	19
30	Albert	105	↓6	17
31	Sam	104	↑2	74
32	Marion	101	↑9	>100
33	Jack	100	↑1	26
34	Benjamin	98	↑1	79
35	Roy	98	↓4	33
36	Louis	93	new	22
37	Eddie	92	↑7	>100
38	Jessie	88	↑2	>100
39	Luther	87	–	>100
40	Carl	85	↑8	23
41	Lawrence	83	↑6	38
42	Ralph	82	–	21
43	Ben	77	↓6	>100
44	Daniel	76	↓8	55
45	Herbert	74	↓16	40
46	Lee	72	↓3	83
47	Lewis	72	↓9	71
48	Raymond	71	new	16
49	Andrew	70	↓3	46
50	Clyde	70	new	62

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