Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1923

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,647 babies) and James for boys (1,910). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,338 babies born in South Carolina in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1923

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: 48 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Azalee: 19 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Eartha: 18 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Corrie: 15 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Albertha: 46 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Jannie: 67 babies, 14× the national rate
Rosalee: 36 babies, 11× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 44 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Mozell: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Cathrine: 15 babies, 9× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 23 babies, 36.7× the national rate
Furman: 30 babies, 33.5× the national rate
Hazel: 15 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Isaiah: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Isiah: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Elijah: 43 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Elmore: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Moses: 50 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Odell: 38 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cleveland: 43 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,647	–	1
2	Annie	665	–	34
3	Dorothy	543	↑1	2
4	Margaret	505	↓1	4
5	Ruth	429	↑2	6
6	Louise	427	↑2	22
7	Elizabeth	413	↓2	9
8	Helen	401	↑1	3
9	Frances	364	↓3	10
10	Sarah	328	–	54
11	Mildred	323	↑3	8
12	Ruby	308	–	25
13	Virginia	276	↓2	7
14	Martha	275	↑1	21
15	Rosa	259	↑4	>100
16	Lillie	258	↓3	91
17	Thelma	240	↑1	31
18	Evelyn	239	↑2	12
19	Willie	239	↓2	67
20	Alice	221	↑5	15
21	Ethel	219	↓5	38
22	Gladys	215	↑7	29
23	Doris	210	↑10	11
24	Carrie	208	↓2	>100
25	Mattie	206	↓2	>100
26	Sara	197	↑11	>100
27	Lillian	189	↑9	20
28	Lucille	187	↑6	35
29	Catherine	176	↑9	24
30	Emma	174	↓2	53
31	Marie	174	↓5	14
32	Jessie	170	↓1	94
33	Julia	170	↓6	62
34	Hattie	167	↓10	>100
35	Edna	165	↓14	32
36	Bessie	162	↓1	81
37	Anna	160	↑2	13
38	Edith	157	↑8	36
39	Ella	151	↓9	93
40	Minnie	151	↓8	99
41	Mamie	150	↓1	>100
42	Lois	146	new	27
43	Betty	143	new	5
44	Maggie	141	–	>100
45	Beatrice	140	↓3	46
46	Bertha	138	↓3	64
47	Hazel	136	new	40
48	Clara	135	new	49
49	Ida	134	new	68
50	Geneva	127	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	1,910	–	4
2	John	1,109	–	1
3	William	1,057	–	3
4	Robert	646	–	2
5	Willie	634	–	30
6	George	514	–	6
7	Charles	456	↑1	5
8	Thomas	434	↓1	12
9	Henry	393	–	18
10	Joseph	336	–	7
11	Edward	301	↑1	8
12	David	269	↓1	24
13	Walter	242	↑3	16
14	Frank	214	↓1	11
15	Leroy	204	–	55
16	Samuel	187	↓2	45
17	Joe	180	–	35
18	Harold	177	↑9	13
19	Clarence	170	↑2	29
20	Fred	168	↑4	33
21	Paul	168	↑1	14
22	Charlie	165	↓2	79
23	Ralph	160	↑11	23
24	Richard	159	↓1	9
25	Jack	155	↑3	17
26	Albert	153	↓7	20
27	Ernest	145	↓9	38
28	Harry	142	↑4	22
29	Arthur	138	↓4	19
30	Eugene	132	↓4	25
31	Marion	124	↓1	>100
32	Roy	121	↑5	32
33	Herbert	120	↓4	40
34	Johnnie	110	↑1	>100
35	Sam	108	↑1	89
36	Benjamin	107	↓5	86
37	Daniel	104	↑11	47
38	Lewis	94	–	74
39	Jesse	93	↑7	83
40	Eddie	92	–	>100
41	Carl	91	↓2	28
42	Louis	88	↑2	27
43	Clyde	84	↓10	68
44	Jessie	83	new	>100
45	Lee	80	new	85
46	Raymond	79	↓4	15
47	Andrew	78	new	53
48	Howard	78	new	26
49	Isaac	78	new	>100
50	Luther	78	↓9	>100

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