Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1924

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,742 babies) and James for boys (2,009). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,783 babies born in South Carolina in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1924

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

Eartha: 24 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Corrie: 25 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Elease: 39 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Azalee: 23 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Albertha: 48 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Jannie: 85 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Almeta: 17 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Emmie: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Mozell: 22 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Janie: 138 babies, 9.3× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 20 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Furman: 34 babies, 32× the national rate
Broadus: 16 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Boyce: 27 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Hazel: 18 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Lucius: 23 babies, 11× the national rate
Isiah: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Elijah: 38 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Moses: 47 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Sammie: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,742	–	1
2	Annie	665	–	32
3	Dorothy	619	–	2
4	Margaret	578	–	5
5	Ruth	444	–	6
6	Elizabeth	422	↑1	11
7	Helen	398	↑1	3
8	Frances	393	↑1	10
9	Louise	370	↓3	24
10	Sarah	348	–	54
11	Mildred	331	–	8
12	Ruby	329	–	26
13	Martha	318	↑1	21
14	Virginia	285	↓1	7
15	Lillie	279	↑1	97
16	Willie	273	↑3	68
17	Evelyn	267	↑1	12
18	Thelma	255	↓1	33
19	Rosa	252	↓4	>100
20	Doris	245	↑3	9
21	Ethel	241	–	39
22	Gladys	240	–	30
23	Carrie	224	↑1	>100
24	Mattie	203	↑1	>100
25	Edna	198	↑10	31
26	Betty	195	↑17	4
27	Jessie	191	↑5	91
28	Catherine	185	↑1	27
29	Lucille	185	↓1	37
30	Sara	174	↓4	>100
31	Emma	172	↓1	57
32	Hattie	171	↑2	>100
33	Alice	169	↓13	15
34	Lois	167	↑8	22
35	Marie	167	↓4	14
36	Lillian	161	↓9	23
37	Anna	160	–	13
38	Bessie	160	↓2	86
39	Bernice	156	new	47
40	Julia	156	↓7	62
41	Minnie	156	↓1	100
42	Bertha	153	↑4	65
43	Eva	151	new	66
44	Maggie	150	–	>100
45	Grace	148	new	43
46	Ella	147	↓7	94
47	Geneva	140	↑3	>100
48	Janie	138	new	>100
49	Mamie	137	↓8	>100
50	Hazel	135	↓3	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	2,009	–	4
2	William	1,156	↑1	3
3	John	1,131	↓1	2
4	Robert	766	–	1
5	Willie	615	–	30
6	George	496	–	6
7	Charles	431	–	5
8	Thomas	418	–	11
9	Henry	381	–	18
10	Joseph	347	–	7
11	David	336	↑1	24
12	Edward	256	↓1	9
13	Frank	254	↑1	12
14	Walter	217	↓1	16
15	Leroy	207	–	53
16	Samuel	201	–	45
17	Clarence	183	↑2	29
18	Ernest	175	↑9	37
19	Jack	173	↑6	17
20	Joe	173	↓3	35
21	Arthur	170	↑8	20
22	Paul	169	↓1	14
23	Fred	166	↓3	32
24	Richard	157	–	8
25	Harold	153	↓7	13
26	Charlie	149	↓4	80
27	Albert	147	↓1	21
28	Eugene	139	↑2	25
29	Marion	129	↑2	>100
30	Harry	127	↓2	22
31	Ralph	122	↓8	23
32	Herbert	117	↑1	41
33	Benjamin	114	↑3	89
34	Roy	114	↓2	31
35	Johnnie	113	↓1	>100
36	Sam	103	↓1	91
37	Jessie	100	↑7	>100
38	Andrew	99	↑9	56
39	Eddie	97	↑1	>100
40	Carl	94	↑1	27
41	Lewis	93	↓3	77
42	Louis	91	–	28
43	Calvin	90	new	44
44	Nathaniel	86	new	>100
45	Leon	85	new	76
46	Raymond	85	–	15
47	Daniel	83	↓10	47
48	Clyde	82	↓5	69
49	Jesse	81	↓10	86
50	Earl	80	new	33

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