Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1928

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1928 were Mary for girls (1,539 babies) and James for boys (1,739). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,420 babies born in South Carolina in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1928

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: 19 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Elease: 35 babies, 22× the national rate
Albertha: 40 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Jannie: 65 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Estell: 17 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Queen: 45 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Elouise: 40 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Janie: 115 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Vernell: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 32 babies, 44.9× the national rate
Furman: 29 babies, 33.7× the national rate
Hazel: 16 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Maxie: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Isiah: 24 babies, 12× the national rate
Boyce: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Isaiah: 20 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lucius: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Elijah: 38 babies, 9× the national rate
Moses: 42 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	1,539	–	1
2	Dorothy	605	–	3
3	Annie	502	–	37
4	Betty	469	↑1	2
5	Margaret	420	↓1	5
6	Helen	377	–	4
7	Frances	356	↑2	13
8	Ruth	351	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	328	↓1	14
10	Mildred	314	↑1	15
11	Sarah	310	↓1	64
12	Louise	280	–	31
13	Doris	277	↑5	7
14	Ruby	269	↓1	34
15	Willie	252	↓1	74
16	Lillie	250	↑6	>100
17	Virginia	250	↓1	9
18	Martha	246	↓3	22
19	Rosa	220	↑1	>100
20	Thelma	216	↓3	40
21	Ethel	210	↓2	55
22	Carrie	204	↑1	>100
23	Evelyn	203	↓2	17
24	Edna	158	↑3	45
25	Gladys	158	–	41
26	Minnie	154	↑8	>100
27	Emma	152	↑9	67
28	Hattie	151	↑9	>100
29	Sara	151	↓1	>100
30	Alice	150	↓1	19
31	Mattie	146	↓7	>100
32	Catherine	144	–	33
33	Marie	142	↑11	21
34	Bessie	141	↓8	>100
35	Bernice	138	↓2	53
36	Julia	136	↑2	80
37	Jessie	135	↓6	>100
38	Lucille	133	↑3	51
39	Ella	126	↓9	100
40	Lillian	123	↑3	35
41	Hazel	122	↑7	59
42	Anna	121	↑8	16
43	Lois	121	new	18
44	Janie	115	↑5	>100
45	Maggie	113	↑2	>100
46	Lula	112	–	>100
47	Mamie	112	↓12	>100
48	Ida	108	new	87
49	Beatrice	107	↓4	70
50	Daisy	107	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	1,739	–	3
2	John	964	–	2
3	William	955	–	4
4	Robert	680	–	1
5	Willie	556	–	29
6	Charles	513	–	5
7	Thomas	434	↑1	11
8	George	432	↓1	8
9	Henry	314	–	21
10	David	279	↑2	19
11	Joseph	279	↓1	9
12	Edward	246	↓1	10
13	Joe	216	↑8	30
14	Frank	214	↑1	12
15	Leroy	209	↑2	51
16	Walter	196	↑3	18
17	Jack	194	↓3	15
18	Harold	189	–	14
19	Herbert	177	↑19	25
20	Paul	172	↑8	13
21	Richard	167	↓5	6
22	Albert	161	↑7	23
23	Fred	160	↓3	36
24	Samuel	154	↓11	52
25	Charlie	151	–	80
26	Clarence	150	↓4	35
27	Ernest	149	↓4	43
28	Eugene	139	↓2	20
29	Arthur	137	↓5	22
30	Marion	131	↓3	>100
31	Johnnie	121	↓1	>100
32	Harry	120	–	26
33	Billy	104	↑9	27
34	Ralph	103	↓3	24
35	Roy	103	↓2	34
36	Benjamin	102	↓1	>100
37	Raymond	94	↓1	16
38	Sam	94	↑1	>100
39	Eddie	89	↑2	>100
40	Louis	88	↑4	32
41	Clyde	86	↓1	74
42	Carl	82	↓8	28
43	Howard	80	↑2	31
44	Jesse	78	new	91
45	Jessie	78	↑5	>100
46	Earl	77	↑2	37
47	Marvin	72	↓1	46
48	Melvin	72	new	48
49	Luther	70	↓2	>100
50	Horace	67	new	>100

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