Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1929

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,417 babies) and James for boys (1,572). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,398 babies born in South Carolina in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1929

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

Azalee: 15 babies, 29.8× the national rate
Eartha: 25 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Elease: 18 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Albertha: 36 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Jannie: 56 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 29 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Queen: 37 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Janie: 94 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Elouise: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Eliza: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 21 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Furman: 19 babies, 30.8× the national rate
Hazel: 17 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Isiah: 23 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Isaiah: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Moses: 47 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Elijah: 35 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 86 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sammie: 34 babies, 7× the national rate
Isaac: 64 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,417	–	1
2	Dorothy	631	–	3
3	Betty	582	↑1	2
4	Annie	488	↓1	37
5	Margaret	420	–	5
6	Helen	343	–	4
7	Frances	336	–	16
8	Elizabeth	324	↑1	15
9	Doris	313	↑4	6
10	Louise	301	↑2	31
11	Mildred	301	↓1	18
12	Ruth	285	↓4	8
13	Sarah	269	↓2	68
14	Willie	258	↑1	76
15	Ruby	229	↓1	36
16	Martha	222	↑2	27
17	Virginia	214	–	11
18	Thelma	208	↑2	41
19	Evelyn	197	↑4	19
20	Lillie	194	↓4	>100
21	Rosa	188	↓2	>100
22	Gladys	170	↑3	44
23	Carrie	162	↓1	>100
24	Edna	162	–	51
25	Ethel	153	↓4	56
26	Catherine	151	↑6	34
27	Bernice	140	↑8	55
28	Alice	137	↑2	21
29	Mattie	137	↑2	>100
30	Jessie	136	↑7	>100
31	Marie	135	↑2	22
32	Hattie	132	↓4	>100
33	Sara	130	↓4	>100
34	Emma	127	↓7	69
35	Lois	121	↑8	17
36	Barbara	119	new	7
37	Mamie	118	↑10	>100
38	Minnie	116	↓12	>100
39	Edith	112	new	59
40	Lucille	112	↓2	57
41	Anna	110	↑1	20
42	Bessie	109	↓8	>100
43	Lillian	109	↓3	40
44	Julia	108	↓8	88
45	Bertha	106	new	93
46	Ella	103	↓7	>100
47	Geneva	101	new	>100
48	Hazel	100	↓7	64
49	Clara	99	new	65
50	Juanita	95	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	1,572	–	2
2	William	962	↑1	4
3	John	912	↓1	3
4	Robert	724	–	1
5	Willie	541	–	29
6	Charles	496	–	5
7	George	399	↑1	8
8	Thomas	355	↓1	11
9	Henry	277	–	21
10	Joseph	274	↑1	9
11	David	233	↓1	17
12	Edward	224	–	10
13	Harold	213	↑5	16
14	Walter	192	↑2	19
15	Frank	181	↓1	12
16	Joe	180	↓3	30
17	Herbert	179	↑2	25
18	Jack	178	↓1	14
19	Leroy	173	↓4	51
20	Richard	162	↑1	6
21	Clarence	148	↑5	37
22	Samuel	144	↑2	53
23	Eugene	133	↑5	20
24	Marion	133	↑6	>100
25	Ernest	132	↑2	43
26	Harry	128	↑6	27
27	Albert	125	↓5	24
28	Charlie	125	↓3	87
29	Fred	125	↓6	34
30	Paul	122	↓10	13
31	Arthur	119	↓2	22
32	Billy	113	↑1	23
33	Johnnie	107	↓2	>100
34	Ralph	99	–	26
35	Carl	94	↑7	28
36	Roy	92	↓1	35
37	Clyde	87	↑4	74
38	Nathaniel	86	new	>100
39	Earl	84	↑7	36
40	Bobby	82	new	50
41	Raymond	79	↓4	15
42	Eddie	77	↓3	>100
43	Howard	76	–	31
44	Benjamin	75	↓8	>100
45	Louis	75	↓5	32
46	Johnny	72	new	>100
47	Luther	72	↑2	>100
48	Jesse	70	↓4	93
49	Jessie	70	↓4	>100
50	Melvin	69	↓2	49

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