Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1930

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,452 babies) and James for boys (1,609). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,528 babies born in South Carolina in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1930

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

Wilhelmena: 19 babies, 41.5× the national rate
Alethia: 15 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Eartha: 25 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Albertha: 46 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Elease: 30 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Jannie: 63 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Queen: 36 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pearline: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lizzie: 57 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 28 babies, 46.9× the national rate
Furman: 30 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Isiah: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Haskell: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Olin: 29 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Elijah: 37 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Sammie: 48 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Moses: 39 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Isaiah: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Elliott: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,452	–	1
2	Betty	745	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	553	↓1	3
4	Annie	463	–	40
5	Margaret	421	–	5
6	Frances	359	↑1	16
7	Elizabeth	322	↑1	15
8	Doris	290	↑1	9
9	Helen	284	↓3	4
10	Sarah	282	↑3	70
11	Mildred	279	–	21
12	Martha	273	↑4	27
13	Louise	271	↓3	31
14	Ruth	267	↓2	10
15	Lillie	229	↑5	>100
16	Willie	229	↓2	87
17	Ruby	218	↓2	36
18	Virginia	209	↓1	12
19	Rosa	208	↑2	>100
20	Evelyn	205	↓1	19
21	Thelma	188	↓3	45
22	Edna	161	↑2	51
23	Gladys	161	↓1	48
24	Jessie	159	↑6	>100
25	Carrie	155	↓2	>100
26	Ethel	150	↓1	65
27	Sara	145	↑6	>100
28	Julia	139	↑16	90
29	Catherine	133	↓3	35
30	Hazel	128	↑18	71
31	Barbara	127	↑5	6
32	Mattie	124	↓3	>100
33	Ella	123	↑13	>100
34	Hattie	122	↓2	>100
35	Bessie	121	↑7	>100
36	Alice	120	↓8	20
37	Minnie	120	↑1	>100
38	Bernice	118	↓11	58
39	Emma	118	↓5	73
40	Marie	118	↓9	26
41	Mamie	112	↓4	>100
42	Clara	110	↑7	64
43	Ida	109	new	94
44	Lucille	105	↓4	59
45	Daisy	104	new	>100
46	Lula	104	new	>100
47	Anna	103	↓6	23
48	Lois	97	↓13	17
49	Lillian	96	↓6	44
50	Nancy	93	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	1,609	–	2
2	John	936	↑1	3
3	William	898	↓1	4
4	Robert	723	–	1
5	Willie	536	–	29
6	Charles	507	–	6
7	George	413	–	8
8	Thomas	351	–	11
9	Henry	313	–	22
10	Joseph	285	–	9
11	David	255	–	15
12	Edward	223	–	10
13	Richard	207	↑7	5
14	Frank	204	↑1	13
15	Jack	197	↑3	14
16	Leroy	186	↑3	53
17	Harold	185	↓4	18
18	Joe	184	↓2	27
19	Walter	184	↓5	19
20	Bobby	164	↑20	41
21	Paul	157	↑9	12
22	Herbert	153	↓5	35
23	Samuel	152	↓1	55
24	Albert	146	↑3	24
25	Clarence	145	↓4	39
26	Fred	144	↑3	32
27	Billy	142	↑5	20
28	Arthur	140	↑3	23
29	Ernest	134	↓4	43
30	Eugene	133	↓7	21
31	Marion	125	↓7	>100
32	Charlie	121	↓4	91
33	Ralph	121	↑1	25
34	Harry	111	↓8	28
35	Roy	102	↑1	33
36	Donald	94	new	7
37	Johnnie	94	↓4	>100
38	Clyde	91	↓1	76
39	Earl	87	–	38
40	Raymond	85	↑1	16
41	Carl	81	↓6	26
42	Melvin	81	↑8	50
43	Nathaniel	77	↓5	>100
44	Leon	76	new	81
45	Benjamin	75	↓1	>100
46	Luther	73	↑1	>100
47	Sam	72	new	>100
48	Daniel	70	new	47
49	Johnny	69	↓3	>100
50	Jessie	68	↓1	>100

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