Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1931

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,365 babies) and James for boys (1,510). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,877 babies born in South Carolina in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1931

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, 34.6× the national rate
Eartha: 21 babies, 32.7× the national rate
Elease: 33 babies, 29.3× the national rate
Albertha: 32 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Emmie: 17 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Jannie: 53 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Estell: 15 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Queen: 35 babies, 9× the national rate
Eliza: 32 babies, 9× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 22 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Furman: 17 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Olin: 25 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Elijah: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Isaiah: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Isiah: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Sammie: 48 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Odell: 33 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Abraham: 36 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Woodrow: 29 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,365	–	1
2	Betty	823	–	2
3	Dorothy	603	–	3
4	Annie	405	–	41
5	Margaret	334	–	7
6	Helen	297	↑3	6
7	Frances	285	↓1	18
8	Ruth	284	↑6	11
9	Sarah	282	↑1	71
10	Elizabeth	265	↓3	16
11	Doris	262	↓3	10
12	Mildred	254	↓1	26
13	Martha	250	↓1	28
14	Louise	216	↓1	33
15	Ruby	210	↑2	39
16	Barbara	202	↑15	4
17	Virginia	194	↑1	12
18	Willie	194	↓2	93
19	Thelma	191	↑2	53
20	Evelyn	186	–	24
21	Lillie	176	↓6	>100
22	Rosa	172	↓3	>100
23	Ethel	163	↑3	67
24	Gladys	144	↓1	55
25	Carrie	136	–	>100
26	Minnie	134	↑11	>100
27	Sara	132	–	>100
28	Mattie	129	↑4	>100
29	Alice	123	↑7	21
30	Nancy	123	↑20	17
31	Catherine	122	↓2	36
32	Jessie	120	↓8	>100
33	Peggy	118	new	42
34	Edna	117	↓12	52
35	Ella	110	↓2	>100
36	Emma	110	↑3	76
37	Clara	108	↑5	61
38	Lillian	106	↑11	47
39	Carolyn	105	new	60
40	Julia	104	↓12	91
41	Bessie	103	↓6	>100
42	Hattie	103	↓8	>100
43	Juanita	103	new	57
44	Lois	103	↑4	20
45	Anna	102	↑2	25
46	Mamie	102	↓5	>100
47	Daisy	100	↓2	>100
48	Ida	100	↓5	100
49	Bobbie	95	new	>100
50	Edith	95	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	1,510	–	2
2	William	912	↑1	4
3	John	831	↓1	3
4	Robert	688	–	1
5	Willie	548	–	31
6	Charles	508	–	6
7	Thomas	360	↑1	10
8	George	357	↓1	8
9	Henry	278	–	22
10	David	258	↑1	13
11	Joseph	239	↓1	9
12	Bobby	207	↑8	32
13	Billy	191	↑14	19
14	Leroy	189	↑2	52
15	Edward	180	↓3	11
16	Jack	178	↓1	15
17	Frank	177	↓3	16
18	Harold	176	↓1	18
19	Joe	173	↓1	29
20	Samuel	170	↑3	56
21	Walter	158	↓2	20
22	Richard	146	↓9	5
23	Eugene	135	↑7	21
24	Clarence	128	↑1	39
25	Fred	125	↑1	33
26	Donald	120	↑10	7
27	Paul	120	↓6	12
28	Charlie	117	↑4	94
29	Ernest	113	–	47
30	Marion	113	↑1	>100
31	Herbert	107	↓9	41
32	Ralph	107	↑1	25
33	Arthur	104	↓5	23
34	Albert	103	↓10	24
35	Harry	99	↓1	30
36	Roy	90	↓1	35
37	Johnnie	89	–	>100
38	Eddie	88	new	95
39	Raymond	88	↑1	17
40	Carl	82	↑1	28
41	Marvin	73	new	45
42	Nathaniel	73	↑1	>100
43	Earl	72	↓4	40
44	Benjamin	71	↑1	>100
45	Clyde	67	↓7	77
46	Howard	67	new	34
47	Lawrence	67	new	38
48	Lewis	67	new	87
49	Leon	66	↓5	84
50	Louis	66	new	37

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