Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1932

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,563 babies) and James for boys (1,727). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,765 babies born in South Carolina in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1932

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: 20 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Eartha: 17 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Elease: 30 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Albertha: 38 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Thomasina: 17 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Jannie: 71 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Estell: 17 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Queen: 48 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Elouise: 36 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Janie: 107 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 23 babies, 33.4× the national rate
Furman: 23 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Hazel: 20 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Olin: 23 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Isaiah: 21 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Isiah: 20 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lucius: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Moses: 43 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Elijah: 35 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Abraham: 40 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,563	–	1
2	Betty	886	–	2
3	Dorothy	635	–	4
4	Annie	486	–	41
5	Margaret	421	–	7
6	Frances	338	↑1	19
7	Helen	317	↓1	8
8	Elizabeth	306	↑2	17
9	Barbara	295	↑7	3
10	Doris	285	↑1	10
11	Sarah	274	↓2	67
12	Ruth	263	↓4	11
13	Louise	259	↑1	36
14	Martha	259	↓1	27
15	Mildred	255	↓3	26
16	Ruby	222	↓1	38
17	Willie	206	↑1	91
18	Evelyn	205	↑2	23
19	Lillie	205	↑2	>100
20	Thelma	194	↓1	51
21	Rosa	189	↑1	>100
22	Virginia	184	↓5	14
23	Carrie	176	↑2	>100
24	Gladys	172	–	54
25	Ethel	171	↓2	66
26	Ella	149	↑9	>100
27	Mattie	146	↑1	>100
28	Catherine	145	↑3	39
29	Peggy	145	↑4	40
30	Alice	143	↓1	21
31	Sara	141	↓4	>100
32	Edna	128	↑2	50
33	Bernice	122	new	71
34	Carolyn	122	↑5	46
35	Emma	122	↑1	76
36	Minnie	121	↓10	>100
37	Jessie	120	↓5	>100
38	Hattie	118	↑4	>100
39	Julia	117	↑1	92
40	Nancy	113	↓10	13
41	Marie	111	new	31
42	Hazel	110	new	75
43	Joyce	110	new	12
44	Bobbie	108	↑5	>100
45	Lula	108	new	>100
46	Bessie	107	↓5	>100
47	Janie	107	new	>100
48	Ida	106	–	>100
49	Rebecca	105	new	>100
50	Lillian	103	↓12	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,727	–	2
2	William	932	–	4
3	John	930	–	3
4	Robert	802	–	1
5	Charles	577	↑1	6
6	Willie	575	↓1	31
7	George	416	↑1	8
8	Thomas	405	↓1	10
9	Henry	301	–	23
10	David	295	–	12
11	Joseph	294	–	9
12	Bobby	272	–	30
13	Edward	250	↑2	11
14	Richard	222	↑8	5
15	Billy	212	↓2	20
16	Leroy	210	↓2	53
17	Frank	209	–	15
18	Samuel	186	↑2	56
19	Walter	185	↑2	21
20	Harold	181	↓2	18
21	Jack	180	↓5	17
22	Joe	169	↓3	29
23	Paul	145	↑4	13
24	Donald	139	↑2	7
25	Arthur	137	↑8	25
26	Charlie	133	↑2	90
27	Eugene	133	↓4	22
28	Clarence	130	↓4	40
29	Albert	126	↑5	26
30	Herbert	123	↑1	44
31	Marion	123	↓1	>100
32	Fred	118	↓7	33
33	Ernest	117	↓4	47
34	Harry	107	↑1	32
35	Carl	100	↑5	28
36	Roy	99	–	38
37	Franklin	98	new	66
38	Ralph	97	↓6	27
39	Johnnie	94	↓2	>100
40	Raymond	93	↓1	19
41	Roosevelt	91	new	>100
42	Johnny	88	new	96
43	Lewis	87	↑5	92
44	Benjamin	84	–	>100
45	Clyde	83	–	82
46	Eddie	83	↓8	91
47	Melvin	83	new	51
48	Nathaniel	82	↓6	>100
49	Howard	79	↓3	36
50	Kenneth	78	new	14

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