Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1943

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,697 babies) and James for boys (2,139). Social Security records list 49,384 babies born in South Carolina in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1943

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: 22 babies, 29.3× the national rate
Elease: 21 babies, 28.7× the national rate
Albertha: 36 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Jannie: 68 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Vernell: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Queen: 39 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Eliza: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wilhelmina: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Flossie: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lizzie: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Hazel: 26 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Furman: 24 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Heyward: 16 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Maxie: 22 babies, 14× the national rate
Isiah: 20 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Olin: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Sammie: 62 babies, 9× the national rate
Isaiah: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lucius: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 110 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,697	–	1
2	Betty	781	–	10
3	Linda	712	↑1	4
4	Barbara	705	↓1	2
5	Patricia	520	↑1	3
6	Dorothy	469	↓1	19
7	Brenda	431	↑4	35
8	Shirley	428	↓1	12
9	Martha	398	↑3	29
10	Annie	377	–	69
11	Carolyn	373	↓2	11
12	Margaret	366	↓4	14
13	Nancy	340	–	9
14	Elizabeth	324	–	23
15	Frances	294	–	31
16	Sandra	290	↑1	6
17	Helen	283	↑1	28
18	Joyce	277	↑1	16
19	Sarah	271	↓3	71
20	Judy	263	↑1	13
21	Peggy	214	↑5	41
22	Rosa	209	↑1	>100
23	Doris	206	↓3	40
24	Virginia	206	↓2	25
25	Willie	186	–	>100
26	Alice	177	↑5	38
27	Gloria	177	↑5	30
28	Ruth	170	↑5	33
29	Mildred	166	↓2	76
30	Lillie	164	↓2	>100
31	Ruby	162	↓2	82
32	Carol	160	↑6	5
33	Louise	158	↓9	70
34	Evelyn	144	–	53
35	Patsy	144	↑5	61
36	Judith	138	↑1	7
37	Julia	131	↑7	95
38	Emma	129	↓8	>100
39	Rebecca	127	↓3	87
40	Ann	125	↑5	37
41	Ethel	124	↑7	>100
42	Sylvia	122	↑1	77
43	Catherine	121	↑4	48
44	Sara	121	↓5	>100
45	Carrie	116	↓4	>100
46	Thelma	115	↑3	>100
47	Minnie	112	↓5	>100
48	Jean	110	new	36
49	Margie	110	new	>100
50	Vivian	106	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,139	–	1
2	John	1,190	↑1	3
3	William	1,186	↓1	4
4	Robert	1,037	–	2
5	Charles	721	–	7
6	Willie	681	–	36
7	Thomas	527	–	8
8	David	509	↑1	6
9	George	459	↓1	14
10	Joseph	372	–	13
11	Richard	355	↑1	5
12	Henry	329	↓1	31
13	Larry	328	↑5	12
14	Jerry	318	↑1	17
15	Edward	281	↑2	18
16	Bobby	267	↓2	46
17	Johnny	257	↑3	52
18	Donald	245	↑7	11
19	Jimmy	236	↓3	42
20	Joe	231	↓7	35
21	Leroy	208	–	74
22	Ronald	207	↑7	9
23	Billy	205	↑1	37
24	Walter	200	↑2	26
25	Samuel	198	↓2	62
26	Harold	195	↓4	27
27	Paul	195	↑4	19
28	Frank	194	↓1	21
29	Kenneth	178	↑1	15
30	Arthur	174	↑3	30
31	Harry	171	↓3	50
32	Roy	147	↑12	38
33	Albert	139	↑3	43
34	Ernest	136	↓2	61
35	Clarence	135	↑7	68
36	Eugene	133	↑1	47
37	Herbert	133	↑2	86
38	Eddie	132	↑10	80
39	Marion	131	↓4	>100
40	Raymond	129	↓2	22
41	Tommy	128	↑4	77
42	Douglas	127	↓23	28
43	Jack	127	↑4	34
44	Johnnie	124	↑5	>100
45	Fred	123	↓2	45
46	Roger	122	new	24
47	Michael	116	new	10
48	Charlie	115	↓8	>100
49	Ralph	111	new	40
50	Nathaniel	110	new	>100

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