Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1946

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,570 babies) and James for boys (2,102). Social Security records list 51,719 babies born in South Carolina in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1946

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: 28 babies, 36.3× the national rate
Elease: 16 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Albertha: 28 babies, 28× the national rate
Jannie: 55 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Queen: 41 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Elouise: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Vernell: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Daisy: 75 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Sadie: 49 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Maggie: 56 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 25 babies, 52.1× the national rate
Hazel: 16 babies, 31.3× the national rate
Furman: 23 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Isiah: 22 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Boyce: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Sammie: 60 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Moses: 36 babies, 9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 73 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Elijah: 31 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Abraham: 29 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,570	–	1
2	Linda	842	↑1	2
3	Barbara	703	↑1	4
4	Betty	701	↓2	14
5	Patricia	610	–	3
6	Brenda	524	↑4	24
7	Shirley	463	–	18
8	Carolyn	430	↑1	12
9	Dorothy	421	↓3	23
10	Sandra	420	↑3	6
11	Margaret	400	↓3	17
12	Judy	387	↑3	11
13	Annie	374	↓1	97
14	Nancy	353	↑3	7
15	Martha	344	↓4	32
16	Elizabeth	328	↓2	25
17	Frances	298	↓1	39
18	Joyce	269	↑2	20
19	Gloria	244	↓1	26
20	Sarah	242	↓1	92
21	Helen	234	–	36
22	Carol	222	↑3	5
23	Virginia	199	↑1	31
24	Doris	188	↓1	51
25	Susan	181	↑22	8
26	Janice	177	↑8	22
27	Rosa	172	↓5	>100
28	Rebecca	170	↑10	68
29	Peggy	167	↓2	43
30	Sylvia	164	↑5	82
31	Alice	152	–	44
32	Lillie	152	↑1	>100
33	Ruth	145	↑3	38
34	Willie	145	↓6	>100
35	Mildred	142	↓9	>100
36	Evelyn	139	↓7	65
37	Judith	137	↑3	10
38	Ruby	135	↓8	>100
39	Carrie	127	↑9	>100
40	Louise	126	↓8	91
41	Catherine	122	↓2	48
42	Donna	120	↑7	13
43	Julia	119	↓1	>100
44	Ann	116	↑2	40
45	Sara	115	new	>100
46	Patsy	114	↓2	85
47	Phyllis	108	new	41
48	Marie	107	new	54
49	Ethel	106	↓12	>100
50	Cynthia	105	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,102	–	1
2	John	1,180	–	3
3	William	1,160	↑1	4
4	Robert	1,090	↓1	2
5	Charles	773	–	9
6	Willie	633	–	40
7	David	577	↑1	6
8	Thomas	542	↓1	8
9	Richard	464	↑1	5
10	George	454	↓1	16
11	Larry	406	↑1	11
12	Joseph	394	↓1	14
13	Jerry	350	↑2	20
14	Henry	322	↓1	41
15	Johnny	311	↓1	47
16	Donald	284	↑4	13
17	Michael	283	↑4	7
18	Edward	272	↓1	19
19	Jimmy	266	↓3	42
20	Bobby	263	↓1	53
21	Ronald	261	↑9	10
22	Kenneth	251	–	15
23	Joe	247	↑1	37
24	Leroy	236	↓6	90
25	Billy	218	↑2	45
26	Harold	206	–	33
27	Samuel	205	↑4	70
28	Paul	195	↑1	18
29	Frank	188	↓4	22
30	Walter	184	↓2	30
31	Harry	179	↓8	50
32	Tommy	172	↑6	77
33	Arthur	152	↑2	36
34	Roger	147	↑7	23
35	Eugene	145	↓2	57
36	Ronnie	144	new	54
37	Ernest	141	↓5	71
38	Wayne	135	new	29
39	Eddie	131	↓5	85
40	Raymond	130	↓1	25
41	Clarence	129	↑2	89
42	Albert	128	↓6	52
43	Danny	127	new	46
44	Roy	125	–	43
45	Gary	119	new	12
46	Charlie	117	↓6	>100
47	Fred	117	new	51
48	Daniel	113	–	21
49	Herbert	112	↓7	97
50	Marion	112	↓4	>100

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