Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1947

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1947 were Mary for girls (1,708 babies) and James for boys (2,318). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,098 babies born in South Carolina in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1947

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

Blondell: 21 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Eartha: 21 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Elease: 19 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Albertha: 34 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Jannie: 94 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Flossie: 24 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Eliza: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Vernell: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Doretha: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Hattie: 105 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 29 babies, 47.3× the national rate
Levern: 21 babies, 36.1× the national rate
Furman: 18 babies, 27.9× the national rate
Maxie: 15 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Isiah: 21 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Isaiah: 23 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Elijah: 47 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Moses: 40 babies, 9× the national rate
Odell: 32 babies, 9× the national rate
Isaac: 79 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	1,708	–	2
2	Linda	1,196	–	1
3	Barbara	758	–	4
4	Patricia	717	↑1	3
5	Betty	709	↓1	17
6	Brenda	561	–	21
7	Shirley	503	–	19
8	Sandra	486	↑2	5
9	Carolyn	485	↓1	15
10	Dorothy	460	↓1	26
11	Margaret	438	–	16
12	Judy	433	–	14
13	Martha	419	↑2	32
14	Nancy	419	–	7
15	Annie	335	↓2	>100
16	Gloria	308	↑3	27
17	Elizabeth	300	↓1	25
18	Sarah	297	↑2	93
19	Joyce	273	↓1	20
20	Frances	270	↓3	39
21	Helen	249	–	38
22	Doris	219	↑2	58
23	Janice	218	↑3	22
24	Peggy	218	↑5	42
25	Virginia	206	↓2	34
26	Susan	205	↓1	8
27	Carol	199	↓5	6
28	Rosa	184	↓1	>100
29	Rebecca	169	↓1	52
30	Donna	158	↑12	10
31	Willie	152	↑3	>100
32	Mildred	149	↑3	>100
33	Alice	147	↓2	47
34	Catherine	147	↑7	46
35	Lillie	147	↓3	>100
36	Ruby	146	↑2	>100
37	Evelyn	144	↓1	72
38	Sylvia	143	↓8	97
39	Emma	140	new	>100
40	Patsy	140	↑6	87
41	Ruth	140	↓8	44
42	Carrie	139	↓3	>100
43	Phyllis	138	↑4	37
44	Cynthia	128	↑6	33
45	Judith	128	↓8	12
46	Louise	124	↓6	99
47	Janie	121	new	>100
48	Joan	120	new	30
49	Beverly	119	new	31
50	Geraldine	117	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,318	–	1
2	John	1,312	–	3
3	William	1,289	–	4
4	Robert	1,132	–	2
5	Charles	804	–	9
6	Willie	683	–	42
7	David	630	–	6
8	Thomas	583	–	8
9	George	529	↑1	16
10	Richard	511	↓1	5
11	Larry	499	–	10
12	Joseph	403	–	14
13	Johnny	392	↑2	49
14	Ronald	361	↑7	11
15	Henry	358	↓1	46
16	Jerry	356	↓3	20
17	Donald	325	↓1	13
18	Jimmy	319	↑1	44
19	Michael	296	↓2	7
20	Edward	291	↓2	19
21	Bobby	284	↓1	60
22	Leroy	266	↑2	98
23	Kenneth	258	↓1	15
24	Samuel	250	↑3	72
25	Joe	233	↓2	43
26	Harold	226	–	35
27	Billy	222	↓2	51
28	Walter	215	↑2	34
29	Harry	205	↑2	54
30	Frank	194	↓1	23
31	Arthur	188	↑2	38
32	Paul	186	↓4	18
33	Ronnie	174	↑3	61
34	Wayne	171	↑4	30
35	Tommy	168	↓3	79
36	Clarence	165	↑5	88
37	Eddie	164	↑2	80
38	Ernest	160	↓1	75
39	Daniel	149	↑9	22
40	Roger	146	↓6	25
41	Eugene	144	↓6	59
42	Roy	143	↑2	48
43	Fred	142	↑4	56
44	Danny	138	↓1	39
45	Dennis	137	new	17
46	Nathaniel	135	new	>100
47	Albert	132	↓5	55
48	Carl	127	new	40
49	Marion	126	↑1	>100
50	Jack	124	new	37

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