Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1948

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1948 were Mary for girls (1,642 babies) and James for boys (2,279). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 55,631 babies born in South Carolina in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1948

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: 16 babies, 38× the national rate
Eartha: 28 babies, 32× the national rate
Elease: 20 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Albertha: 24 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Thomasina: 18 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Jannie: 61 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Vernell: 29 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Queen: 41 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Corine: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lucile: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 30 babies, 52× the national rate
Levern: 24 babies, 34.8× the national rate
Moses: 61 babies, 12× the national rate
Elijah: 45 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Marion: 163 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Sammie: 66 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Isaiah: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Abraham: 33 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jasper: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 146 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	1,642	–	2
2	Linda	1,290	–	1
3	Barbara	714	–	3
4	Betty	699	↑1	18
5	Patricia	691	↓1	4
6	Brenda	536	–	17
7	Shirley	477	–	20
8	Carolyn	423	↑1	14
9	Sandra	420	↓1	6
10	Margaret	406	↑1	13
11	Dorothy	397	↓1	29
12	Nancy	387	↑2	7
13	Judy	364	↓1	16
14	Martha	359	↓1	32
15	Annie	346	–	97
16	Elizabeth	307	↑1	26
17	Gloria	291	↓1	28
18	Susan	256	↑8	5
19	Sarah	253	↓1	85
20	Joyce	251	↓1	21
21	Frances	246	↓1	42
22	Peggy	210	↑2	38
23	Rebecca	210	↑6	50
24	Helen	204	↓3	40
25	Doris	201	↓3	64
26	Janice	199	↓3	23
27	Virginia	190	↓2	36
28	Rosa	183	–	>100
29	Carol	170	↓2	8
30	Donna	167	–	11
31	Ruth	164	↑10	45
32	Mildred	158	–	>100
33	Alice	155	–	49
34	Cynthia	155	↑10	27
35	Lillie	155	–	>100
36	Evelyn	148	↑1	74
37	Catherine	143	↓3	41
38	Deborah	143	new	30
39	Sylvia	142	↓1	100
40	Julia	130	new	>100
41	Willie	129	↓10	>100
42	Diane	125	new	19
43	Louise	123	↑3	99
44	Patsy	122	↓4	98
45	Ruby	116	↓9	>100
46	Delores	115	new	>100
47	Phyllis	115	↓4	46
48	Wanda	115	new	57
49	Carrie	114	↓7	>100
50	Emma	114	↓11	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,279	–	1
2	John	1,318	–	3
3	William	1,193	–	4
4	Robert	1,143	–	2
5	Charles	833	–	9
6	Willie	654	–	40
7	David	625	–	5
8	Larry	595	↑3	11
9	Thomas	591	↓1	8
10	George	505	↓1	16
11	Richard	456	↓1	7
12	Joseph	379	–	13
13	Michael	369	↑6	6
14	Ronald	361	–	10
15	Jerry	354	↑1	21
16	Johnny	322	↓3	52
17	Henry	313	↓2	45
18	Jimmy	313	–	50
19	Donald	277	↓2	14
20	Edward	266	–	19
21	Samuel	256	↑3	70
22	Bobby	247	↓1	62
23	Leroy	246	↓1	97
24	Kenneth	242	↓1	15
25	Joe	239	–	47
26	Harold	226	–	36
27	Frank	198	↑3	25
28	Roger	196	↑12	24
29	Walter	191	↓1	35
30	Billy	190	↓3	53
31	Paul	185	↑1	18
32	Harry	180	↓3	57
33	Marion	163	↑16	>100
34	Ronnie	159	↓1	59
35	Arthur	155	↓4	44
36	Danny	155	↑8	39
37	Tommy	153	↓2	79
38	Eddie	151	↓1	78
39	Ernest	150	↓1	76
40	Daniel	146	↓1	22
41	Nathaniel	146	↑5	>100
42	Eugene	143	↓1	61
43	Charlie	142	new	>100
44	Albert	140	↑3	55
45	Carl	139	↑3	42
46	Wayne	136	↓12	34
47	Clarence	134	↓11	87
48	Roy	132	↓6	49
49	Raymond	131	new	27
50	Terry	131	new	26

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