Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1949

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1949 were Mary for girls (1,595 babies) and James for boys (2,146). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,403 babies born in South Carolina in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1949

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

Albertha: 35 babies, 33.1× the national rate
Eartha: 23 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Jannie: 62 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Elouise: 29 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Queen: 35 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Vernell: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Daisy: 85 babies, 9× the national rate
Doretha: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Harriette: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Eliza: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 25 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Levern: 23 babies, 33.2× the national rate
Furman: 19 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Maxie: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Moses: 48 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Elijah: 44 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Boyce: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Odell: 32 babies, 9× the national rate
Sammie: 62 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Isaiah: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Mary	1,595	–	2
2	Linda	1,241	–	1
3	Betty	695	↑1	22
4	Patricia	687	↑1	3
5	Barbara	668	↓2	4
6	Brenda	602	–	13
7	Shirley	537	–	18
8	Sandra	503	↑1	6
9	Carolyn	458	↓1	17
10	Dorothy	395	↑1	32
11	Margaret	385	↓1	14
12	Nancy	357	–	7
13	Martha	353	↑1	34
14	Judy	346	↓1	20
15	Gloria	333	↑2	29
16	Elizabeth	307	–	25
17	Annie	282	↓2	>100
18	Sarah	252	↑1	84
19	Janice	246	↑7	24
20	Joyce	245	–	26
21	Susan	243	↓3	5
22	Frances	218	↓1	49
23	Rebecca	207	–	40
24	Doris	205	↑1	69
25	Deborah	202	↑13	15
26	Peggy	195	↓4	38
27	Donna	192	↑3	12
28	Helen	189	↓4	46
29	Carol	183	–	8
30	Rosa	180	↓2	>100
31	Virginia	179	↓4	39
32	Cynthia	172	↑2	27
33	Alice	168	–	53
34	Mildred	151	↓2	>100
35	Wanda	151	↑13	56
36	Evelyn	148	–	80
37	Diane	145	↑5	19
38	Kathy	144	new	42
39	Lillie	143	↓4	>100
40	Emma	138	↑10	>100
41	Julia	134	↓1	>100
42	Ruth	134	↓11	47
43	Sylvia	134	↓4	94
44	Willie	124	↓3	>100
45	Catherine	122	↓8	37
46	Sharon	122	new	10
47	Phyllis	120	–	50
48	Joan	119	new	36
49	Ruby	113	↓4	>100
50	Carrie	111	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,146	–	1
2	John	1,284	–	3
3	William	1,174	–	4
4	Robert	1,099	–	2
5	Charles	881	–	9
6	David	716	↑1	6
7	Willie	699	↓1	41
8	Thomas	647	↑1	8
9	Larry	596	↓1	10
10	George	461	–	18
11	Michael	455	↑2	5
12	Richard	438	↓1	7
13	Ronald	378	↑1	11
14	Joseph	368	↓2	14
15	Johnny	346	↑1	49
16	Jerry	340	↓1	23
17	Donald	329	↑2	13
18	Henry	325	↓1	46
19	Edward	285	↑1	21
20	Bobby	272	↑2	67
21	Jimmy	264	↓3	53
22	Kenneth	257	↑2	15
23	Samuel	242	↓2	62
24	Walter	230	↑5	37
25	Leroy	222	↓2	>100
26	Harold	210	–	42
27	Roger	197	↑1	25
28	Billy	188	↑2	57
29	Daniel	182	↑11	22
30	Paul	182	↑1	17
31	Joe	181	↓6	52
32	Harry	178	–	59
33	Frank	175	↓6	27
34	Terry	174	↑16	28
35	Arthur	171	–	44
36	Ronnie	163	↓2	65
37	Eddie	156	↑1	80
38	Ernest	155	↑1	76
39	Danny	153	↓3	40
40	Eugene	149	↑2	58
41	Tommy	148	↓4	84
42	Nathaniel	145	↓1	>100
43	Stephen	143	new	19
44	Wayne	140	↑2	35
45	Gary	134	new	12
46	Albert	133	↓2	56
47	Herbert	133	new	>100
48	Clarence	131	↓1	94
49	Roy	129	↓1	51
50	Benjamin	125	new	>100

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