Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1950

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1950 were Mary for girls (1,454 babies) and James for boys (2,108). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,153 babies born in South Carolina in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1950

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: 25 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Wilhelmenia: 16 babies, 32× the national rate
Albertha: 33 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Thomasina: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Jannie: 64 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Elouise: 28 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Vernell: 23 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Queen: 38 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Deloris: 119 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Corine: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 22 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Levern: 23 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Furman: 21 babies, 32.9× the national rate
Maxie: 15 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Olin: 15 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Isiah: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Isaiah: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
King: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Marion: 127 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Elijah: 41 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	1,454	–	2
2	Linda	1,005	–	1
3	Barbara	726	↑2	4
4	Patricia	711	–	3
5	Betty	606	↓2	26
6	Brenda	582	–	14
7	Shirley	533	–	19
8	Sandra	506	–	8
9	Carolyn	430	–	20
10	Nancy	381	↑2	6
11	Dorothy	378	↓1	35
12	Margaret	372	↓1	15
13	Deborah	355	↑12	7
14	Judy	349	–	25
15	Martha	324	↓2	32
16	Elizabeth	321	–	24
17	Gloria	320	↓2	30
18	Annie	317	↓1	>100
19	Susan	282	↑2	5
20	Joyce	270	–	27
21	Frances	262	↑1	51
22	Janice	256	↓3	22
23	Sarah	241	↓5	88
24	Cynthia	216	↑8	23
25	Wanda	212	↑10	52
26	Virginia	210	↑5	43
27	Peggy	203	↓1	41
28	Rebecca	202	↓5	36
29	Doris	200	↓5	74
30	Kathy	199	↑8	38
31	Helen	197	↓3	50
32	Donna	196	↓5	13
33	Alice	184	–	57
34	Carol	163	↓5	9
35	Catherine	151	↑10	34
36	Rosa	148	↓6	>100
37	Sharon	148	↑9	11
38	Diane	141	↓1	16
39	Beverly	132	new	31
40	Mildred	132	↓6	>100
41	Sylvia	124	↑2	97
42	Ruth	121	–	49
43	Deloris	119	new	>100
44	Lillie	119	↓5	>100
45	Karen	116	new	12
46	Phyllis	116	↑1	53
47	Rose	115	new	69
48	Carrie	114	↑2	>100
49	Evelyn	114	↓13	86
50	Vivian	111	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,108	–	1
2	John	1,182	–	3
3	William	1,145	–	6
4	Robert	1,111	–	2
5	Charles	856	–	9
6	Willie	686	↑1	42
7	David	655	↓1	5
8	Larry	624	↑1	11
9	Thomas	603	↓1	8
10	Michael	512	↑1	4
11	Richard	474	↑1	7
12	George	472	↓2	20
13	Joseph	413	↑1	13
14	Ronald	369	↓1	12
15	Jerry	349	↑1	24
16	Donald	334	↑1	14
17	Johnny	331	↓2	50
18	Henry	328	–	47
19	Kenneth	322	↑3	15
20	Edward	288	↓1	22
21	Samuel	255	↑2	62
22	Bobby	234	↓2	65
23	Leroy	234	↑2	>100
24	Jimmy	221	↓3	55
25	Billy	210	↑3	57
26	Harry	209	↑6	61
27	Harold	207	↓1	45
28	Roger	205	↓1	27
29	Walter	198	↓5	40
30	Joe	190	↑1	54
31	Frank	187	↑2	29
32	Gary	185	↑13	10
33	Danny	180	↑6	39
34	Ronnie	178	↑2	76
35	Paul	171	↓5	18
36	Eddie	163	↑1	89
37	Nathaniel	163	↑5	>100
38	Ernest	159	–	81
39	Herbert	152	↑8	>100
40	Daniel	149	↓11	21
41	Arthur	143	↓6	46
42	Clarence	141	↑6	95
43	Terry	140	↓9	30
44	Roy	137	↑5	51
45	Wayne	133	↓1	35
46	Dennis	132	new	17
47	Raymond	129	new	31
48	Albert	128	↓2	56
49	Benjamin	128	↑1	>100
50	Steven	128	new	16

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