Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1951

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,459 babies) and James for boys (2,083). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,780 babies born in South Carolina in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1951

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: 20 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Albertha: 29 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Jannie: 61 babies, 16× the national rate
Queen: 38 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Hattie: 82 babies, 9× the national rate
Mamie: 54 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Deloris: 105 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lizzie: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Vernell: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lula: 67 babies, 8× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 18 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Furman: 22 babies, 30.7× the national rate
Levern: 23 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Maxie: 19 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Elijah: 42 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Marion: 139 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Sammie: 56 babies, 9× the national rate
Odell: 25 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Abraham: 36 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Solomon: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,459	–	2
2	Linda	989	–	1
3	Patricia	797	↑1	3
4	Barbara	684	↓1	5
5	Brenda	609	↑1	14
6	Deborah	576	↑7	4
7	Betty	566	↓2	29
8	Shirley	481	↓1	27
9	Carolyn	448	–	22
10	Sandra	442	↓2	9
11	Nancy	390	↓1	7
12	Margaret	370	–	17
13	Judy	369	↑1	26
14	Dorothy	344	↓3	42
15	Gloria	344	↑2	31
16	Elizabeth	338	–	23
17	Martha	326	↓2	38
18	Susan	310	↑1	6
19	Janice	274	↑3	21
20	Sarah	255	↑3	91
21	Donna	250	↑11	12
22	Annie	247	↓4	>100
23	Joyce	245	↓3	28
24	Kathy	228	↑6	35
25	Wanda	227	–	52
26	Cynthia	226	↓2	20
27	Debra	218	new	18
28	Frances	203	↓7	59
29	Peggy	203	↓2	40
30	Rebecca	189	↓2	32
31	Carol	185	↑3	11
32	Helen	182	↓1	54
33	Doris	176	↓4	80
34	Virginia	175	↓8	47
35	Catherine	166	–	34
36	Beverly	164	↑3	33
37	Sharon	161	–	13
38	Rosa	158	↓2	>100
39	Sylvia	156	↑2	97
40	Pamela	154	new	16
41	Alice	153	↓8	62
42	Diane	150	↓4	15
43	Ruth	150	↓1	53
44	Karen	149	↑1	8
45	Jo	134	new	67
46	Evelyn	130	↑3	88
47	Rose	130	–	65
48	Janet	123	new	19
49	Lillie	120	↓5	>100
50	Ann	116	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,083	–	1
2	William	1,241	↑1	6
3	John	1,191	↓1	3
4	Robert	1,145	–	2
5	Charles	886	–	9
6	David	713	↑1	5
7	Thomas	652	↑2	8
8	Willie	606	↓2	45
9	Larry	599	↓1	11
10	Michael	580	–	4
11	Richard	506	–	7
12	George	431	–	22
13	Joseph	411	–	14
14	Ronald	377	–	12
15	Kenneth	360	↑4	16
16	Jerry	350	↓1	24
17	Johnny	331	–	50
18	Donald	316	↓2	15
19	Henry	316	↓1	47
20	Edward	300	–	23
21	Bobby	231	↑1	77
22	Samuel	227	↓1	67
23	Danny	216	↑10	41
24	Leroy	216	↓1	>100
25	Roger	215	↑3	29
26	Paul	212	↑9	18
27	Jimmy	209	↓3	62
28	Harry	192	↓2	70
29	Joe	189	↑1	57
30	Harold	188	↓3	46
31	Ronnie	188	↑3	82
32	Walter	188	↓3	42
33	Eddie	180	↑3	89
34	Daniel	174	↑6	21
35	Stephen	171	new	19
36	Terry	163	↑7	30
37	Arthur	161	↑4	44
38	Billy	161	↓13	64
39	Ernest	158	↓1	83
40	Dennis	156	↑6	17
41	Steven	155	↑9	13
42	Frank	152	↓11	31
43	Gary	150	↓11	10
44	Eugene	146	new	65
45	Carl	145	new	43
46	Nathaniel	145	↓9	>100
47	Raymond	142	–	32
48	Marion	139	new	>100
49	Tommy	135	new	94
50	Albert	134	↓2	60

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