Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1952

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,399 babies) and James for boys (2,002). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,336 babies born in South Carolina in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1952

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: 32 babies, 36.9× the national rate
Blondell: 15 babies, 27.9× the national rate
Thomasina: 20 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Albertha: 17 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Jannie: 54 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Harriett: 31 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Eliza: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Elouise: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Deloris: 103 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Queen: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 23 babies, 49.6× the national rate
Levern: 25 babies, 33× the national rate
Furman: 16 babies, 31.3× the national rate
Isaiah: 25 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Marion: 130 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Odell: 29 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Sammie: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Elijah: 38 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Solomon: 22 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Cleveland: 37 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,399	–	2
2	Linda	958	–	1
3	Patricia	878	–	3
4	Deborah	711	↑2	4
5	Barbara	647	↓1	6
6	Brenda	592	↓1	15
7	Betty	543	–	32
8	Shirley	473	–	28
9	Sandra	429	↑1	10
10	Carolyn	421	↓1	24
11	Susan	410	↑7	5
12	Nancy	378	↓1	7
13	Debra	370	↑14	9
14	Gloria	359	↑1	36
15	Margaret	353	↓3	21
16	Judy	341	↓3	26
17	Elizabeth	322	↓1	22
18	Martha	321	↓1	40
19	Dorothy	305	↓5	46
20	Kathy	296	↑4	29
21	Cynthia	270	↑5	18
22	Joyce	268	↑1	27
23	Janice	263	↓4	23
24	Sarah	254	↓4	93
25	Donna	251	↓4	13
26	Annie	246	↓4	>100
27	Rebecca	235	↑3	30
28	Wanda	223	↓3	54
29	Peggy	202	–	43
30	Karen	200	↑14	8
31	Sharon	196	↑6	14
32	Virginia	195	↑2	49
33	Frances	189	↓5	67
34	Catherine	186	↑1	34
35	Helen	185	↓3	63
36	Diane	183	↑6	16
37	Carol	177	↓6	12
38	Doris	177	↓5	83
39	Pamela	167	↑1	17
40	Jo	155	↑5	55
41	Rosa	154	↓3	>100
42	Janet	153	↑6	19
43	Beverly	144	↓7	35
44	Gwendolyn	143	new	>100
45	Alice	138	↓4	69
46	Evelyn	138	–	90
47	Cathy	137	new	56
48	Teresa	136	new	52
49	Rose	124	↓2	62
50	Sylvia	122	↓11	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,002	–	1
2	John	1,199	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,183	↑1	2
4	William	1,183	↓2	6
5	Charles	912	–	9
6	David	797	–	5
7	Larry	687	↑2	14
8	Michael	684	↑2	4
9	Thomas	607	↓2	8
10	Willie	606	↓2	48
11	Richard	550	–	7
12	Joseph	454	↑1	12
13	George	420	↓1	22
14	Ronald	382	–	15
15	Kenneth	367	–	16
16	Donald	363	↑2	13
17	Johnny	334	–	53
18	Jerry	333	↓2	26
19	Edward	308	↑1	23
20	Henry	295	↓1	50
21	Bobby	260	–	77
22	Leroy	235	↑2	>100
23	Jimmy	228	↑4	72
24	Samuel	228	↓2	67
25	Stephen	212	↑10	21
26	Frank	205	↑16	32
27	Steven	204	↑14	11
28	Harold	203	↑2	51
29	Roger	203	↓4	30
30	Harry	197	↓2	75
31	Danny	195	↓8	40
32	Gary	195	↑11	10
33	Paul	194	↓7	19
34	Terry	193	↑2	29
35	Walter	188	↓3	44
36	Arthur	187	↑1	47
37	Daniel	184	↓3	20
38	Ronnie	183	↓7	82
39	Billy	169	↓1	65
40	Joe	166	↓11	62
41	Dennis	155	↓1	18
42	Eddie	155	↓9	93
43	Carl	153	↑2	45
44	Ernest	148	↓5	87
45	Wayne	141	new	38
46	Timothy	139	new	27
47	Anthony	136	new	34
48	Melvin	136	new	91
49	Raymond	136	↓2	33
50	Eugene	135	↓6	71

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