Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1953

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,360 babies) and James for boys (1,951). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,385 babies born in South Carolina in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1953

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: 25 babies, 34× the national rate
Thomasina: 21 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Jannie: 51 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Queen: 41 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Elouise: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Deloris: 105 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Mamie: 60 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Essie: 33 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Joe: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hattie: 58 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 21 babies, 46.8× the national rate
Furman: 21 babies, 41.1× the national rate
Levern: 25 babies, 33.6× the national rate
Isiah: 21 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Elijah: 50 babies, 13× the national rate
Olin: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Odell: 33 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Marion: 127 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Isaiah: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Sammie: 50 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,360	–	1
2	Linda	863	–	2
3	Patricia	771	–	4
4	Deborah	688	–	3
5	Barbara	669	–	6
6	Brenda	593	–	18
7	Shirley	483	↑1	29
8	Betty	482	↓1	33
9	Debra	463	↑4	7
10	Sandra	420	↓1	11
11	Carolyn	399	↓1	25
12	Susan	379	↓1	5
13	Nancy	362	↓1	8
14	Elizabeth	361	↑3	21
15	Cynthia	357	↑6	12
16	Margaret	329	↓1	20
17	Janice	293	↑6	22
18	Kathy	291	↑2	23
19	Martha	291	↓1	41
20	Joyce	289	↑2	26
21	Gloria	286	↓7	38
22	Dorothy	283	↓3	49
23	Wanda	268	↑5	57
24	Judy	265	↓8	27
25	Pamela	265	↑14	10
26	Donna	258	↓1	13
27	Rebecca	241	–	24
28	Annie	234	↓2	>100
29	Karen	214	↑1	9
30	Sharon	212	↑1	15
31	Sarah	210	↓7	93
32	Beverly	200	↑11	34
33	Frances	199	–	72
34	Catherine	189	–	35
35	Doris	189	↑3	87
36	Carol	188	↑1	16
37	Diane	187	↓1	17
38	Helen	167	↓3	65
39	Virginia	166	↓7	53
40	Peggy	162	↓11	44
41	Marilyn	160	new	36
42	Cathy	155	↑5	56
43	Janet	152	↓1	19
44	Teresa	152	↑4	42
45	Gwendolyn	141	↓1	>100
46	Rosa	139	↓5	>100
47	Jo	138	↓7	54
48	Rose	136	↑1	59
49	Dianne	132	new	>100
50	Alice	128	↓5	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	1,951	–	2
2	John	1,201	–	4
3	William	1,168	↑1	6
4	Robert	1,114	↓1	1
5	Charles	859	–	9
6	David	850	–	5
7	Michael	809	↑1	3
8	Richard	644	↑3	7
9	Thomas	614	–	8
10	Willie	613	–	49
11	Larry	588	↓4	18
12	Joseph	419	–	13
13	Ronald	403	↑1	15
14	George	388	↓1	22
15	Kenneth	373	–	17
16	Johnny	346	↑1	52
17	Donald	333	↓1	14
18	Jerry	299	–	29
19	Henry	277	↑1	54
20	Edward	263	↓1	23
21	Bobby	258	–	74
22	Roger	233	↑7	31
23	Terry	232	↑11	30
24	Ronnie	230	↑14	79
25	Gary	220	↑7	10
26	Samuel	216	↓2	70
27	Jimmy	205	↓4	72
28	Danny	204	↑3	41
29	Stephen	204	↓4	21
30	Paul	200	↑3	16
31	Steven	200	↓4	11
32	Billy	191	↑7	65
33	Harry	181	↓3	83
34	Walter	180	↑1	45
35	Leroy	178	↓13	>100
36	Daniel	175	↑1	20
37	Harold	175	↓9	56
38	Randy	172	new	35
39	Frank	169	↓13	33
40	Dennis	158	↑1	19
41	Anthony	152	↑6	32
42	Joe	150	↓2	66
43	Timothy	148	↑3	26
44	Ernest	145	–	87
45	Eddie	138	↓3	97
46	Nathaniel	138	new	>100
47	Roy	138	new	55
48	Herbert	137	new	>100
49	Stanley	135	new	62
50	Phillip	134	new	76

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