Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1954

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,301 babies) and James for boys (1,864). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,771 babies born in South Carolina in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1954

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: 19 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Thomasina: 17 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Jannie: 47 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Queen: 39 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Pearline: 16 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Deloris: 110 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Hattie: 56 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Doretha: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Alfreda: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lula: 41 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 20 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Furman: 21 babies, 35× the national rate
Levern: 28 babies, 30.8× the national rate
Elijah: 46 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Marion: 130 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Moses: 36 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Odell: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Isaiah: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ulysses: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sammie: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,301	–	1
2	Linda	837	–	2
3	Deborah	799	↑1	3
4	Patricia	784	↓1	4
5	Barbara	682	–	7
6	Debra	527	↑3	6
7	Betty	501	↑1	36
8	Brenda	501	↓2	18
9	Sandra	450	↑1	13
10	Cynthia	449	↑5	10
11	Susan	441	↑1	5
12	Shirley	427	↓5	33
13	Nancy	381	–	9
14	Carolyn	370	↓3	27
15	Donna	342	↑11	11
16	Kathy	334	↑2	23
17	Pamela	317	↑8	12
18	Elizabeth	310	↓4	20
19	Dorothy	300	↑3	55
20	Gloria	292	↑1	42
21	Janice	288	↓4	25
22	Judy	284	↑2	29
23	Wanda	274	–	58
24	Martha	265	↓5	46
25	Karen	260	↑4	8
26	Margaret	259	↓10	21
27	Joyce	254	↓7	28
28	Sharon	238	↑2	16
29	Rebecca	235	↓2	26
30	Sarah	218	↑1	>100
31	Peggy	209	↑9	48
32	Carol	208	↑4	15
33	Teresa	208	↑11	34
34	Diane	199	↑3	17
35	Marilyn	190	↑6	35
36	Janet	189	↑7	19
37	Beverly	184	↓5	31
38	Doris	182	↓3	93
39	Virginia	180	–	61
40	Annie	176	↓12	>100
41	Frances	174	↓8	83
42	Helen	158	↓4	72
43	Jo	156	↑4	53
44	Catherine	155	↓10	32
45	Cathy	149	↓3	59
46	Vickie	140	new	69
47	Rose	139	↑1	54
48	Cheryl	135	new	22
49	Gwendolyn	134	↓4	>100
50	Sylvia	129	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	1,864	–	3
2	John	1,172	–	4
3	William	1,109	–	6
4	Robert	1,074	–	2
5	Charles	866	–	10
6	David	866	–	5
7	Michael	837	–	1
8	Thomas	622	↑1	8
9	Larry	615	↑2	19
10	Richard	592	↓2	7
11	Willie	581	↓1	53
12	Ronald	465	↑1	15
13	Joseph	427	↓1	13
14	Kenneth	419	↑1	17
15	George	400	↓1	24
16	Donald	398	↑1	14
17	Jerry	342	↑1	31
18	Johnny	312	↓2	54
19	Terry	285	↑4	27
20	Henry	275	↓1	59
21	Edward	271	↓1	22
22	Gary	264	↑3	9
23	Bobby	242	↓2	72
24	Steven	236	↑7	11
25	Ronnie	230	↓1	78
26	Samuel	230	–	71
27	Paul	228	↑3	16
28	Dennis	219	↑12	21
29	Daniel	216	↑7	18
30	Roger	216	↓8	34
31	Anthony	214	↑10	32
32	Jimmy	213	↓5	74
33	Leroy	204	↑2	>100
34	Billy	202	↓2	65
35	Danny	195	↓7	42
36	Harold	188	↑1	60
37	Stephen	182	↓8	20
38	Joe	179	↑4	67
39	Timothy	177	↑4	26
40	Walter	175	↓6	49
41	Stanley	166	↑8	58
42	Ricky	164	new	46
43	Arthur	163	new	52
44	Frank	161	↓5	36
45	Randy	161	↓7	33
46	Eddie	159	↓1	91
47	Carl	158	new	47
48	Harry	154	↓15	86
49	Steve	153	new	76
50	Raymond	150	new	35

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