Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1955

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,144 babies) and James for boys (1,860). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,116 babies born in South Carolina in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1955

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

Jannie: 50 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Queen: 28 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Deloris: 93 babies, 10× the national rate
Eartha: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Sadie: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Alfreda: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Hattie: 46 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Essie: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ernestine: 51 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lillie: 91 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 23 babies, 47.1× the national rate
Levern: 35 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Elijah: 40 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Marion: 109 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Alphonso: 44 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Sammie: 47 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ulysses: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 125 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rufus: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,144	–	1
2	Linda	788	–	3
3	Deborah	787	–	2
4	Patricia	753	–	6
5	Debra	605	↑1	4
6	Barbara	586	↓1	7
7	Susan	518	↑4	5
8	Brenda	494	–	18
9	Betty	451	↓2	36
10	Sandra	427	↓1	13
11	Cynthia	416	↓1	11
12	Carolyn	400	↑2	30
13	Shirley	379	↓1	37
14	Donna	355	↑1	10
15	Pamela	331	↑2	12
16	Nancy	329	↓3	9
17	Elizabeth	325	↑1	21
18	Kathy	317	↓2	22
19	Janice	298	↑2	25
20	Gloria	291	–	47
21	Wanda	289	↑2	61
22	Karen	286	↑3	8
23	Sharon	276	↑5	16
24	Margaret	251	↑2	24
25	Diane	236	↑9	14
26	Joyce	233	↑1	29
27	Dorothy	232	↓8	64
28	Teresa	229	↑5	26
29	Judy	228	↓7	32
30	Janet	209	↑6	20
31	Rebecca	209	↓2	27
32	Martha	207	↓8	53
33	Cathy	201	↑12	44
34	Cheryl	195	↑14	19
35	Catherine	184	↑9	28
36	Beverly	183	↑1	34
37	Annie	182	↑3	>100
38	Carol	178	↓6	15
39	Sarah	169	↓9	>100
40	Doris	163	↓2	>100
41	Frances	154	–	96
42	Gwendolyn	154	↑7	>100
43	Peggy	154	↓12	51
44	Connie	149	new	35
45	Marilyn	149	↓10	49
46	Sylvia	139	↑4	>100
47	Virginia	139	↓8	66
48	Helen	136	↓6	78
49	Jo	136	↓6	58
50	Vickie	136	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	1,860	–	3
2	John	1,129	–	5
3	William	1,122	–	6
4	Robert	1,057	–	4
5	David	912	↑1	2
6	Michael	820	↑1	1
7	Charles	783	↓2	11
8	Thomas	578	–	8
9	Richard	573	↑1	7
10	Larry	569	↓1	19
11	Willie	540	–	54
12	Kenneth	465	↑2	15
13	George	413	↑2	26
14	Joseph	404	↓1	13
15	Ronald	387	↓3	18
16	Donald	374	–	14
17	Jerry	311	–	33
18	Johnny	287	–	55
19	Edward	276	↑2	25
20	Steven	248	↑4	10
21	Henry	247	↓1	61
22	Terry	246	↓3	28
23	Bobby	234	–	75
24	Timothy	233	↑15	22
25	Jimmy	232	↑7	78
26	Paul	228	↑1	16
27	Randy	226	↑18	30
28	Anthony	220	↑3	31
29	Dennis	218	↓1	23
30	Gary	215	↓8	12
31	Ronnie	212	↓6	80
32	Daniel	195	↓3	17
33	Mark	193	new	9
34	Leroy	191	↓1	>100
35	Roger	190	↓5	37
36	Samuel	187	↓10	71
37	Stephen	183	–	21
38	Danny	182	↓3	45
39	Ricky	180	↑3	46
40	Billy	179	↓6	69
41	Walter	173	↓1	51
42	Harold	164	↓6	63
43	Ernest	156	new	90
44	Joe	155	↓6	68
45	Stanley	150	↓4	64
46	Harry	147	↑2	89
47	Carl	144	–	47
48	Frank	142	↓4	34
49	Eddie	138	↓3	92
50	Tony	138	new	93

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