Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1956

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,097 babies) and James for boys (1,720). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,696 babies born in South Carolina in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1956

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

Blondell: 16 babies, 37× the national rate
Albertha: 18 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Eartha: 22 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Vernell: 23 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jannie: 34 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Queen: 26 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Deloris: 90 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Hattie: 54 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Harriett: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Mamie: 43 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Furman: 16 babies, 42.3× the national rate
Levern: 29 babies, 37.6× the national rate
Elijah: 34 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Isaiah: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Sammie: 53 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Marion: 105 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Odell: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alphonso: 35 babies, 8× the national rate
Isaac: 59 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Solomon: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,097	–	1
2	Linda	704	–	3
3	Deborah	703	–	4
4	Debra	663	↑1	2
5	Patricia	655	↓1	6
6	Barbara	631	–	9
7	Cynthia	539	↑4	8
8	Susan	497	↓1	5
9	Brenda	462	↓1	19
10	Sandra	429	–	14
11	Sharon	428	↑12	13
12	Betty	403	↓3	44
13	Pamela	393	↑2	12
14	Shirley	382	↓1	41
15	Karen	366	↑7	7
16	Donna	365	↓2	10
17	Carolyn	351	↓5	33
18	Kathy	347	–	20
19	Wanda	339	↑2	61
20	Teresa	325	↑8	24
21	Gloria	308	↓1	53
22	Nancy	290	↓6	11
23	Janice	285	↓4	26
24	Elizabeth	271	↓7	22
25	Joyce	260	↑1	30
26	Margaret	247	↓2	25
27	Judy	245	↑2	35
28	Cheryl	232	↑6	18
29	Martha	232	↑3	59
30	Carol	224	↑8	16
31	Dorothy	223	↓4	72
32	Cathy	200	↑1	36
33	Debbie	192	new	39
34	Diane	191	↓9	15
35	Beverly	189	↑1	40
36	Rebecca	187	↓5	27
37	Janet	181	↓7	21
38	Annie	174	↓1	>100
39	Sarah	171	–	>100
40	Vickie	160	↑10	68
41	Marilyn	153	↑4	70
42	Catherine	152	↓7	28
43	Doris	152	↓3	>100
44	Rose	142	new	64
45	Frances	139	↓4	>100
46	Peggy	136	↓3	63
47	Dianne	134	new	>100
48	Gwendolyn	133	↓6	>100
49	Robin	133	new	29
50	Rhonda	132	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	James	1,720	–	2
2	John	1,078	–	5
3	William	1,065	–	6
4	Robert	1,058	–	3
5	Michael	883	↑1	1
6	David	860	↓1	4
7	Charles	752	–	11
8	Richard	599	↑1	7
9	Larry	521	↑1	21
10	Thomas	515	↓2	9
11	Willie	498	–	58
12	Kenneth	488	–	16
13	Ronald	413	↑2	15
14	Donald	384	↑2	14
15	Joseph	377	↓1	12
16	George	352	↓3	27
17	Johnny	330	↑1	55
18	Steven	297	↑2	10
19	Terry	297	↑3	31
20	Timothy	277	↑4	19
21	Jerry	274	↓4	35
22	Randy	270	↑5	28
23	Edward	257	↓4	25
24	Ronnie	253	↑7	75
25	Bobby	243	↓2	77
26	Henry	238	↓5	71
27	Anthony	231	↑1	30
28	Dennis	226	↑1	26
29	Mark	223	↑4	8
30	Danny	220	↑8	46
31	Paul	219	↓5	17
32	Jimmy	217	↓7	78
33	Ricky	213	↑6	43
34	Stephen	211	↑3	23
35	Gary	203	↓5	13
36	Harold	200	↑6	72
37	Roger	186	↓2	41
38	Leroy	180	↓4	>100
39	Samuel	180	↓3	74
40	Billy	176	–	68
41	Daniel	175	↓9	18
42	Walter	170	↓1	53
43	Carl	169	↑4	48
44	Gregory	163	new	24
45	Joe	162	↓1	63
46	Steve	160	new	59
47	Eddie	158	↑2	93
48	Stanley	158	↓3	70
49	Harry	154	↓3	95
50	Tony	154	–	85

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