Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1957

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1957 were Mary for girls (993 babies) and James for boys (1,788). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,859 babies born in South Carolina in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1957

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, 29.1× the national rate
Jannie: 35 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Eartha: 19 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Deloris: 81 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Queen: 19 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Harriett: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lottie: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lavern: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Doretha: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Daisy: 49 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 25 babies, 50.6× the national rate
Levern: 25 babies, 34.7× the national rate
Marion: 76 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Sammie: 37 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jasper: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Moses: 31 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Elijah: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Odell: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Alphonso: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 51 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	993	–	1
2	Linda	665	–	3
3	Patricia	651	↑2	8
4	Deborah	623	↓1	6
5	Debra	622	↓1	4
6	Cynthia	615	↑1	7
7	Barbara	532	↓1	9
8	Brenda	512	↑1	13
9	Susan	457	↓1	2
10	Sharon	380	↑1	14
11	Sandra	377	↓1	15
12	Pamela	364	↑1	12
13	Kathy	360	↑5	20
14	Karen	359	↑1	5
15	Wanda	355	↑4	59
16	Teresa	348	↑4	24
17	Betty	347	↓5	50
18	Shirley	343	↓4	46
19	Donna	336	↓3	10
20	Carolyn	323	↓3	33
21	Janice	294	↑2	32
22	Elizabeth	290	↑2	22
23	Gloria	271	↓2	66
24	Nancy	249	↓2	11
25	Margaret	247	↑1	29
26	Joyce	246	↓1	40
27	Cheryl	245	↑1	16
28	Cathy	240	↑4	39
29	Janet	221	↑8	23
30	Diane	214	↑4	17
31	Dorothy	207	–	74
32	Martha	206	↓3	63
33	Judy	197	↓6	38
34	Debbie	195	↓1	27
35	Rebecca	181	↑1	34
36	Robin	179	↑13	30
37	Carol	174	↓7	18
38	Cindy	174	new	19
39	Sarah	166	–	>100
40	Beverly	163	↓5	48
41	Sylvia	148	new	>100
42	Frances	147	↑3	>100
43	Doris	144	–	>100
44	Catherine	143	↓2	37
45	Sherry	142	new	55
46	Vickie	142	↓6	70
47	Annie	141	↓9	>100
48	Virginia	137	new	75
49	Gwendolyn	135	↓1	>100
50	Lisa	135	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	1,788	–	2
2	Robert	1,090	↑2	4
3	John	1,011	↓1	5
4	Michael	962	↑1	1
5	William	962	↓2	6
6	David	922	–	3
7	Charles	780	–	11
8	Richard	587	–	8
9	Larry	510	–	22
10	Kenneth	500	↑2	14
11	Thomas	487	↓1	9
12	Willie	421	↓1	63
13	Donald	394	↑1	15
14	Joseph	383	↑1	12
15	Ronald	379	↓2	17
16	George	318	–	29
17	Jerry	312	↑4	35
18	Randy	294	↑4	31
19	Mark	292	↑10	7
20	Terry	292	↓1	33
21	Timothy	286	↓1	19
22	Johnny	278	↓5	61
23	Anthony	276	↑4	27
24	Ronnie	258	–	73
25	Steven	257	↓7	10
26	Ricky	253	↑7	40
27	Edward	247	↓4	25
28	Bobby	245	↓3	78
29	Henry	221	↓3	75
30	Jimmy	219	↑2	77
31	Dennis	217	↓3	28
32	Tony	203	↑18	71
33	Gary	200	↑2	13
34	Stephen	186	–	24
35	Danny	185	↓5	45
36	Stanley	182	↑12	81
37	Billy	178	↑3	64
38	Daniel	178	↑3	16
39	Paul	178	↓8	18
40	Harold	169	↓4	74
41	Roger	163	↓4	42
42	Gregory	161	↑2	23
43	Samuel	160	↓4	82
44	Carl	158	↓1	49
45	Walter	155	↓3	58
46	Eddie	151	↑1	95
47	Leroy	147	↓9	>100
48	Wayne	147	new	47
49	Curtis	142	new	80
50	Bruce	141	new	34

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