Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1958

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1958 were Mary for girls (899 babies) and James for boys (1,570). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,867 babies born in South Carolina in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1958

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

Eartha: 16 babies, 20× the national rate
Jannie: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Deloris: 63 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Harriett: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Minnie: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hattie: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lillie: 64 babies, 7× the national rate
Freida: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 62 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mamie: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Levern: 26 babies, 42.3× the national rate
Furman: 20 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Olin: 15 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Elijah: 33 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Isiah: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Odell: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Sammie: 41 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Marion: 74 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Alphonso: 30 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jasper: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	899	–	1
2	Linda	663	–	3
3	Cynthia	579	↑3	8
4	Patricia	561	↓1	5
5	Debra	533	–	6
6	Deborah	515	↓2	7
7	Barbara	476	–	9
8	Brenda	457	–	16
9	Susan	453	–	2
10	Kathy	403	↑3	14
11	Sandra	390	–	15
12	Karen	374	↑2	4
13	Sharon	357	↓3	17
14	Donna	353	↑5	10
15	Carolyn	346	↑5	37
16	Teresa	346	–	26
17	Shirley	324	↑1	52
18	Pamela	322	↓6	11
19	Wanda	320	↓4	66
20	Betty	290	↓3	54
21	Cheryl	282	↑6	13
22	Janice	253	↓1	35
23	Elizabeth	252	↓1	22
24	Debbie	239	↑10	24
25	Nancy	235	↓1	12
26	Gloria	227	↓3	77
27	Cathy	219	↑1	34
28	Margaret	218	↓3	31
29	Joyce	211	↓3	46
30	Carol	192	↑7	20
31	Dorothy	192	–	86
32	Janet	187	↓3	28
33	Judy	187	–	36
34	Martha	178	↓2	69
35	Lisa	169	↑15	19
36	Robin	169	–	32
37	Cindy	164	↑1	25
38	Beverly	160	↑2	55
39	Diane	159	↓9	18
40	Angela	155	new	83
41	Peggy	152	new	42
42	Annette	149	new	76
43	Sarah	148	↓4	>100
44	Catherine	140	–	38
45	Tammy	136	new	44
46	Julie	132	new	23
47	Frances	130	↓5	>100
48	Rebecca	129	↓13	41
49	Rhonda	129	new	48
50	Laura	126	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	1,570	–	3
2	Robert	986	–	4
3	William	952	↑2	6
4	Michael	944	–	1
5	David	911	↑1	2
6	John	908	↓3	5
7	Charles	701	–	11
8	Richard	607	–	8
9	Kenneth	444	↑1	14
10	Thomas	436	↑1	9
11	Larry	432	↓2	22
12	Willie	374	–	70
13	Joseph	348	↑1	12
14	Donald	345	↓1	18
15	Ronald	334	–	19
16	Timothy	327	↑5	13
17	Ricky	312	↑9	34
18	Mark	304	↑1	7
19	Terry	300	↑1	33
20	Johnny	288	↑2	61
21	Anthony	286	↑2	27
22	George	280	↓6	31
23	Jerry	277	↓6	35
24	Ronnie	256	–	66
25	Bobby	248	↑3	69
26	Dennis	235	↑5	29
27	Randy	232	↓9	32
28	Jimmy	228	↑2	73
29	Steven	224	↓4	10
30	Tony	214	↑2	57
31	Edward	212	↓4	28
32	Paul	198	↑7	15
33	Billy	195	↑4	64
34	Henry	189	↓5	83
35	Stephen	185	↓1	26
36	Danny	184	↓1	45
37	Gary	176	↓4	17
38	Gregory	172	↑4	23
39	Daniel	170	↓1	16
40	Samuel	166	↑3	85
41	Joe	164	new	56
42	Roger	164	↓1	47
43	Carl	159	↑1	51
44	Curtis	156	↑5	82
45	Steve	152	new	44
46	Eddie	151	–	100
47	Stanley	151	↓11	88
48	Wayne	141	–	48
49	Leroy	140	↓2	>100
50	Harry	139	new	>100

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