Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1959

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1959 were Mary for girls (873 babies) and James for boys (1,514). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,183 babies born in South Carolina in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1959

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: 17 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Jannie: 23 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Queen: 23 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Deloris: 60 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Gracie: 37 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Harriett: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Willie: 62 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mattie: 40 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Delphine: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Johnnie: 39 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 18 babies, 44.8× the national rate
Levern: 22 babies, 33.5× the national rate
Furman: 17 babies, 33.4× the national rate
Isiah: 23 babies, 17× the national rate
Elijah: 39 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Marion: 79 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jasper: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Sammie: 30 babies, 8× the national rate
Alphonso: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Isaac: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	873	–	1
2	Cynthia	592	↑1	8
3	Donna	585	↑11	5
4	Linda	574	↓2	3
5	Patricia	565	↓1	6
6	Debra	491	↓1	7
7	Deborah	459	↓1	9
8	Barbara	458	↓1	11
9	Susan	425	–	2
10	Brenda	416	↓2	16
11	Sharon	396	↑2	17
12	Karen	394	–	4
13	Teresa	367	↑3	24
14	Sandra	357	↓3	13
15	Pamela	346	↑3	12
16	Wanda	328	↑3	65
17	Kathy	318	↓7	15
18	Shirley	298	↓1	61
19	Betty	290	↑1	59
20	Debbie	279	↑4	20
21	Elizabeth	272	↑2	21
22	Tammy	253	↑23	31
23	Nancy	242	↑2	14
24	Cheryl	232	↓3	18
25	Carolyn	231	↓10	42
26	Lisa	226	↑9	10
27	Janice	219	↓5	37
28	Janet	207	↑4	28
29	Gloria	202	↓3	81
30	Cindy	193	↑7	25
31	Joyce	189	↓2	50
32	Cathy	186	↓5	39
33	Beverly	182	↑5	55
34	Carol	181	↓4	22
35	Margaret	177	↓7	36
36	Angela	170	↑4	68
37	Robin	170	↓1	32
38	Dorothy	163	↓7	94
39	Martha	158	↓5	72
40	Rhonda	158	↑9	45
41	Diane	157	↓2	19
42	Rebecca	153	↑6	38
43	Judy	145	↓10	41
44	Sheila	137	new	52
45	Sarah	132	↓2	>100
46	Peggy	127	↓5	57
47	Julie	126	↓1	26
48	Catherine	125	↓4	40
49	Sherry	125	new	58
50	Kimberly	119	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	1,514	–	3
2	Robert	927	–	5
3	William	920	–	7
4	John	917	↑2	4
5	Michael	902	↓1	1
6	David	896	↓1	2
7	Charles	673	–	11
8	Richard	519	–	8
9	Kenneth	484	–	15
10	Thomas	471	–	9
11	Larry	431	–	25
12	Timothy	396	↑4	12
13	Mark	394	↑5	6
14	Willie	388	↓2	78
15	Ricky	340	↑2	34
16	Joseph	333	↓3	13
17	Jerry	305	↑6	36
18	Anthony	303	↑3	26
19	Donald	302	↓5	19
20	George	296	↑2	32
21	Ronald	279	↓6	21
22	Terry	269	↓3	33
23	Bobby	258	↑2	71
24	Johnny	243	↓4	64
25	Steven	233	↑4	10
26	Dennis	231	–	29
27	Tony	231	↑3	53
28	Randy	220	↓1	31
29	Jimmy	215	↓1	69
30	Ronnie	215	↓6	77
31	Danny	205	↑5	48
32	Edward	204	↓1	27
33	Paul	193	↓1	17
34	Billy	183	↓1	65
35	Gary	182	↑2	20
36	Daniel	179	↑3	18
37	Henry	177	↓3	83
38	Gregory	174	–	23
39	Samuel	158	↑1	86
40	Christopher	150	new	35
41	Tommy	150	new	>100
42	Stephen	149	↓7	28
43	Joe	140	↓2	57
44	Roger	137	↓2	47
45	Walter	136	new	66
46	Stanley	135	↑1	98
47	Carl	132	↓4	54
48	Keith	131	new	39
49	Curtis	130	↓5	75
50	Steve	128	↓5	41

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