Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1960

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1960 were Mary for girls (808 babies) and James for boys (1,511). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,435 babies born in South Carolina in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1960

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, 21.6× the national rate
Jannie: 25 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Harriett: 20 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Deloris: 55 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Nettie: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Willie: 50 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delphine: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hattie: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lula: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mamie: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 20 babies, 55.7× the national rate
Levern: 20 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Isaiah: 17 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Elijah: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Sammie: 35 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Marion: 61 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Odell: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Toney: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cleveland: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Grover: 16 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	808	–	1
2	Donna	558	↑1	5
3	Cynthia	550	↓1	9
4	Linda	516	–	3
5	Brenda	471	↑5	13
6	Sandra	467	↑8	11
7	Barbara	457	↑1	12
8	Debra	438	↓2	8
9	Patricia	437	↓4	7
10	Susan	426	↓1	2
11	Deborah	403	↓4	10
12	Karen	400	–	4
13	Sharon	398	↓2	16
14	Teresa	396	↓1	19
15	Pamela	348	–	14
16	Lisa	323	↑10	6
17	Wanda	309	↓1	66
18	Kathy	295	↓1	21
19	Tammy	270	↑3	31
20	Betty	264	↓1	68
21	Elizabeth	262	–	18
22	Janice	250	↑5	41
23	Cheryl	247	↑1	17
24	Angela	241	↑12	50
25	Carolyn	237	–	43
26	Debbie	235	↓6	24
27	Shirley	235	↓9	70
28	Gloria	231	↑1	79
29	Robin	217	↑8	33
30	Nancy	211	↓7	15
31	Cindy	175	↓1	30
32	Janet	169	↓4	32
33	Joyce	169	↓2	58
34	Beverly	168	↓1	60
35	Sheila	168	↑9	56
36	Dorothy	167	↑2	95
37	Laura	166	new	25
38	Cathy	161	↓6	46
39	Margaret	161	↓4	36
40	Carol	159	↓6	23
41	Rhonda	156	↓1	44
42	Judy	145	↑1	48
43	Kimberly	139	↑7	26
44	Martha	135	↓5	83
45	Sarah	130	–	>100
46	Diane	128	↓5	22
47	Annette	127	new	62
48	Catherine	126	–	42
49	Phyllis	122	new	>100
50	Sherry	117	↓1	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	1,511	–	3
2	David	901	↑4	1
3	John	899	↑1	4
4	Michael	895	↑1	2
5	William	886	↓2	7
6	Robert	878	↓4	5
7	Charles	603	–	13
8	Kenneth	513	↑1	16
9	Thomas	469	↑1	9
10	Richard	465	↓2	8
11	Mark	426	↑2	6
12	Timothy	411	–	11
13	Willie	341	↑1	81
14	Anthony	339	↑4	25
15	Larry	323	↓4	28
16	Joseph	312	–	12
17	Donald	304	↑2	19
18	Ronald	301	↑3	21
19	George	283	↑1	33
20	Johnny	271	↑4	65
21	Terry	266	↑1	34
22	Ricky	265	↓7	38
23	Steven	255	↑2	10
24	Bobby	248	↓1	73
25	Jerry	244	↓8	37
26	Tony	225	↑1	52
27	Gregory	212	↑11	24
28	Randy	211	–	32
29	Edward	209	↑3	26
30	Ronnie	205	–	87
31	Henry	203	↑6	84
32	Jimmy	194	↓3	69
33	Gary	190	↑2	22
34	Dennis	175	↓8	31
35	Danny	173	↓4	48
36	Billy	172	↓2	67
37	Daniel	171	↓1	17
38	Paul	169	↓5	18
39	Roger	168	↑5	47
40	Christopher	164	–	29
41	Jeffrey	158	new	14
42	Samuel	146	↓3	91
43	Stanley	146	↑3	100
44	Joe	145	↓1	57
45	Steve	144	↑5	43
46	Barry	140	new	72
47	Carl	139	–	53
48	Stephen	136	↓6	27
49	Keith	131	↓1	35
50	Eddie	130	new	>100

← South Carolina 1959 South Carolina: all years · US 1960 South Carolina 1961 →