Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1961

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1961 were Mary for girls (747 babies) and James for boys (1,473). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,333 babies born in South Carolina in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1961

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

Queen: 17 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Essie: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Deloris: 51 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Willie: 57 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Mamie: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mae: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ernestine: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Minnie: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lillie: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Fannie: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 20 babies, 59.8× the national rate
Levern: 22 babies, 47× the national rate
Marion: 88 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Sammie: 40 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ulysses: 20 babies, 10× the national rate
Elijah: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kennedy: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Levi: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Moses: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ervin: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	747	–	1
2	Linda	550	↑2	4
3	Sandra	513	↑3	9
4	Donna	492	↓2	7
5	Brenda	478	–	11
6	Cynthia	477	↓3	8
7	Teresa	434	↑7	18
8	Patricia	420	↑1	6
9	Sharon	402	↑4	17
10	Lisa	394	↑6	2
11	Barbara	385	↓4	12
12	Deborah	382	↓1	10
13	Susan	380	↓3	3
14	Debra	362	↓6	13
15	Karen	359	↓3	5
16	Pamela	353	↓1	15
17	Angela	317	↑7	38
18	Tammy	310	↑1	28
19	Kathy	259	↓1	25
20	Elizabeth	255	↑1	19
21	Wanda	240	↓4	70
22	Carolyn	232	↑3	42
23	Gloria	227	↑5	82
24	Cheryl	225	↓1	20
25	Jacqueline	223	new	37
26	Robin	223	↑3	27
27	Debbie	222	↓1	31
28	Janice	216	↓6	52
29	Shirley	215	↓2	85
30	Betty	212	↓10	87
31	Janet	212	↑1	32
32	Nancy	199	↓2	16
33	Carol	179	↑7	24
34	Cindy	167	↓3	33
35	Beverly	166	↓1	66
36	Kimberly	166	↑7	22
37	Laura	161	–	21
38	Sherry	157	↑12	53
39	Rhonda	156	↑2	46
40	Margaret	154	↓1	40
41	Dorothy	152	↓5	99
42	Joyce	150	↓9	62
43	Sheila	136	↓8	59
44	Cathy	134	↓6	55
45	Rebecca	134	new	44
46	Tina	134	new	41
47	Connie	133	new	50
48	Sarah	131	↓3	>100
49	Annette	124	↓2	73
50	Jennifer	118	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	1,473	–	4
2	John	966	↑1	3
3	Michael	937	↑1	1
4	David	924	↓2	2
5	Robert	889	↑1	5
6	William	887	↓1	7
7	Charles	590	–	13
8	Kenneth	512	–	16
9	Richard	493	↑1	8
10	Mark	418	↑1	6
11	Thomas	405	↓2	9
12	Timothy	404	–	15
13	Anthony	381	↑1	25
14	Willie	329	↓1	86
15	Larry	317	–	30
16	Joseph	302	–	12
17	George	299	↑2	31
18	Ricky	297	↑4	44
19	Jerry	285	↑6	37
20	Donald	277	↓3	22
21	Terry	263	–	32
22	Gregory	257	↑5	23
23	Ronald	253	↓5	24
24	Jeffrey	245	↑17	11
25	Tony	231	↑1	53
26	Johnny	219	↓6	70
27	Edward	206	↑2	29
28	Steven	204	↓5	10
29	Jimmy	202	↑3	71
30	Bobby	194	↓6	76
31	Danny	185	↑4	54
32	Randy	183	↓4	33
33	Christopher	181	↑7	26
34	Gary	180	↓1	21
35	Paul	168	↑3	18
36	Roger	166	↑3	47
37	Ronnie	165	↓7	91
38	Billy	162	↓2	68
39	Daniel	160	↓2	17
40	Dennis	159	↓6	34
41	Stephen	149	↑7	27
42	Henry	148	↓11	92
43	Carl	145	↑4	56
44	Keith	143	↑5	35
45	Joe	142	↓1	60
46	Steve	142	↓1	45
47	Stanley	137	↓4	>100
48	Jeffery	135	new	50
49	Gerald	134	new	62
50	Barry	133	↓4	66

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