Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1962

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1962 were Mary for girls (720 babies) and James for boys (1,374). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,604 babies born in South Carolina in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1962

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: 16 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Harriett: 18 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Sadie: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Deloris: 41 babies, 10× the national rate
Hattie: 29 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Mamie: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Minnie: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alfreda: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Willie: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Teressa: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Levern: 15 babies, 39.3× the national rate
Marion: 64 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Elijah: 23 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Levi: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Sylvester: 44 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sammie: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Woodrow: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rufus: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 86 babies, 6× the national rate
Ervin: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	720	–	2
2	Cynthia	507	↑4	8
3	Sandra	476	–	10
4	Lisa	456	↑6	1
5	Linda	446	↓3	5
6	Teresa	445	↑1	18
7	Patricia	433	↑1	6
8	Brenda	421	↓3	12
9	Sharon	419	–	17
10	Donna	412	↓6	7
11	Karen	402	↑4	4
12	Barbara	394	↓1	14
13	Susan	361	–	3
14	Angela	355	↑3	36
15	Deborah	346	↓3	9
16	Pamela	324	–	13
17	Tammy	314	↑1	23
18	Debra	292	↓4	15
19	Elizabeth	280	↑1	20
20	Robin	247	↑6	25
21	Wanda	235	–	77
22	Jacqueline	222	↑3	44
23	Carolyn	218	↓1	46
24	Kimberly	217	↑12	16
25	Kathy	207	↓6	27
26	Gloria	204	↓3	90
27	Janice	202	↑1	58
28	Janet	198	↑3	35
29	Tina	197	↑17	33
30	Beverly	189	↑5	69
31	Cheryl	188	↓7	24
32	Betty	187	↓2	97
33	Sherry	184	↑5	48
34	Nancy	182	↓2	19
35	Shirley	182	↓6	96
36	Rhonda	172	↑3	45
37	Sheila	172	↑6	52
38	Debbie	171	↓11	32
39	Laura	165	↓2	21
40	Margaret	162	–	43
41	Cindy	146	↓7	34
42	Joyce	146	–	74
43	Cathy	137	↑1	62
44	Dorothy	133	↓3	>100
45	Jennifer	129	↑5	41
46	Rebecca	126	↓1	47
47	Connie	121	–	51
48	Judy	121	new	63
49	Frances	120	new	>100
50	Denise	117	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,374	–	4
2	John	972	–	3
3	Michael	950	–	1
4	Robert	845	↑1	5
5	William	814	↑1	7
6	David	809	↓2	2
7	Charles	560	–	15
8	Thomas	460	↑3	9
9	Kenneth	446	↓1	18
10	Richard	446	↓1	8
11	Mark	437	↓1	6
12	Timothy	381	–	16
13	Anthony	377	–	24
14	Donald	322	↑6	23
15	Joseph	316	↑1	13
16	Willie	305	↓2	89
17	Terry	283	↑4	34
18	Larry	279	↓3	31
19	Tony	266	↑6	52
20	Ricky	258	↓2	50
21	Jeffrey	251	↑3	10
22	Gregory	245	–	21
23	Ronald	242	–	25
24	George	232	↓7	32
25	Jerry	220	↓6	38
26	Christopher	202	↑7	26
27	Paul	201	↑8	19
28	Johnny	199	↓2	69
29	Bobby	195	↑1	78
30	Randy	191	↑2	35
31	Edward	188	↓4	29
32	Danny	187	↓1	54
33	Steven	185	↓5	12
34	Gary	174	–	22
35	Jimmy	174	↓6	75
36	Stephen	167	↑5	28
37	Daniel	159	↑2	17
38	Scott	153	new	11
39	Henry	148	↑3	92
40	Kevin	143	new	14
41	Stanley	142	↑6	>100
42	Ronnie	141	↓5	100
43	Dennis	138	↓3	37
44	Roger	136	↓8	47
45	Keith	134	↓1	36
46	Samuel	132	new	88
47	Barry	131	↑3	61
48	Joe	129	↓3	59
49	Billy	126	↓11	71
50	Steve	124	↓4	46

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