Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1963

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1963 were Mary for girls (644 babies) and James for boys (1,434). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,643 babies born in South Carolina in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1963

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

Harriett: 19 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Deloris: 43 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Hattie: 25 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Mamie: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lillie: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ernestine: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Frankie: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mae: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alfreda: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 59 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Sammie: 30 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Elijah: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Horace: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rufus: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Woodrow: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Luther: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cleveland: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carroll: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	644	–	2
2	Lisa	578	↑2	1
3	Donna	476	↑7	6
4	Teresa	447	↑2	18
5	Cynthia	441	↓3	10
6	Tammy	427	↑11	12
7	Linda	411	↓2	5
8	Patricia	409	↓1	7
9	Sandra	396	↓6	9
10	Sharon	395	↓1	19
11	Brenda	381	↓3	15
12	Karen	373	↓1	4
13	Pamela	370	↑3	14
14	Angela	368	–	30
15	Barbara	331	↓3	17
16	Susan	329	↓3	3
17	Deborah	307	↓2	13
18	Debra	302	–	21
19	Elizabeth	259	–	20
20	Kimberly	256	↑4	11
21	Wanda	252	–	76
22	Robin	219	↓2	25
23	Jacqueline	211	↓1	51
24	Kathy	208	↑1	34
25	Rhonda	202	↑11	45
26	Sheila	200	↑11	50
27	Carolyn	188	↓4	56
28	Cheryl	187	↑3	24
29	Sherry	178	↑4	49
30	Nancy	174	↑4	23
31	Janice	169	↓4	63
32	Janet	167	↓4	40
33	Shirley	156	↑2	99
34	Betty	155	↓2	>100
35	Carol	154	new	33
36	Cindy	153	↑5	37
37	Gloria	152	↓11	96
38	Laura	150	↑1	16
39	Tina	145	↓10	35
40	Debbie	144	↓2	41
41	Lori	137	new	8
42	Beverly	135	↓12	81
43	Connie	130	↑4	55
44	Margaret	130	↓4	46
45	Melissa	130	new	61
46	Rebecca	130	–	44
47	Jennifer	128	↓2	36
48	Sarah	128	new	94
49	Martha	125	new	90
50	Cathy	122	↓7	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,434	–	4
2	John	962	–	2
3	Michael	885	–	1
4	Robert	879	–	5
5	William	829	–	7
6	David	822	–	3
7	Charles	529	–	16
8	Kenneth	492	↑1	18
9	Richard	457	↑1	8
10	Thomas	412	↓2	9
11	Timothy	403	↑1	15
12	Mark	395	↓1	6
13	Anthony	342	–	22
14	Joseph	334	↑1	13
15	Donald	285	↓1	25
16	Terry	270	↑1	32
17	George	263	↑7	34
18	Gregory	257	↑4	21
19	Ricky	252	↑1	47
20	Larry	248	↓2	36
21	Jeffrey	246	–	10
22	Willie	246	↓6	93
23	Ronald	243	–	23
24	Tony	234	↓5	52
25	Johnny	233	↑3	71
26	Jerry	208	↓1	38
27	Steven	205	↑6	14
28	Bobby	203	↑1	75
29	Paul	198	↓2	17
30	Scott	181	↑8	12
31	Kevin	180	↑9	11
32	Christopher	179	↓6	26
33	Edward	175	↓2	27
34	Gary	170	–	24
35	Billy	169	↑14	74
36	Randy	169	↓6	37
37	Stephen	167	↓1	29
38	Dennis	164	↑5	39
39	Roger	161	↑5	53
40	Keith	152	↑5	33
41	Daniel	151	↓4	19
42	Henry	148	↓3	94
43	Jimmy	146	↓8	78
44	Ronnie	145	↓2	>100
45	Brian	138	new	20
46	Danny	134	↓14	55
47	Stanley	134	↓6	>100
48	Barry	130	↓1	67
49	Carl	127	new	54
50	Eric	127	new	31

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