Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1964

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1964 were Mary for girls (617 babies) and James for boys (1,453). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,629 babies born in South Carolina in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1964

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

Lillie: 47 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mae: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Willie: 39 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hattie: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Teressa: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Deloris: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Harriet: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mattie: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Minnie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Heyward: 15 babies, 53.6× the national rate
Marion: 66 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Elijah: 21 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Moses: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Sammie: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Alphonso: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Cleveland: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 66 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bennie: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Isaac: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	617	–	2
2	Lisa	612	–	1
3	Angela	488	↑11	22
4	Tammy	445	↑2	10
5	Cynthia	421	–	9
6	Donna	411	↓3	7
7	Karen	403	↑5	4
8	Teresa	396	↓4	21
9	Patricia	387	↓1	5
10	Sharon	376	–	20
11	Sandra	375	↓2	13
12	Linda	363	↓5	8
13	Pamela	349	–	11
14	Susan	340	↑2	3
15	Barbara	319	–	19
16	Brenda	318	↓5	18
17	Jacqueline	269	↑6	37
18	Deborah	265	↓1	12
19	Kimberly	255	↑1	6
20	Elizabeth	235	↓1	16
21	Wanda	233	–	81
22	Debra	220	↓4	24
23	Robin	220	↓1	27
24	Janice	191	↑7	69
25	Kathy	191	↓1	39
26	Tina	189	↑13	34
27	Sheila	177	↓1	51
28	Carolyn	172	↓1	56
29	Rhonda	169	↓4	43
30	Sherry	163	↓1	50
31	Carol	162	↑4	36
32	Laura	159	↑6	14
33	Betty	157	↑1	>100
34	Cheryl	157	↓6	29
35	Margaret	147	↑9	49
36	Melissa	142	↑9	53
37	Nancy	137	↓7	26
38	Shirley	137	↓5	>100
39	Annette	129	new	68
40	Tracy	127	new	40
41	Janet	126	↓9	48
42	Joyce	124	new	87
43	Sarah	124	↑5	92
44	Cindy	122	↓8	47
45	Julie	119	new	17
46	Beverly	116	↓4	91
47	Darlene	115	new	80
48	Jennifer	115	↓1	31
49	Paula	115	new	45
50	Gloria	113	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,453	–	4
2	John	1,015	–	2
3	William	858	↑2	7
4	Michael	846	↓1	1
5	Robert	830	↓1	5
6	David	746	–	3
7	Charles	574	–	17
8	Kenneth	429	–	18
9	Mark	424	↑3	6
10	Timothy	414	↑1	15
11	Richard	412	↓2	8
12	Thomas	402	↓2	9
13	Anthony	376	–	21
14	Joseph	370	–	11
15	Donald	254	–	25
16	Willie	253	↑6	90
17	Terry	250	↓1	35
18	Gregory	241	–	22
19	Paul	231	↑10	16
20	Jeffrey	230	↑1	10
21	Ronald	223	↑2	24
22	George	222	↓5	33
23	Tony	217	↑1	50
24	Steven	214	↑3	12
25	Jerry	208	↑1	40
26	Larry	203	↓6	36
27	Bobby	201	↑1	73
28	Kevin	200	↑3	13
29	Christopher	190	↑3	23
30	Ricky	189	↓11	54
31	Edward	186	↑2	27
32	Randy	185	↑4	38
33	Gary	182	↑1	26
34	Brian	172	↑11	20
35	Johnny	172	↓10	74
36	Jimmy	163	↑7	78
37	Stephen	154	–	29
38	Eric	148	↑12	32
39	Barry	146	↑9	69
40	Scott	145	↓10	14
41	Dennis	142	↓3	42
42	Patrick	136	new	30
43	Ronnie	135	↑1	>100
44	Henry	132	↓2	92
45	Roger	131	↓6	49
46	Douglas	130	new	31
47	Daniel	127	↓6	19
48	Carl	126	↑1	55
49	Billy	120	↓14	71
50	Phillip	119	new	67

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