Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1965

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1965 were Lisa for girls (700 babies) and James for boys (1,303). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,565 babies born in South Carolina in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1965

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

Jannie: 17 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Deloris: 30 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ernestine: 28 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Minnie: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Daisy: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lillie: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Harriet: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Frankie: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 66 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Sammie: 24 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Carroll: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alphonso: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Julius: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Willie: 228 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freddie: 49 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mack: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	700	↑1	1
2	Angela	573	↑1	10
3	Mary	532	↓2	2
4	Karen	441	↑3	3
5	Cynthia	393	–	9
6	Tammy	381	↓2	11
7	Sharon	380	↑3	22
8	Patricia	363	↑1	6
9	Teresa	345	↓1	24
10	Donna	329	↓4	7
11	Kimberly	324	↑8	4
12	Pamela	321	↑1	12
13	Sandra	310	↓2	15
14	Susan	303	–	5
15	Linda	302	↓3	8
16	Barbara	275	↓1	25
17	Brenda	247	↓1	23
18	Elizabeth	230	↑2	16
19	Melissa	225	↑17	38
20	Wanda	220	↑1	81
21	Rhonda	219	↑8	37
22	Deborah	218	↓4	13
23	Sheila	207	↑4	50
24	Tina	187	↑2	29
25	Robin	177	↓2	33
26	Debra	176	↓4	27
27	Jacqueline	167	↓10	47
28	Carolyn	159	–	58
29	Janice	153	↓5	73
30	Sherry	151	–	56
31	Laura	149	↑1	17
32	Carol	146	↓1	42
33	Cheryl	144	↑1	31
34	Tracy	144	↑6	36
35	Jennifer	138	↑13	20
36	Stephanie	137	new	44
37	Margaret	133	↓2	52
38	Nancy	133	↓1	32
39	Rebecca	127	new	41
40	Shirley	127	↓2	>100
41	Betty	125	↓8	>100
42	Kathy	120	↓17	54
43	Janet	115	↓2	55
44	Julie	114	↑1	14
45	Beverly	112	↑1	>100
46	Joyce	110	↓4	90
47	Annette	107	↓8	71
48	Cathy	103	new	88
49	Kim	103	new	43
50	Denise	102	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,303	–	4
2	John	889	–	2
3	Robert	776	↑2	5
4	Michael	765	–	1
5	William	697	↓2	6
6	David	692	–	3
7	Charles	492	–	20
8	Richard	432	↑3	8
9	Kenneth	417	↓1	21
10	Timothy	411	–	12
11	Thomas	364	↑1	9
12	Anthony	330	↑1	22
13	Mark	325	↓4	7
14	Joseph	303	–	11
15	Christopher	269	↑14	18
16	Jeffrey	235	↑4	10
17	Gregory	231	↑1	23
18	Ronald	230	↑3	24
19	Willie	228	↓3	93
20	Kevin	221	↑8	13
21	Jerry	211	↑4	41
22	Rodney	208	new	33
23	Terry	201	↓6	40
24	George	198	↓2	34
25	Donald	195	↓10	26
26	Tony	194	↓3	48
27	Steven	189	↓3	14
28	Paul	183	↓9	16
29	Bobby	181	↓2	80
30	Edward	179	↑1	29
31	Larry	172	↓5	38
32	Brian	170	↑2	19
33	Randy	170	↓1	42
34	Jimmy	165	↑2	81
35	Johnny	165	–	76
36	Ricky	154	↓6	57
37	Daniel	153	↑10	17
38	Gary	143	↓5	27
39	Scott	139	↑1	15
40	Eric	138	↓2	25
41	Stephen	138	↓4	28
42	Billy	137	↑7	77
43	Barry	126	↓4	86
44	Darryl	125	new	68
45	Henry	124	↓1	94
46	Marvin	121	new	>100
47	Curtis	111	new	75
48	Danny	111	new	56
49	Dennis	111	↓8	44
50	Patrick	109	↓8	31

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