Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1966

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1966 were Lisa for girls (704 babies) and James for boys (1,299). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,359 babies born in South Carolina in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1966

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

Mamie: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Willie: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Deloris: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Frankie: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annie: 52 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Thelma: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jacquline: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ernestine: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Myra: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 49 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ashley: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Sammie: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mack: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sandy: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Grady: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wilbur: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alphonso: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	704	–	1
2	Angela	566	–	9
3	Mary	469	–	3
4	Kimberly	397	↑7	2
5	Tammy	384	↑1	8
6	Sharon	374	↑1	28
7	Cynthia	373	↓2	11
8	Pamela	328	↑4	15
9	Karen	321	↓5	5
10	Donna	316	–	12
11	Patricia	315	↓3	7
12	Melissa	292	↑7	22
13	Susan	288	↑1	6
14	Teresa	284	↓5	29
15	Sandra	283	↓2	17
16	Linda	255	↓1	18
17	Barbara	248	↓1	27
18	Elizabeth	230	–	16
19	Deborah	224	↑3	14
20	Wanda	214	–	84
21	Brenda	211	↓4	25
22	Rhonda	202	↓1	39
23	Tina	180	↑1	23
24	Tracy	177	↑10	31
25	Michelle	176	new	4
26	Robin	176	↓1	42
27	Sheila	170	↓4	51
28	Jacqueline	165	↓1	47
29	Debra	152	↓3	35
30	Cheryl	149	↑3	34
31	Jennifer	140	↑4	10
32	Sherry	140	↓2	53
33	Laura	139	↓2	19
34	Nancy	131	↑4	33
35	Stephanie	131	↑1	38
36	Carolyn	130	↓8	60
37	Kathy	128	↑5	59
38	Margaret	126	↓1	55
39	Betty	125	↑2	>100
40	Wendy	125	new	41
41	Amy	117	new	30
42	Julie	113	↑2	13
43	Carol	111	↓11	48
44	Andrea	108	new	52
45	Rebecca	108	↓6	40
46	Janice	105	↓17	80
47	Janet	104	↓4	57
48	Beverly	103	↓3	>100
49	Lori	101	new	21
50	Cindy	96	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,299	–	3
2	Michael	842	↑2	1
3	John	821	↓1	4
4	William	733	↑1	6
5	Robert	730	↓2	5
6	David	671	–	2
7	Charles	473	–	20
8	Timothy	428	↑2	11
9	Anthony	391	↑3	22
10	Richard	391	↓2	8
11	Thomas	366	–	10
12	Kenneth	363	↓3	21
13	Mark	352	–	7
14	Christopher	312	↑1	12
15	Joseph	293	↓1	15
16	Jeffrey	277	–	9
17	Gregory	253	–	23
18	Donald	228	↑7	27
19	George	210	↑5	37
20	Paul	206	↑8	18
21	Willie	203	↓2	93
22	Jerry	199	↓1	41
23	Ronald	196	↓5	24
24	Kevin	189	↓4	17
25	Steven	189	↑2	13
26	Brian	187	↑6	14
27	Tony	182	↓1	49
28	Larry	181	↑3	38
29	Terry	181	↓6	40
30	Rodney	180	↓8	35
31	Johnny	172	↑4	73
32	Stephen	165	↑9	26
33	Eric	161	↑7	25
34	Bobby	157	↓5	82
35	Edward	154	↓5	30
36	Jimmy	144	↓2	77
37	Daniel	143	–	19
38	Keith	143	new	32
39	Scott	137	–	16
40	Randy	135	↓7	45
41	Gary	132	↓3	28
42	Jeffery	122	new	42
43	Carl	117	new	56
44	Ricky	116	↓8	64
45	Patrick	112	↑5	31
46	Ronnie	112	new	>100
47	Henry	110	↓2	92
48	Roger	109	new	51
49	Billy	108	↓7	80
50	Curtis	107	↓3	75

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