Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1967

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1967 were Lisa for girls (618 babies) and James for boys (1,191). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,128 babies born in South Carolina in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1967

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

Deloris: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Johnnie: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Minnie: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lillie: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wanda: 193 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelia: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annie: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Janie: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 52 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Grady: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reggie: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cleveland: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Scottie: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Stevie: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Luther: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Julius: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Horace: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 64 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	618	–	1
2	Angela	602	–	7
3	Mary	476	–	4
4	Kimberly	431	–	2
5	Tammy	424	–	8
6	Melissa	392	↑6	9
7	Pamela	347	↑1	17
8	Sharon	319	↓2	30
9	Teresa	316	↑5	28
10	Donna	299	–	19
11	Cynthia	294	↓4	18
12	Karen	272	↓3	6
13	Sandra	270	↑2	20
14	Susan	270	↓1	5
15	Patricia	253	↓4	11
16	Elizabeth	240	↑2	13
17	Michelle	224	↑8	3
18	Barbara	212	↓1	33
19	Linda	206	↓3	26
20	Wanda	193	–	100
21	Tina	192	↑2	21
22	Wendy	187	↑18	32
23	Brenda	180	↓2	31
24	Tracy	178	–	29
25	Stephanie	170	↑10	25
26	Carolyn	169	↑10	60
27	Deborah	168	↓8	22
28	Jennifer	163	↑3	10
29	Amy	161	↑12	12
30	Rhonda	156	↓8	41
31	Sheila	153	↓4	56
32	Cheryl	143	↓2	35
33	Laura	137	–	15
34	Debra	134	↓5	38
35	Paula	129	new	46
36	Sherry	128	↓4	51
37	Tonya	128	new	68
38	Julie	126	↑4	16
39	Robin	119	↓13	45
40	Kelly	118	new	23
41	Jacqueline	115	↓13	52
42	Margaret	112	↓4	58
43	Rebecca	105	↑2	39
44	Janet	104	↑3	61
45	Leslie	103	new	66
46	Nancy	102	↓12	37
47	Lori	100	↑2	24
48	Janice	97	↓2	99
49	Sonya	97	new	>100
50	Andrea	96	↓6	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	1,191	–	3
2	Michael	852	–	1
3	John	784	–	4
4	William	713	–	6
5	David	683	↑1	2
6	Robert	682	↓1	5
7	Timothy	436	↑1	11
8	Charles	433	↓1	20
9	Richard	406	↑1	8
10	Anthony	405	↓1	21
11	Thomas	378	–	12
12	Kenneth	352	–	22
13	Mark	320	–	7
14	Joseph	305	↑1	15
15	Christopher	289	↓1	9
16	Ronald	258	↑7	24
17	Jeffrey	243	↓1	13
18	Gregory	229	↓1	25
19	Tony	223	↑8	50
20	Donald	219	↓2	27
21	Steven	209	↑4	14
22	Brian	205	↑4	10
23	Kevin	194	↑1	17
24	Paul	194	↓4	18
25	Willie	187	↓4	92
26	Jerry	184	↓4	41
27	George	180	↓8	36
28	Rodney	176	↑2	37
29	Eric	169	↑4	23
30	Stephen	161	↑2	26
31	Edward	158	↑4	31
32	Scott	155	↑7	16
33	Terry	155	↓4	42
34	Bobby	151	–	83
35	Johnny	147	↓4	70
36	Larry	144	↓8	38
37	Daniel	139	–	19
38	Jimmy	137	↓2	74
39	Randy	134	↑1	49
40	Keith	131	↓2	34
41	Billy	123	↑8	76
42	Henry	123	↑5	93
43	Gary	121	↓2	32
44	Patrick	119	↑1	30
45	Samuel	111	new	69
46	Douglas	108	new	33
47	Ricky	100	↓3	75
48	Jeffery	97	↓6	47
49	Roger	97	↓1	53
50	Dennis	94	new	43

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