Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1968

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1968 were Lisa for girls (641 babies) and James for boys (1,167). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,675 babies born in South Carolina in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1968

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: 24 babies, 9× the national rate
Johnnie: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maxine: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Annie: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Coretta: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Aretha: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Vonda: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wanda: 150 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelia: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Horace: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rufus: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Grady: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Scottie: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willie: 188 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wendell: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Archie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelvin: 52 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	641	–	1
2	Angela	564	–	7
3	Tammy	482	↑2	8
4	Kimberly	431	–	3
5	Melissa	431	↑1	5
6	Mary	423	↓3	6
7	Sharon	317	↑1	32
8	Cynthia	306	↑3	19
9	Michelle	302	↑8	2
10	Pamela	298	↓3	20
11	Donna	279	↓1	24
12	Karen	275	–	9
13	Teresa	270	↓4	30
14	Susan	236	–	10
15	Patricia	227	–	15
16	Jennifer	222	↑12	4
17	Tracy	217	↑7	25
18	Laura	215	↑15	11
19	Sandra	203	↓6	26
20	Elizabeth	196	↓4	17
21	Stephanie	191	↑4	23
22	Rhonda	181	↑8	42
23	Barbara	179	↓5	36
24	Tina	175	↓3	18
25	Amy	162	↑4	13
26	Linda	161	↓7	28
27	Wendy	157	↓5	31
28	Carolyn	156	↓2	61
29	Tonya	154	↑8	60
30	Kelly	150	↑10	12
31	Wanda	150	↓11	>100
32	Brenda	144	↓9	34
33	Sheila	142	↓2	59
34	Deborah	139	↓7	27
35	Robin	135	↑4	43
36	Jacqueline	133	↑5	50
37	Debra	132	↓3	38
38	Sherry	127	↓2	52
39	Cheryl	119	↓7	37
40	Nancy	117	↑6	39
41	Margaret	112	↑1	63
42	Andrea	110	↑8	48
43	Julie	110	↓5	16
44	Paula	110	↓9	45
45	Rebecca	110	↓2	33
46	Sonya	108	↑3	>100
47	Lori	103	–	22
48	Kathy	102	new	76
49	Shannon	101	new	53
50	Carol	97	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,167	–	4
2	Michael	866	–	1
3	John	865	–	3
4	Robert	781	↑2	5
5	William	745	↓1	6
6	David	652	↓1	2
7	Charles	465	↑1	20
8	Richard	427	↑1	8
9	Timothy	420	↓2	13
10	Christopher	355	↑5	9
11	Thomas	347	–	12
12	Anthony	335	↓2	21
13	Mark	325	–	7
14	Joseph	303	–	16
15	Kenneth	297	↓3	23
16	Brian	280	↑6	10
17	Jeffrey	251	–	11
18	Kevin	222	↑5	17
19	Tony	220	–	52
20	Ronald	218	↓4	25
21	Steven	208	–	15
22	Paul	205	↑2	19
23	Donald	196	↓3	29
24	Willie	188	↑1	96
25	Gregory	183	↓7	26
26	Larry	170	↑10	38
27	Stephen	167	↑3	27
28	George	163	↓1	36
29	Rodney	163	↓1	42
30	Edward	156	↑1	31
31	Patrick	153	↑13	30
32	Eric	151	↓3	22
33	Jerry	150	↓7	44
34	Scott	137	↓2	14
35	Johnny	136	–	69
36	Terry	136	↓3	48
37	Daniel	133	–	18
38	Jeffery	132	↑10	46
39	Bobby	131	↓5	81
40	Gary	130	↑3	32
41	Jimmy	120	↓3	77
42	Reginald	118	new	>100
43	Ricky	115	↑4	70
44	Russell	111	new	56
45	Keith	109	↓5	35
46	Billy	104	↓5	76
47	Randy	104	↓8	54
48	Roger	103	↑1	55
49	Dennis	101	↑1	45
50	Matthew	101	new	24

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