Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1969

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1969 were Lisa for girls (550 babies) and James for boys (1,168). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,829 babies born in South Carolina in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1969

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: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Coretta: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Patsy: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ashley: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wanda: 139 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ella: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jerri: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Frances: 70 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Annie: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 49 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Sammie: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Scottie: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Julius: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willie: 187 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dexter: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Otis: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Luther: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 107 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	550	–	1
2	Angela	538	–	7
3	Kimberly	441	↑1	4
4	Tammy	434	↓1	9
5	Melissa	405	–	5
6	Mary	365	–	8
7	Pamela	345	↑3	24
8	Sharon	303	↓1	36
9	Michelle	283	–	2
10	Karen	279	↑2	13
11	Tracy	263	↑6	17
12	Teresa	254	↑1	32
13	Elizabeth	252	↑7	16
14	Cynthia	241	↓6	23
15	Jennifer	236	↑1	3
16	Patricia	229	↓1	18
17	Sandra	227	↑2	25
18	Susan	215	↓4	11
19	Laura	211	↓1	10
20	Amy	210	↑5	6
21	Donna	207	↓10	26
22	Stephanie	204	↓1	19
23	Shannon	191	↑26	31
24	Tonya	185	↑5	54
25	Barbara	176	↓2	39
26	Tina	171	↓2	22
27	Kelly	144	↑3	15
28	Linda	144	↓2	33
29	Rhonda	143	↓7	44
30	Wendy	141	↓3	29
31	Julie	139	↑12	12
32	Wanda	139	↓1	>100
33	Deborah	131	↑1	27
34	Sherry	130	↑4	55
35	Robin	128	–	46
36	Jacqueline	127	–	62
37	Brenda	124	↓5	38
38	Rebecca	119	↑7	28
39	Lori	116	↑8	20
40	Carolyn	114	↓12	71
41	Andrea	111	↑1	48
42	Debra	105	↓5	43
43	Leslie	104	new	64
44	Dana	101	new	60
45	Paula	99	↓1	50
46	Sonya	98	–	>100
47	Carol	96	↑3	56
48	Christine	95	new	14
49	Sheila	94	↓16	68
50	Cheryl	88	↓11	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,168	–	3
2	Michael	935	–	1
3	John	806	–	4
4	Robert	772	–	5
5	William	765	–	6
6	David	712	–	2
7	Charles	463	–	19
8	Christopher	419	↑2	7
9	Timothy	397	–	17
10	Thomas	365	↑1	13
11	Anthony	346	↑1	20
12	Richard	324	↓4	10
13	Mark	317	–	8
14	Brian	306	↑2	9
15	Kenneth	297	–	23
16	Joseph	281	↓2	15
17	Kevin	265	↑1	16
18	Jeffrey	246	↓1	11
19	Gregory	227	↑6	26
20	Steven	225	↑1	14
21	Ronald	222	↓1	29
22	Larry	191	↑4	40
23	Donald	187	–	30
24	Willie	187	–	>100
25	Eric	186	↑7	21
26	Stephen	183	↑1	27
27	Scott	180	↑7	12
28	George	167	–	38
29	Terry	163	↑7	52
30	Paul	161	↓8	22
31	Tony	159	↓12	54
32	Jerry	147	↑1	45
33	Daniel	144	↑4	18
34	Johnny	142	↑1	67
35	Rodney	141	↓6	49
36	Bobby	132	↑3	82
37	Edward	131	↓7	32
38	Jimmy	121	↑3	79
39	Samuel	120	new	64
40	Patrick	118	↓9	31
41	Douglas	112	new	34
42	Gary	111	↓2	35
43	Billy	109	↑3	77
44	Keith	108	↑1	36
45	Tyrone	107	new	>100
46	Corey	106	new	58
47	Matthew	102	↑3	24
48	Roger	102	–	59
49	Henry	100	new	100
50	Todd	98	new	28

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