Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1970

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1970 were Angela for girls (561 babies) and James for boys (1,261). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,886 babies born in South Carolina in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1970

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

Willie: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ethel: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Ashley: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Glenda: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Marian: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wanda: 119 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caroline: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 32 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Reggie: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 59 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Julius: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tyrone: 151 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Luther: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grady: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Willie: 158 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Angela	561	↑1	6
2	Lisa	477	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	476	–	3
4	Tammy	401	–	8
5	Melissa	371	–	7
6	Mary	364	–	9
7	Jennifer	353	↑8	1
8	Pamela	321	↓1	26
9	Michelle	291	–	4
10	Tracy	291	↑1	10
11	Sharon	265	↓3	37
12	Stephanie	238	↑10	17
13	Karen	231	↓3	12
14	Susan	229	↑4	15
15	Teresa	229	↓3	34
16	Amy	228	↑4	5
17	Cynthia	228	↓3	25
18	Elizabeth	213	↓5	18
19	Sandra	205	↓2	27
20	Donna	203	↑1	32
21	Tonya	201	↑3	49
22	Patricia	188	↓6	24
23	Tina	188	↑3	21
24	Shannon	184	↓1	22
25	Laura	179	↓6	13
26	Rhonda	170	↑3	46
27	Wendy	163	↑3	28
28	Linda	144	–	38
29	Julie	142	↑2	11
30	Barbara	141	↓5	41
31	Kelly	139	↓4	20
32	Robin	139	↑3	51
33	Wanda	119	↓1	>100
34	Amanda	116	new	>100
35	Sherry	116	↓1	60
36	Dawn	113	new	16
37	Andrea	111	↑4	43
38	Leslie	108	↑5	64
39	Crystal	107	new	>100
40	Deborah	107	↓7	33
41	Lori	107	↓2	23
42	Dana	106	↑2	54
43	Carolyn	104	↓3	84
44	Margaret	104	new	80
45	Tara	102	new	69
46	Brenda	97	↓9	40
47	Rebecca	97	↓9	29
48	Tracey	95	new	55
49	Cindy	93	new	72
50	Jacqueline	93	↓14	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	James	1,261	–	2
2	Michael	909	–	1
3	John	809	–	4
4	William	784	↑1	7
5	Robert	776	↓1	5
6	David	662	–	3
7	Christopher	572	↑1	6
8	Charles	443	↓1	21
9	Richard	389	↑3	10
10	Kevin	362	↑7	14
11	Thomas	359	↓1	17
12	Timothy	351	↓3	20
13	Anthony	345	↓2	22
14	Brian	313	–	8
15	Joseph	302	↑1	16
16	Kenneth	292	↓1	25
17	Mark	288	↓4	9
18	Jeffrey	279	–	11
19	Steven	259	↑1	15
20	Stephen	231	↑6	27
21	Eric	230	↑4	18
22	Ronald	207	↓1	29
23	Gregory	206	↓4	26
24	Donald	203	↓1	30
25	Paul	183	↑5	23
26	Scott	174	↑1	12
27	Larry	172	↓5	43
28	Jason	161	new	13
29	Willie	158	↓5	>100
30	Jerry	155	↑2	45
31	Edward	154	↑6	31
32	Daniel	152	↑1	19
33	Tyrone	151	↑12	>100
34	George	147	↓6	40
35	Johnny	135	↓1	65
36	Terry	134	↓7	54
37	Tony	134	↓6	57
38	Patrick	130	↑2	33
39	Rodney	130	↓4	55
40	Jonathan	120	new	42
41	Gary	119	↑1	35
42	Jimmy	113	↓4	86
43	Samuel	113	↓4	62
44	Bobby	110	↓8	87
45	Keith	110	↓1	38
46	Douglas	109	↓5	36
47	Billy	106	↓4	78
48	Matthew	105	↓1	24
49	Russell	102	new	58
50	Bryan	100	new	53

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