Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1971

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1971 were Angela for girls (594 babies) and James for boys (1,076). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,143 babies born in South Carolina in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1971

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

Rosalind: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Patsy: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelia: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ashley: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wanda: 109 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rena: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annie: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Betty: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Myra: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Marion: 35 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Reggie: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rico: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 70 babies, 6× the national rate
Ashley: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 120 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Luther: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Angela	594	–	6
2	Kimberly	514	↑1	4
3	Jennifer	499	↑4	1
4	Melissa	463	↑1	7
5	Tammy	379	↓1	8
6	Lisa	374	↓4	3
7	Mary	338	↓1	9
8	Michelle	325	↑1	2
9	Pamela	271	↓1	28
10	Amy	270	↑6	5
11	Tracy	247	↓1	13
12	Stephanie	245	–	11
13	Teresa	223	↑2	34
14	Cynthia	220	↑3	24
15	Susan	216	↓1	17
16	Sharon	213	↓5	40
17	Tonya	211	↑4	45
18	Karen	210	↓5	15
19	Shannon	205	↑5	21
20	Elizabeth	202	↓2	19
21	Donna	196	↓1	38
22	Wendy	193	↑5	29
23	Rhonda	191	↑3	46
24	Tina	190	↓1	20
25	Patricia	172	↓3	26
26	Julie	159	↑3	10
27	Sandra	145	↓8	31
28	Rebecca	142	↑19	23
29	Crystal	140	↑10	79
30	Linda	136	↓2	42
31	Robin	136	↑1	51
32	Laura	135	↓7	16
33	April	134	new	56
34	Stacy	133	new	32
35	Sherry	131	–	60
36	Dana	127	↑6	44
37	Heather	127	new	12
38	Kelly	119	↓7	22
39	Tara	118	↑6	49
40	Barbara	116	↓10	47
41	Sheila	111	new	81
42	Stacey	111	new	41
43	Wanda	109	↓10	>100
44	Monica	108	new	48
45	Amanda	105	↓11	84
46	Deborah	105	↓6	33
47	Paula	103	new	63
48	Sonya	101	new	>100
49	Lori	100	↓8	25
50	Andrea	96	↓13	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	James	1,076	–	2
2	Michael	990	–	1
3	Robert	739	↑2	5
4	William	738	–	7
5	Christopher	713	↑2	6
6	John	713	↓3	4
7	David	621	↓1	3
8	Charles	449	–	22
9	Kevin	401	↑1	14
10	Brian	380	↑4	9
11	Richard	347	↓2	11
12	Timothy	333	–	21
13	Anthony	325	–	23
14	Thomas	314	↓3	17
15	Jeffrey	310	↑3	12
16	Joseph	306	↓1	15
17	Kenneth	271	↓1	25
18	Mark	270	↓1	13
19	Steven	241	–	16
20	Eric	237	↑1	18
21	Scott	224	↑5	10
22	Stephen	197	↓2	27
23	Jason	196	↑5	8
24	Ronald	193	↓2	31
25	Gregory	185	↓2	26
26	Paul	183	↓1	24
27	Daniel	163	↑5	20
28	Rodney	156	↑11	59
29	Terry	156	↑7	56
30	Larry	155	↓3	44
31	Edward	149	–	32
32	George	148	↑2	42
33	Donald	147	↓9	34
34	Tony	146	↑3	62
35	Matthew	145	↑13	19
36	Patrick	145	↑2	35
37	Bobby	140	↑7	79
38	Willie	140	↓9	>100
39	Jerry	135	↓9	50
40	Keith	133	↑5	37
41	Jonathan	132	↓1	40
42	Gary	129	↓1	38
43	Johnny	126	↓8	74
44	Derrick	122	new	84
45	Shawn	120	new	28
46	Tyrone	120	↓13	>100
47	Chad	116	new	29
48	Bryan	114	↑2	48
49	Travis	113	new	61
50	Samuel	107	↓7	66

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