Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1972

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1972 were Angela for girls (590 babies) and James for boys (1,031). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,970 babies born in South Carolina in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1972

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

Tarsha: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ashley: 68 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wanda: 96 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Catina: 74 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annie: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sonya: 107 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angelia: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Phyllis: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bridgett: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Frances: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Kelvin: 58 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ashley: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Julius: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carlton: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyrone: 94 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willie: 129 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stacey: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Frankie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lewis: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Angela	590	–	6
2	Jennifer	532	↑1	1
3	Kimberly	476	↓1	4
4	Melissa	412	–	7
5	Lisa	360	↑1	3
6	Stephanie	322	↑6	8
7	Tammy	293	↓2	11
8	Amy	288	↑2	5
9	Michelle	283	↓1	2
10	Mary	277	↓3	13
11	Tonya	275	↑6	37
12	Shannon	210	↑7	22
13	Pamela	205	↓4	34
14	Sharon	194	↑2	50
15	Teresa	190	↓2	39
16	Tracy	189	↓5	19
17	Elizabeth	184	↑3	15
18	Cynthia	183	↓4	25
19	Karen	167	↓1	21
20	Wendy	162	↑2	29
21	Tina	160	↑3	18
22	Donna	157	↓1	45
23	Susan	151	↓8	24
24	Crystal	149	↑5	59
25	Laura	145	↑7	17
26	Tara	143	↑13	38
27	Heather	142	↑10	9
28	Rebecca	142	–	14
29	Kelly	141	↑9	23
30	April	136	↑3	48
31	Rhonda	133	↓8	60
32	Patricia	129	↓7	27
33	Sandra	128	↓6	31
34	Julie	127	↓8	12
35	Stacey	120	↑7	41
36	Stacy	116	↓2	33
37	Robin	111	↓6	55
38	Nicole	108	new	10
39	Sonya	107	↑9	>100
40	Dana	106	↓4	52
41	Linda	106	↓11	51
42	Sherry	106	↓7	70
43	Melanie	105	new	42
44	Dawn	104	new	20
45	Amanda	101	–	76
46	Andrea	101	↑4	30
47	Lori	101	↑2	28
48	Denise	98	new	35
49	Monica	98	↓5	47
50	Yolanda	97	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	James	1,031	–	3
2	Michael	982	–	1
3	Christopher	785	↑2	2
4	William	738	–	9
5	John	639	↑1	5
6	Robert	634	↓3	6
7	David	595	–	4
8	Kevin	497	↑1	13
9	Brian	418	↑1	8
10	Charles	400	↓2	23
11	Thomas	329	↑3	20
12	Anthony	319	↑1	22
13	Timothy	294	↓1	21
14	Richard	293	↓3	14
15	Jason	288	↑8	7
16	Joseph	286	–	12
17	Eric	250	↑3	16
18	Jeffrey	243	↓3	17
19	Kenneth	241	↓2	27
20	Steven	240	↓1	19
21	Mark	196	↓3	18
22	Gregory	178	↑3	26
23	Paul	157	↑3	24
24	Larry	154	↑6	47
25	Daniel	153	↑2	15
26	Ronald	151	↓2	32
27	Stephen	145	↓5	29
28	Scott	144	↓7	11
29	Donald	142	↑4	36
30	Matthew	140	↑5	10
31	Jonathan	135	↑10	37
32	Bobby	133	↑5	90
33	Travis	133	↑16	57
34	Keith	130	↑6	38
35	Willie	129	↑3	>100
36	Johnny	128	↑7	74
37	Edward	125	↓6	34
38	George	123	↓6	44
39	Rodney	120	↓11	65
40	Terry	119	↓11	62
41	Bryan	115	↑7	45
42	Chad	115	↑5	25
43	Patrick	115	↓7	35
44	Tony	113	↓10	68
45	Jerry	104	↓6	53
46	Shawn	104	↓1	28
47	Derrick	101	↓3	91
48	Jamie	94	new	72
49	Tyrone	94	↓3	>100
50	Russell	93	new	69

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