Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1973

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (654 babies) and James for boys (933). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,690 babies born in South Carolina in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1973

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: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashley: 75 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Geneva: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wanda: 73 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Catina: 62 babies, 4× the national rate
Latonia: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sonya: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Terra: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bridgette: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 40 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Horace: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Reggie: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 75 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Scottie: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Luther: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashley: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reginald: 99 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Quincy: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	654	↑1	1
2	Angela	477	↓1	7
3	Kimberly	410	–	4
4	Melissa	387	–	6
5	Stephanie	351	↑1	9
6	Tonya	286	↑5	36
7	Amy	282	↑1	2
8	Michelle	277	↑1	3
9	Mary	273	↑1	14
10	Lisa	264	↓5	5
11	Tammy	259	↓4	15
12	Elizabeth	186	↑5	13
13	April	181	↑17	33
14	Heather	178	↑13	8
15	Rebecca	173	↑13	10
16	Crystal	168	↑8	48
17	Tracy	167	↓1	20
18	Shannon	166	↓6	22
19	Cynthia	165	↓1	26
20	Sharon	165	↓6	57
21	Susan	161	↑2	25
22	Karen	160	↓3	23
23	Teresa	160	↓8	45
24	Wendy	149	↓4	29
25	Pamela	148	↓12	47
26	Amanda	147	↑19	51
27	Julie	145	↑7	12
28	Kelly	136	↑1	18
29	Tara	134	↓3	37
30	Tina	125	↓9	24
31	Laura	124	↓6	19
32	Donna	123	↓10	55
33	Stacey	118	↑2	41
34	Robin	110	↑3	60
35	Stacy	110	↑1	32
36	Tiffany	108	new	52
37	Christina	107	new	16
38	Rhonda	107	↓7	70
39	Monica	106	↑10	40
40	Christy	105	new	73
41	Patricia	105	↓9	27
42	Sonya	102	↓3	>100
43	Dawn	101	↑1	21
44	Sherry	99	↓2	76
45	Melanie	96	↓2	43
46	Linda	91	↓5	61
47	Andrea	90	↓1	30
48	Dana	89	↓8	59
49	Erica	88	new	81
50	Tanya	88	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	James	933	–	4
2	Michael	909	–	1
3	Christopher	768	–	2
4	John	669	↑1	6
5	William	641	↓1	9
6	Robert	565	–	7
7	David	533	–	5
8	Kevin	474	–	14
9	Brian	441	–	8
10	Jason	409	↑5	3
11	Charles	356	↓1	23
12	Eric	283	↑5	13
13	Anthony	278	↓1	21
14	Joseph	278	↑2	12
15	Thomas	270	↓4	19
16	Timothy	262	↓3	22
17	Richard	246	↓3	16
18	Kenneth	225	↑1	28
19	Daniel	208	↑6	11
20	Mark	206	↑1	15
21	Jeffrey	201	↓3	17
22	Steven	183	↓2	20
23	Matthew	180	↑7	10
24	Jonathan	168	↑7	31
25	Stephen	163	↑2	32
26	Gregory	160	↓4	26
27	Larry	147	↓3	50
28	Ronald	135	↓2	40
29	Willie	134	↑6	>100
30	George	133	↑8	46
31	Paul	132	↓8	24
32	Donald	130	↓3	38
33	Scott	128	↓5	18
34	Shawn	126	↑12	27
35	Patrick	125	↑8	37
36	Edward	121	↑1	39
37	Jerry	121	↑8	57
38	Keith	118	↓4	41
39	Travis	118	↓6	53
40	Chad	117	↑2	25
41	Rodney	117	↓2	68
42	Bryan	108	↓1	43
43	Terry	107	↓3	65
44	Bobby	106	↓12	93
45	Johnny	106	↓9	82
46	Derrick	103	↑1	87
47	Tyrone	100	↑2	>100
48	Reginald	99	new	>100
49	Samuel	99	new	66
50	Gary	96	new	44

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