Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	711
2	Annie	328
3	Elizabeth	227
4	Ruth	216
5	Louise	205
6	Ethel	166
7	Carrie	155
8	Lillie	150
9	Sarah	146
10	Margaret	141
11	Willie	139
12	Marie	138
13	Bessie	137
13	Rosa	137
15	Ruby	136
16	Lucille	133
17	Martha	130
18	Mattie	127
19	Bertha	124
20	Viola	113
21	Hattie	112
21	Mamie	112
23	Edna	111
23	Minnie	111
25	Emma	110
26	Helen	107
26	Maggie	107
28	Frances	106
28	Julia	106
30	Alice	103
31	Thelma	100
32	Gladys	98
33	Dorothy	97
34	Jessie	95
35	Ida	94
35	Lillian	94
37	Rebecca	93
38	Anna	90
39	Ella	89
40	Pearl	88
41	Eva	87
42	Evelyn	83
43	Daisy	80
43	Mildred	80
45	Beatrice	79
46	Clara	78
46	Janie	78
48	Fannie	75
48	Gertrude	75
50	Florence	72

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	814
2	John	596
3	William	438
4	Willie	327
5	Robert	296
6	George	251
7	Henry	213
8	Thomas	176
9	Joseph	157
10	Frank	127
11	Charles	124
12	Joe	119
13	David	116
14	Walter	110
15	Fred	98
16	Samuel	97
17	Edward	93
18	Charlie	85
19	Sam	83
20	Richard	80
21	Arthur	78
22	Woodrow	76
23	Clarence	74
24	Leroy	72
25	Harry	71
26	Ernest	70
26	Paul	70
28	Roy	64
29	Harold	58
30	Albert	57
30	Jack	57
32	Eugene	53
33	Eddie	49
34	Jessie	48
34	Julius	48
36	Andrew	47
36	Jesse	47
38	Lewis	45
39	Benjamin	43
39	Johnnie	43
41	Louis	40
41	Luther	40
43	Ben	39
44	Herbert	38
44	Marion	38
46	Carl	37
47	Oscar	36
48	Clyde	35
48	Daniel	35
48	Lee	35