Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Annie	550
3	Margaret	371
4	Ruth	368
5	Louise	355
6	Elizabeth	327
7	Sarah	285
8	Helen	269
9	Lillie	256
10	Ruby	254
11	Frances	253
12	Ethel	248
13	Willie	238
14	Carrie	214
15	Rosa	212
16	Alice	205
16	Dorothy	205
18	Martha	196
19	Evelyn	189
20	Hattie	188
21	Mattie	182
22	Gladys	177
22	Marie	177
24	Emma	172
25	Mildred	171
26	Lucille	170
27	Bessie	168
28	Edna	165
29	Virginia	163
30	Minnie	161
31	Anna	159
32	Jessie	152
33	Thelma	151
34	Julia	147
35	Bertha	144
36	Sara	140
37	Lillian	139
38	Mamie	138
39	Rebecca	137
40	Ella	136
41	Maggie	133
42	Edith	132
43	Eva	131
44	Lula	127
44	Pearl	127
46	Beatrice	126
47	Grace	121
47	Viola	121
49	Catherine	116
49	Janie	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,536
2	John	1,065
3	William	958
4	Robert	603
5	Willie	579
6	George	464
7	Henry	350
8	Thomas	330
9	Joseph	278
10	Charles	271
11	Frank	217
12	Walter	209
13	David	207
14	Edward	204
15	Joe	187
16	Samuel	186
17	Charlie	173
18	Leroy	168
19	Clarence	166
20	Arthur	156
21	Richard	155
22	Fred	154
23	Ernest	147
24	Eugene	137
25	Sam	131
26	Paul	129
27	Albert	127
27	Woodrow	127
29	Johnnie	116
30	Harold	113
31	Harry	112
32	Jack	110
33	Herbert	103
34	Marion	99
35	Luther	92
35	Roy	92
37	Ralph	88
38	Jessie	86
39	Eddie	84
40	Carl	80
41	Daniel	79
42	Jesse	78
43	Lewis	77
44	Clyde	74
45	Andrew	70
46	Louis	69
47	Lawrence	68
48	Benjamin	66
49	Julius	64
50	Ben	62