Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,412
2	Annie	556
3	Elizabeth	424
4	Margaret	420
5	Ruth	400
6	Louise	386
7	Sarah	329
8	Frances	316
9	Helen	313
10	Ruby	306
11	Dorothy	274
12	Willie	259
13	Lillie	251
13	Rosa	251
15	Ethel	232
15	Marie	232
17	Evelyn	228
18	Carrie	225
19	Mattie	219
20	Edna	217
21	Martha	213
22	Mildred	211
23	Alice	207
24	Hattie	206
25	Gladys	205
26	Emma	203
27	Virginia	202
28	Bessie	199
29	Thelma	189
30	Lucille	188
31	Maggie	174
32	Viola	172
33	Lillian	167
34	Jessie	165
35	Eva	155
36	Ella	150
37	Anna	148
37	Julia	148
39	Edith	147
40	Bertha	146
41	Ida	145
42	Minnie	143
43	Pearl	140
44	Grace	138
45	Clara	132
46	Beatrice	127
46	Geneva	127
46	Mamie	127
49	Rebecca	126
49	Sara	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,814
2	John	1,194
3	William	1,013
4	Willie	696
5	Robert	621
6	George	534
7	Henry	449
8	Thomas	398
9	Charles	350
10	Joseph	305
11	Frank	286
12	Edward	252
13	David	243
14	Walter	230
15	Joe	219
16	Samuel	193
17	Leroy	184
18	Woodrow	178
19	Fred	172
20	Charlie	164
21	Clarence	162
22	Richard	160
23	Albert	156
23	Ernest	156
25	Arthur	155
26	Harry	149
27	Eugene	142
28	Harold	140
28	Paul	140
30	Johnnie	126
31	Herbert	123
32	Sam	118
33	Luther	117
34	Roy	116
35	Marion	109
36	Eddie	107
36	Ralph	107
38	Jack	101
39	Benjamin	99
40	Raymond	92
41	Andrew	90
42	Jessie	89
43	Lawrence	88
43	Lewis	88
45	Daniel	83
46	Earl	82
46	Jesse	82
48	Carl	81
49	Julius	79
50	Ben	78