Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,615
2	Annie	686
3	Margaret	510
4	Ruth	503
5	Louise	458
6	Helen	435
7	Dorothy	431
8	Frances	416
9	Elizabeth	409
10	Sarah	344
11	Ruby	322
12	Mildred	297
13	Ethel	283
14	Virginia	271
15	Lillie	268
16	Mattie	259
17	Willie	255
18	Thelma	247
19	Rosa	246
20	Carrie	239
21	Evelyn	227
21	Martha	227
23	Alice	207
23	Edna	207
23	Gladys	207
26	Marie	202
27	Hattie	190
28	Julia	188
29	Sara	187
30	Lillian	182
31	Emma	180
31	Lucille	180
33	Edith	178
34	Minnie	177
35	Bertha	176
36	Ida	173
37	Jessie	171
37	Mamie	171
39	Bessie	169
39	Maggie	169
41	Janie	161
42	Anna	154
42	Hazel	154
44	Beatrice	149
45	Catherine	143
46	Ella	142
47	Lula	141
48	Grace	140
48	Viola	140
50	Geneva	139

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,118
2	John	1,291
3	William	1,213
4	Robert	750
5	Willie	683
6	George	539
7	Thomas	442
8	Henry	426
9	Charles	418
10	Joseph	369
11	David	298
12	Edward	288
13	Frank	254
14	Walter	238
15	Samuel	233
16	Joe	208
17	Leroy	200
18	Harold	191
19	Arthur	185
20	Charlie	184
21	Albert	181
22	Clarence	175
22	Richard	175
24	Paul	173
25	Fred	164
26	Eugene	154
27	Jack	149
28	Johnnie	148
29	Harry	143
30	Ernest	136
31	Jessie	127
32	Herbert	125
32	Ralph	125
34	Sam	123
35	Marion	119
36	Carl	109
36	Roy	109
38	Benjamin	108
39	Eddie	106
39	Lewis	106
41	Nathaniel	104
42	Howard	93
42	Lee	93
44	Andrew	91
44	Raymond	91
46	Luther	88
47	Lawrence	87
47	Woodrow	87
49	Clyde	82
49	Louis	82