Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,688
2	Annie	627
3	Margaret	562
4	Ruth	471
5	Dorothy	450
6	Helen	447
7	Frances	442
8	Louise	419
9	Elizabeth	416
10	Mildred	338
11	Sarah	323
12	Ruby	297
13	Martha	279
14	Lillie	278
15	Ethel	263
16	Thelma	257
17	Mattie	255
18	Virginia	254
19	Willie	250
20	Gladys	240
21	Evelyn	239
22	Carrie	226
23	Alice	212
24	Edna	209
25	Rosa	198
26	Marie	190
27	Catherine	189
28	Emma	183
29	Hattie	182
30	Jessie	180
30	Lucille	180
32	Julia	172
33	Minnie	166
34	Doris	165
35	Edith	163
36	Clara	160
36	Mamie	160
38	Sara	158
39	Lillian	156
40	Lula	155
41	Bertha	152
42	Hazel	151
43	Bessie	146
44	Anna	145
45	Ella	143
46	Maggie	140
47	Eva	139
48	Beatrice	138
49	Myrtle	135
50	Bernice	133

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,004
2	John	1,245
3	William	1,097
4	Robert	727
5	Willie	599
6	George	482
7	Thomas	455
8	Charles	418
9	Henry	405
10	Joseph	351
11	David	303
12	Edward	299
13	Frank	264
14	Walter	242
15	Samuel	217
16	Joe	191
17	Leroy	190
18	Arthur	188
18	Harold	188
20	Clarence	186
21	Paul	183
22	Charlie	170
22	Ernest	170
24	Richard	164
25	Fred	161
26	Albert	159
27	Harry	152
28	Eugene	147
29	Marion	138
30	Jack	133
31	Carl	120
32	Benjamin	116
32	Johnnie	116
34	Herbert	114
35	Clyde	106
35	Louis	106
35	Ralph	106
38	Lewis	100
39	Roy	99
40	Sam	96
41	Leon	94
42	Eddie	93
42	Jessie	93
44	Andrew	90
45	Daniel	86
45	Jesse	86
47	Herman	83
47	Raymond	83
49	Luther	82
50	Claude	81