Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,647
2	Annie	665
3	Dorothy	543
4	Margaret	505
5	Ruth	429
6	Louise	427
7	Elizabeth	413
8	Helen	401
9	Frances	364
10	Sarah	328
11	Mildred	323
12	Ruby	308
13	Virginia	276
14	Martha	275
15	Rosa	259
16	Lillie	258
17	Thelma	240
18	Evelyn	239
18	Willie	239
20	Alice	221
21	Ethel	219
22	Gladys	215
23	Doris	210
24	Carrie	208
25	Mattie	206
26	Sara	197
27	Lillian	189
28	Lucille	187
29	Catherine	176
30	Emma	174
30	Marie	174
32	Jessie	170
32	Julia	170
34	Hattie	167
35	Edna	165
36	Bessie	162
37	Anna	160
38	Edith	157
39	Ella	151
39	Minnie	151
41	Mamie	150
42	Lois	146
43	Betty	143
44	Maggie	141
45	Beatrice	140
46	Bertha	138
47	Hazel	136
48	Clara	135
49	Ida	134
50	Geneva	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,910
2	John	1,109
3	William	1,057
4	Robert	646
5	Willie	634
6	George	514
7	Charles	456
8	Thomas	434
9	Henry	393
10	Joseph	336
11	Edward	301
12	David	269
13	Walter	242
14	Frank	214
15	Leroy	204
16	Samuel	187
17	Joe	180
18	Harold	177
19	Clarence	170
20	Fred	168
20	Paul	168
22	Charlie	165
23	Ralph	160
24	Richard	159
25	Jack	155
26	Albert	153
27	Ernest	145
28	Harry	142
29	Arthur	138
30	Eugene	132
31	Marion	124
32	Roy	121
33	Herbert	120
34	Johnnie	110
35	Sam	108
36	Benjamin	107
37	Daniel	104
38	Lewis	94
39	Jesse	93
40	Eddie	92
41	Carl	91
42	Louis	88
43	Clyde	84
44	Jessie	83
45	Lee	80
46	Raymond	79
47	Andrew	78
47	Howard	78
47	Isaac	78
47	Luther	78