Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1924

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,742
2	Annie	665
3	Dorothy	619
4	Margaret	578
5	Ruth	444
6	Elizabeth	422
7	Helen	398
8	Frances	393
9	Louise	370
10	Sarah	348
11	Mildred	331
12	Ruby	329
13	Martha	318
14	Virginia	285
15	Lillie	279
16	Willie	273
17	Evelyn	267
18	Thelma	255
19	Rosa	252
20	Doris	245
21	Ethel	241
22	Gladys	240
23	Carrie	224
24	Mattie	203
25	Edna	198
26	Betty	195
27	Jessie	191
28	Catherine	185
28	Lucille	185
30	Sara	174
31	Emma	172
32	Hattie	171
33	Alice	169
34	Lois	167
34	Marie	167
36	Lillian	161
37	Anna	160
37	Bessie	160
39	Bernice	156
39	Julia	156
39	Minnie	156
42	Bertha	153
43	Eva	151
44	Maggie	150
45	Grace	148
46	Ella	147
47	Geneva	140
48	Janie	138
49	Mamie	137
50	Hazel	135

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,009
2	William	1,156
3	John	1,131
4	Robert	766
5	Willie	615
6	George	496
7	Charles	431
8	Thomas	418
9	Henry	381
10	Joseph	347
11	David	336
12	Edward	256
13	Frank	254
14	Walter	217
15	Leroy	207
16	Samuel	201
17	Clarence	183
18	Ernest	175
19	Jack	173
19	Joe	173
21	Arthur	170
22	Paul	169
23	Fred	166
24	Richard	157
25	Harold	153
26	Charlie	149
27	Albert	147
28	Eugene	139
29	Marion	129
30	Harry	127
31	Ralph	122
32	Herbert	117
33	Benjamin	114
33	Roy	114
35	Johnnie	113
36	Sam	103
37	Jessie	100
38	Andrew	99
39	Eddie	97
40	Carl	94
41	Lewis	93
42	Louis	91
43	Calvin	90
44	Nathaniel	86
45	Leon	85
45	Raymond	85
47	Daniel	83
48	Clyde	82
49	Jesse	81
50	Earl	80