Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,639
2	Dorothy	668
3	Annie	532
4	Margaret	462
5	Betty	393
6	Helen	381
7	Ruth	378
8	Elizabeth	374
9	Frances	368
10	Sarah	348
11	Mildred	331
12	Louise	309
13	Ruby	268
14	Willie	263
15	Martha	262
16	Virginia	250
17	Thelma	234
18	Doris	232
19	Ethel	231
20	Rosa	224
21	Evelyn	221
22	Lillie	208
23	Carrie	186
24	Mattie	181
25	Gladys	179
26	Bessie	165
26	Edna	165
28	Sara	164
29	Alice	160
30	Ella	150
31	Jessie	149
32	Catherine	148
33	Bernice	146
34	Minnie	145
35	Mamie	143
36	Emma	142
37	Hattie	141
37	Julia	141
39	Edith	133
39	Rebecca	133
41	Lucille	131
42	Geneva	129
43	Lillian	125
44	Marie	123
45	Beatrice	120
45	Lula	120
45	Maggie	120
48	Hazel	117
48	Janie	117
50	Anna	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,693
2	John	1,053
3	William	982
4	Robert	654
5	Willie	615
6	Charles	489
7	George	450
8	Thomas	416
9	Henry	356
10	Joseph	274
11	Edward	266
12	David	258
13	Samuel	206
14	Jack	204
15	Frank	199
16	Richard	188
17	Leroy	182
18	Harold	179
19	Walter	169
20	Fred	166
21	Joe	161
22	Clarence	159
23	Ernest	151
24	Arthur	140
25	Charlie	138
26	Eugene	136
26	Marion	136
28	Paul	134
29	Albert	128
30	Johnnie	116
31	Ralph	113
32	Harry	111
33	Roy	108
34	Carl	106
35	Benjamin	103
36	Raymond	99
37	Leon	98
38	Herbert	94
39	Sam	93
40	Clyde	91
40	Eddie	91
42	Billy	89
43	Daniel	84
44	Louis	83
45	Howard	80
46	Marvin	79
47	Luther	78
48	Earl	77
49	Andrew	76
50	Jessie	75