Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,539
2	Dorothy	605
3	Annie	502
4	Betty	469
5	Margaret	420
6	Helen	377
7	Frances	356
8	Ruth	351
9	Elizabeth	328
10	Mildred	314
11	Sarah	310
12	Louise	280
13	Doris	277
14	Ruby	269
15	Willie	252
16	Lillie	250
16	Virginia	250
18	Martha	246
19	Rosa	220
20	Thelma	216
21	Ethel	210
22	Carrie	204
23	Evelyn	203
24	Edna	158
24	Gladys	158
26	Minnie	154
27	Emma	152
28	Hattie	151
28	Sara	151
30	Alice	150
31	Mattie	146
32	Catherine	144
33	Marie	142
34	Bessie	141
35	Bernice	138
36	Julia	136
37	Jessie	135
38	Lucille	133
39	Ella	126
40	Lillian	123
41	Hazel	122
42	Anna	121
42	Lois	121
44	Janie	115
45	Maggie	113
46	Lula	112
46	Mamie	112
48	Ida	108
49	Beatrice	107
49	Daisy	107

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,739
2	John	964
3	William	955
4	Robert	680
5	Willie	556
6	Charles	513
7	Thomas	434
8	George	432
9	Henry	314
10	David	279
10	Joseph	279
12	Edward	246
13	Joe	216
14	Frank	214
15	Leroy	209
16	Walter	196
17	Jack	194
18	Harold	189
19	Herbert	177
20	Paul	172
21	Richard	167
22	Albert	161
23	Fred	160
24	Samuel	154
25	Charlie	151
26	Clarence	150
27	Ernest	149
28	Eugene	139
29	Arthur	137
30	Marion	131
31	Johnnie	121
32	Harry	120
33	Billy	104
34	Ralph	103
34	Roy	103
36	Benjamin	102
37	Raymond	94
37	Sam	94
39	Eddie	89
40	Louis	88
41	Clyde	86
42	Carl	82
43	Howard	80
44	Jesse	78
44	Jessie	78
46	Earl	77
47	Marvin	72
47	Melvin	72
49	Luther	70
50	Horace	67