Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,417
2	Dorothy	631
3	Betty	582
4	Annie	488
5	Margaret	420
6	Helen	343
7	Frances	336
8	Elizabeth	324
9	Doris	313
10	Louise	301
10	Mildred	301
12	Ruth	285
13	Sarah	269
14	Willie	258
15	Ruby	229
16	Martha	222
17	Virginia	214
18	Thelma	208
19	Evelyn	197
20	Lillie	194
21	Rosa	188
22	Gladys	170
23	Carrie	162
23	Edna	162
25	Ethel	153
26	Catherine	151
27	Bernice	140
28	Alice	137
28	Mattie	137
30	Jessie	136
31	Marie	135
32	Hattie	132
33	Sara	130
34	Emma	127
35	Lois	121
36	Barbara	119
37	Mamie	118
38	Minnie	116
39	Edith	112
39	Lucille	112
41	Anna	110
42	Bessie	109
42	Lillian	109
44	Julia	108
45	Bertha	106
46	Ella	103
47	Geneva	101
48	Hazel	100
49	Clara	99
50	Juanita	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,572
2	William	962
3	John	912
4	Robert	724
5	Willie	541
6	Charles	496
7	George	399
8	Thomas	355
9	Henry	277
10	Joseph	274
11	David	233
12	Edward	224
13	Harold	213
14	Walter	192
15	Frank	181
16	Joe	180
17	Herbert	179
18	Jack	178
19	Leroy	173
20	Richard	162
21	Clarence	148
22	Samuel	144
23	Eugene	133
23	Marion	133
25	Ernest	132
26	Harry	128
27	Albert	125
27	Charlie	125
27	Fred	125
30	Paul	122
31	Arthur	119
32	Billy	113
33	Johnnie	107
34	Ralph	99
35	Carl	94
36	Roy	92
37	Clyde	87
38	Nathaniel	86
39	Earl	84
40	Bobby	82
41	Raymond	79
42	Eddie	77
43	Howard	76
44	Benjamin	75
44	Louis	75
46	Johnny	72
46	Luther	72
48	Jesse	70
48	Jessie	70
50	Melvin	69