Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,452
2	Betty	745
3	Dorothy	553
4	Annie	463
5	Margaret	421
6	Frances	359
7	Elizabeth	322
8	Doris	290
9	Helen	284
10	Sarah	282
11	Mildred	279
12	Martha	273
13	Louise	271
14	Ruth	267
15	Lillie	229
15	Willie	229
17	Ruby	218
18	Virginia	209
19	Rosa	208
20	Evelyn	205
21	Thelma	188
22	Edna	161
22	Gladys	161
24	Jessie	159
25	Carrie	155
26	Ethel	150
27	Sara	145
28	Julia	139
29	Catherine	133
30	Hazel	128
31	Barbara	127
32	Mattie	124
33	Ella	123
34	Hattie	122
35	Bessie	121
36	Alice	120
36	Minnie	120
38	Bernice	118
38	Emma	118
38	Marie	118
41	Mamie	112
42	Clara	110
43	Ida	109
44	Lucille	105
45	Daisy	104
45	Lula	104
47	Anna	103
48	Lois	97
49	Lillian	96
50	Nancy	93

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,609
2	John	936
3	William	898
4	Robert	723
5	Willie	536
6	Charles	507
7	George	413
8	Thomas	351
9	Henry	313
10	Joseph	285
11	David	255
12	Edward	223
13	Richard	207
14	Frank	204
15	Jack	197
16	Leroy	186
17	Harold	185
18	Joe	184
18	Walter	184
20	Bobby	164
21	Paul	157
22	Herbert	153
23	Samuel	152
24	Albert	146
25	Clarence	145
26	Fred	144
27	Billy	142
28	Arthur	140
29	Ernest	134
30	Eugene	133
31	Marion	125
32	Charlie	121
32	Ralph	121
34	Harry	111
35	Roy	102
36	Donald	94
36	Johnnie	94
38	Clyde	91
39	Earl	87
40	Raymond	85
41	Carl	81
41	Melvin	81
43	Nathaniel	77
44	Leon	76
45	Benjamin	75
46	Luther	73
47	Sam	72
48	Daniel	70
49	Johnny	69
50	Jessie	68