Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,365
2	Betty	823
3	Dorothy	603
4	Annie	405
5	Margaret	334
6	Helen	297
7	Frances	285
8	Ruth	284
9	Sarah	282
10	Elizabeth	265
11	Doris	262
12	Mildred	254
13	Martha	250
14	Louise	216
15	Ruby	210
16	Barbara	202
17	Virginia	194
17	Willie	194
19	Thelma	191
20	Evelyn	186
21	Lillie	176
22	Rosa	172
23	Ethel	163
24	Gladys	144
25	Carrie	136
26	Minnie	134
27	Sara	132
28	Mattie	129
29	Alice	123
29	Nancy	123
31	Catherine	122
32	Jessie	120
33	Peggy	118
34	Edna	117
35	Ella	110
35	Emma	110
37	Clara	108
38	Lillian	106
39	Carolyn	105
40	Julia	104
41	Bessie	103
41	Hattie	103
41	Juanita	103
41	Lois	103
45	Anna	102
45	Mamie	102
47	Daisy	100
47	Ida	100
49	Bobbie	95
49	Edith	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,510
2	William	912
3	John	831
4	Robert	688
5	Willie	548
6	Charles	508
7	Thomas	360
8	George	357
9	Henry	278
10	David	258
11	Joseph	239
12	Bobby	207
13	Billy	191
14	Leroy	189
15	Edward	180
16	Jack	178
17	Frank	177
18	Harold	176
19	Joe	173
20	Samuel	170
21	Walter	158
22	Richard	146
23	Eugene	135
24	Clarence	128
25	Fred	125
26	Donald	120
26	Paul	120
28	Charlie	117
29	Ernest	113
29	Marion	113
31	Herbert	107
31	Ralph	107
33	Arthur	104
34	Albert	103
35	Harry	99
36	Roy	90
37	Johnnie	89
38	Eddie	88
38	Raymond	88
40	Carl	82
41	Marvin	73
41	Nathaniel	73
43	Earl	72
44	Benjamin	71
45	Clyde	67
45	Howard	67
45	Lawrence	67
45	Lewis	67
49	Leon	66
49	Louis	66