Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1932

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,563
2	Betty	886
3	Dorothy	635
4	Annie	486
5	Margaret	421
6	Frances	338
7	Helen	317
8	Elizabeth	306
9	Barbara	295
10	Doris	285
11	Sarah	274
12	Ruth	263
13	Louise	259
13	Martha	259
15	Mildred	255
16	Ruby	222
17	Willie	206
18	Evelyn	205
18	Lillie	205
20	Thelma	194
21	Rosa	189
22	Virginia	184
23	Carrie	176
24	Gladys	172
25	Ethel	171
26	Ella	149
27	Mattie	146
28	Catherine	145
28	Peggy	145
30	Alice	143
31	Sara	141
32	Edna	128
33	Bernice	122
33	Carolyn	122
33	Emma	122
36	Minnie	121
37	Jessie	120
38	Hattie	118
39	Julia	117
40	Nancy	113
41	Marie	111
42	Hazel	110
42	Joyce	110
44	Bobbie	108
44	Lula	108
46	Bessie	107
46	Janie	107
48	Ida	106
49	Rebecca	105
50	Lillian	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,727
2	William	932
3	John	930
4	Robert	802
5	Charles	577
6	Willie	575
7	George	416
8	Thomas	405
9	Henry	301
10	David	295
11	Joseph	294
12	Bobby	272
13	Edward	250
14	Richard	222
15	Billy	212
16	Leroy	210
17	Frank	209
18	Samuel	186
19	Walter	185
20	Harold	181
21	Jack	180
22	Joe	169
23	Paul	145
24	Donald	139
25	Arthur	137
26	Charlie	133
26	Eugene	133
28	Clarence	130
29	Albert	126
30	Herbert	123
30	Marion	123
32	Fred	118
33	Ernest	117
34	Harry	107
35	Carl	100
36	Roy	99
37	Franklin	98
38	Ralph	97
39	Johnnie	94
40	Raymond	93
41	Roosevelt	91
42	Johnny	88
43	Lewis	87
44	Benjamin	84
45	Clyde	83
45	Eddie	83
45	Melvin	83
48	Nathaniel	82
49	Howard	79
50	Kenneth	78