Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,606
2	Betty	757
3	Linda	632
4	Barbara	621
5	Patricia	516
6	Shirley	463
7	Dorothy	455
8	Carolyn	437
9	Brenda	421
10	Margaret	391
11	Sandra	362
12	Annie	319
13	Martha	318
14	Nancy	315
15	Elizabeth	293
16	Joyce	288
17	Frances	277
17	Judy	277
19	Sarah	268
20	Helen	236
21	Virginia	205
22	Doris	199
23	Carol	198
24	Rosa	197
25	Gloria	194
26	Willie	181
27	Peggy	174
28	Mildred	171
29	Alice	161
30	Lillie	160
31	Ruby	153
32	Ruth	148
33	Evelyn	139
34	Rebecca	134
35	Louise	133
36	Julia	129
37	Judith	126
38	Carrie	124
39	Ethel	113
40	Ann	111
41	Catherine	107
42	Hattie	106
43	Mattie	105
44	Joan	103
44	Minnie	103
44	Thelma	103
47	Sara	102
47	Sylvia	102
49	Ella	99
49	Patsy	99

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,043
2	John	1,096
3	William	1,055
4	Robert	976
5	Charles	748
6	Willie	640
7	Thomas	508
8	David	498
9	George	484
10	Richard	395
11	Joseph	346
12	Larry	337
13	Henry	297
14	Edward	284
15	Johnny	277
16	Bobby	258
17	Jerry	250
18	Donald	243
19	Leroy	234
20	Jimmy	233
21	Joe	225
22	Harold	218
23	Frank	209
24	Billy	197
25	Kenneth	196
26	Samuel	195
27	Paul	192
28	Walter	189
29	Ronald	185
30	Ernest	175
31	Michael	150
32	Arthur	149
33	Raymond	140
34	Harry	138
35	Albert	137
36	Tommy	132
37	Clarence	130
37	Roy	130
39	Jack	124
40	Eugene	122
41	Eddie	121
42	Carl	120
42	Fred	120
44	Charlie	119
45	Marion	116
45	Nathaniel	116
47	Benjamin	113
48	Douglas	112
49	Roger	111
50	Ralph	107