Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,570
2	Linda	842
3	Barbara	703
4	Betty	701
5	Patricia	610
6	Brenda	524
7	Shirley	463
8	Carolyn	430
9	Dorothy	421
10	Sandra	420
11	Margaret	400
12	Judy	387
13	Annie	374
14	Nancy	353
15	Martha	344
16	Elizabeth	328
17	Frances	298
18	Joyce	269
19	Gloria	244
20	Sarah	242
21	Helen	234
22	Carol	222
23	Virginia	199
24	Doris	188
25	Susan	181
26	Janice	177
27	Rosa	172
28	Rebecca	170
29	Peggy	167
30	Sylvia	164
31	Alice	152
31	Lillie	152
33	Ruth	145
33	Willie	145
35	Mildred	142
36	Evelyn	139
37	Judith	137
38	Ruby	135
39	Carrie	127
40	Louise	126
41	Catherine	122
42	Donna	120
43	Julia	119
44	Ann	116
45	Sara	115
46	Patsy	114
47	Phyllis	108
48	Marie	107
49	Ethel	106
50	Cynthia	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,102
2	John	1,180
3	William	1,160
4	Robert	1,090
5	Charles	773
6	Willie	633
7	David	577
8	Thomas	542
9	Richard	464
10	George	454
11	Larry	406
12	Joseph	394
13	Jerry	350
14	Henry	322
15	Johnny	311
16	Donald	284
17	Michael	283
18	Edward	272
19	Jimmy	266
20	Bobby	263
21	Ronald	261
22	Kenneth	251
23	Joe	247
24	Leroy	236
25	Billy	218
26	Harold	206
27	Samuel	205
28	Paul	195
29	Frank	188
30	Walter	184
31	Harry	179
32	Tommy	172
33	Arthur	152
34	Roger	147
35	Eugene	145
36	Ronnie	144
37	Ernest	141
38	Wayne	135
39	Eddie	131
40	Raymond	130
41	Clarence	129
42	Albert	128
43	Danny	127
44	Roy	125
45	Gary	119
46	Charlie	117
46	Fred	117
48	Daniel	113
49	Herbert	112
49	Marion	112