Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,708
2	Linda	1,196
3	Barbara	758
4	Patricia	717
5	Betty	709
6	Brenda	561
7	Shirley	503
8	Sandra	486
9	Carolyn	485
10	Dorothy	460
11	Margaret	438
12	Judy	433
13	Martha	419
13	Nancy	419
15	Annie	335
16	Gloria	308
17	Elizabeth	300
18	Sarah	297
19	Joyce	273
20	Frances	270
21	Helen	249
22	Doris	219
23	Janice	218
23	Peggy	218
25	Virginia	206
26	Susan	205
27	Carol	199
28	Rosa	184
29	Rebecca	169
30	Donna	158
31	Willie	152
32	Mildred	149
33	Alice	147
33	Catherine	147
33	Lillie	147
36	Ruby	146
37	Evelyn	144
38	Sylvia	143
39	Emma	140
39	Patsy	140
39	Ruth	140
42	Carrie	139
43	Phyllis	138
44	Cynthia	128
44	Judith	128
46	Louise	124
47	Janie	121
48	Joan	120
49	Beverly	119
50	Geraldine	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,318
2	John	1,312
3	William	1,289
4	Robert	1,132
5	Charles	804
6	Willie	683
7	David	630
8	Thomas	583
9	George	529
10	Richard	511
11	Larry	499
12	Joseph	403
13	Johnny	392
14	Ronald	361
15	Henry	358
16	Jerry	356
17	Donald	325
18	Jimmy	319
19	Michael	296
20	Edward	291
21	Bobby	284
22	Leroy	266
23	Kenneth	258
24	Samuel	250
25	Joe	233
26	Harold	226
27	Billy	222
28	Walter	215
29	Harry	205
30	Frank	194
31	Arthur	188
32	Paul	186
33	Ronnie	174
34	Wayne	171
35	Tommy	168
36	Clarence	165
37	Eddie	164
38	Ernest	160
39	Daniel	149
40	Roger	146
41	Eugene	144
42	Roy	143
43	Fred	142
44	Danny	138
45	Dennis	137
46	Nathaniel	135
47	Albert	132
48	Carl	127
49	Marion	126
50	Jack	124