Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,642
2	Linda	1,290
3	Barbara	714
4	Betty	699
5	Patricia	691
6	Brenda	536
7	Shirley	477
8	Carolyn	423
9	Sandra	420
10	Margaret	406
11	Dorothy	397
12	Nancy	387
13	Judy	364
14	Martha	359
15	Annie	346
16	Elizabeth	307
17	Gloria	291
18	Susan	256
19	Sarah	253
20	Joyce	251
21	Frances	246
22	Peggy	210
22	Rebecca	210
24	Helen	204
25	Doris	201
26	Janice	199
27	Virginia	190
28	Rosa	183
29	Carol	170
30	Donna	167
31	Ruth	164
32	Mildred	158
33	Alice	155
33	Cynthia	155
33	Lillie	155
36	Evelyn	148
37	Catherine	143
37	Deborah	143
39	Sylvia	142
40	Julia	130
41	Willie	129
42	Diane	125
43	Louise	123
44	Patsy	122
45	Ruby	116
46	Delores	115
46	Phyllis	115
46	Wanda	115
49	Carrie	114
49	Emma	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	John	1,318
3	William	1,193
4	Robert	1,143
5	Charles	833
6	Willie	654
7	David	625
8	Larry	595
9	Thomas	591
10	George	505
11	Richard	456
12	Joseph	379
13	Michael	369
14	Ronald	361
15	Jerry	354
16	Johnny	322
17	Henry	313
17	Jimmy	313
19	Donald	277
20	Edward	266
21	Samuel	256
22	Bobby	247
23	Leroy	246
24	Kenneth	242
25	Joe	239
26	Harold	226
27	Frank	198
28	Roger	196
29	Walter	191
30	Billy	190
31	Paul	185
32	Harry	180
33	Marion	163
34	Ronnie	159
35	Arthur	155
35	Danny	155
37	Tommy	153
38	Eddie	151
39	Ernest	150
40	Daniel	146
40	Nathaniel	146
42	Eugene	143
43	Charlie	142
44	Albert	140
45	Carl	139
46	Wayne	136
47	Clarence	134
48	Roy	132
49	Raymond	131
49	Terry	131