Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,454
2	Linda	1,005
3	Barbara	726
4	Patricia	711
5	Betty	606
6	Brenda	582
7	Shirley	533
8	Sandra	506
9	Carolyn	430
10	Nancy	381
11	Dorothy	378
12	Margaret	372
13	Deborah	355
14	Judy	349
15	Martha	324
16	Elizabeth	321
17	Gloria	320
18	Annie	317
19	Susan	282
20	Joyce	270
21	Frances	262
22	Janice	256
23	Sarah	241
24	Cynthia	216
25	Wanda	212
26	Virginia	210
27	Peggy	203
28	Rebecca	202
29	Doris	200
30	Kathy	199
31	Helen	197
32	Donna	196
33	Alice	184
34	Carol	163
35	Catherine	151
36	Rosa	148
36	Sharon	148
38	Diane	141
39	Beverly	132
39	Mildred	132
41	Sylvia	124
42	Ruth	121
43	Deloris	119
43	Lillie	119
45	Karen	116
45	Phyllis	116
47	Rose	115
48	Carrie	114
48	Evelyn	114
50	Vivian	111

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,108
2	John	1,182
3	William	1,145
4	Robert	1,111
5	Charles	856
6	Willie	686
7	David	655
8	Larry	624
9	Thomas	603
10	Michael	512
11	Richard	474
12	George	472
13	Joseph	413
14	Ronald	369
15	Jerry	349
16	Donald	334
17	Johnny	331
18	Henry	328
19	Kenneth	322
20	Edward	288
21	Samuel	255
22	Bobby	234
22	Leroy	234
24	Jimmy	221
25	Billy	210
26	Harry	209
27	Harold	207
28	Roger	205
29	Walter	198
30	Joe	190
31	Frank	187
32	Gary	185
33	Danny	180
34	Ronnie	178
35	Paul	171
36	Eddie	163
36	Nathaniel	163
38	Ernest	159
39	Herbert	152
40	Daniel	149
41	Arthur	143
42	Clarence	141
43	Terry	140
44	Roy	137
45	Wayne	133
46	Dennis	132
47	Raymond	129
48	Albert	128
48	Benjamin	128
48	Steven	128