Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,459
2	Linda	989
3	Patricia	797
4	Barbara	684
5	Brenda	609
6	Deborah	576
7	Betty	566
8	Shirley	481
9	Carolyn	448
10	Sandra	442
11	Nancy	390
12	Margaret	370
13	Judy	369
14	Dorothy	344
14	Gloria	344
16	Elizabeth	338
17	Martha	326
18	Susan	310
19	Janice	274
20	Sarah	255
21	Donna	250
22	Annie	247
23	Joyce	245
24	Kathy	228
25	Wanda	227
26	Cynthia	226
27	Debra	218
28	Frances	203
28	Peggy	203
30	Rebecca	189
31	Carol	185
32	Helen	182
33	Doris	176
34	Virginia	175
35	Catherine	166
36	Beverly	164
37	Sharon	161
38	Rosa	158
39	Sylvia	156
40	Pamela	154
41	Alice	153
42	Diane	150
42	Ruth	150
44	Karen	149
45	Jo	134
46	Evelyn	130
46	Rose	130
48	Janet	123
49	Lillie	120
50	Ann	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,083
2	William	1,241
3	John	1,191
4	Robert	1,145
5	Charles	886
6	David	713
7	Thomas	652
8	Willie	606
9	Larry	599
10	Michael	580
11	Richard	506
12	George	431
13	Joseph	411
14	Ronald	377
15	Kenneth	360
16	Jerry	350
17	Johnny	331
18	Donald	316
18	Henry	316
20	Edward	300
21	Bobby	231
22	Samuel	227
23	Danny	216
23	Leroy	216
25	Roger	215
26	Paul	212
27	Jimmy	209
28	Harry	192
29	Joe	189
30	Harold	188
30	Ronnie	188
30	Walter	188
33	Eddie	180
34	Daniel	174
35	Stephen	171
36	Terry	163
37	Arthur	161
37	Billy	161
39	Ernest	158
40	Dennis	156
41	Steven	155
42	Frank	152
43	Gary	150
44	Eugene	146
45	Carl	145
45	Nathaniel	145
47	Raymond	142
48	Marion	139
49	Tommy	135
50	Albert	134