Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,360
2	Linda	863
3	Patricia	771
4	Deborah	688
5	Barbara	669
6	Brenda	593
7	Shirley	483
8	Betty	482
9	Debra	463
10	Sandra	420
11	Carolyn	399
12	Susan	379
13	Nancy	362
14	Elizabeth	361
15	Cynthia	357
16	Margaret	329
17	Janice	293
18	Kathy	291
18	Martha	291
20	Joyce	289
21	Gloria	286
22	Dorothy	283
23	Wanda	268
24	Judy	265
24	Pamela	265
26	Donna	258
27	Rebecca	241
28	Annie	234
29	Karen	214
30	Sharon	212
31	Sarah	210
32	Beverly	200
33	Frances	199
34	Catherine	189
34	Doris	189
36	Carol	188
37	Diane	187
38	Helen	167
39	Virginia	166
40	Peggy	162
41	Marilyn	160
42	Cathy	155
43	Janet	152
43	Teresa	152
45	Gwendolyn	141
46	Rosa	139
47	Jo	138
48	Rose	136
49	Dianne	132
50	Alice	128

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,951
2	John	1,201
3	William	1,168
4	Robert	1,114
5	Charles	859
6	David	850
7	Michael	809
8	Richard	644
9	Thomas	614
10	Willie	613
11	Larry	588
12	Joseph	419
13	Ronald	403
14	George	388
15	Kenneth	373
16	Johnny	346
17	Donald	333
18	Jerry	299
19	Henry	277
20	Edward	263
21	Bobby	258
22	Roger	233
23	Terry	232
24	Ronnie	230
25	Gary	220
26	Samuel	216
27	Jimmy	205
28	Danny	204
28	Stephen	204
30	Paul	200
30	Steven	200
32	Billy	191
33	Harry	181
34	Walter	180
35	Leroy	178
36	Daniel	175
36	Harold	175
38	Randy	172
39	Frank	169
40	Dennis	158
41	Anthony	152
42	Joe	150
43	Timothy	148
44	Ernest	145
45	Eddie	138
45	Nathaniel	138
45	Roy	138
48	Herbert	137
49	Stanley	135
50	Phillip	134