Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,301
2	Linda	837
3	Deborah	799
4	Patricia	784
5	Barbara	682
6	Debra	527
7	Betty	501
7	Brenda	501
9	Sandra	450
10	Cynthia	449
11	Susan	441
12	Shirley	427
13	Nancy	381
14	Carolyn	370
15	Donna	342
16	Kathy	334
17	Pamela	317
18	Elizabeth	310
19	Dorothy	300
20	Gloria	292
21	Janice	288
22	Judy	284
23	Wanda	274
24	Martha	265
25	Karen	260
26	Margaret	259
27	Joyce	254
28	Sharon	238
29	Rebecca	235
30	Sarah	218
31	Peggy	209
32	Carol	208
32	Teresa	208
34	Diane	199
35	Marilyn	190
36	Janet	189
37	Beverly	184
38	Doris	182
39	Virginia	180
40	Annie	176
41	Frances	174
42	Helen	158
43	Jo	156
44	Catherine	155
45	Cathy	149
46	Vickie	140
47	Rose	139
48	Cheryl	135
49	Gwendolyn	134
50	Sylvia	129

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,864
2	John	1,172
3	William	1,109
4	Robert	1,074
5	Charles	866
5	David	866
7	Michael	837
8	Thomas	622
9	Larry	615
10	Richard	592
11	Willie	581
12	Ronald	465
13	Joseph	427
14	Kenneth	419
15	George	400
16	Donald	398
17	Jerry	342
18	Johnny	312
19	Terry	285
20	Henry	275
21	Edward	271
22	Gary	264
23	Bobby	242
24	Steven	236
25	Ronnie	230
25	Samuel	230
27	Paul	228
28	Dennis	219
29	Daniel	216
29	Roger	216
31	Anthony	214
32	Jimmy	213
33	Leroy	204
34	Billy	202
35	Danny	195
36	Harold	188
37	Stephen	182
38	Joe	179
39	Timothy	177
40	Walter	175
41	Stanley	166
42	Ricky	164
43	Arthur	163
44	Frank	161
44	Randy	161
46	Eddie	159
47	Carl	158
48	Harry	154
49	Steve	153
50	Raymond	150