Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,144
2	Linda	788
3	Deborah	787
4	Patricia	753
5	Debra	605
6	Barbara	586
7	Susan	518
8	Brenda	494
9	Betty	451
10	Sandra	427
11	Cynthia	416
12	Carolyn	400
13	Shirley	379
14	Donna	355
15	Pamela	331
16	Nancy	329
17	Elizabeth	325
18	Kathy	317
19	Janice	298
20	Gloria	291
21	Wanda	289
22	Karen	286
23	Sharon	276
24	Margaret	251
25	Diane	236
26	Joyce	233
27	Dorothy	232
28	Teresa	229
29	Judy	228
30	Janet	209
30	Rebecca	209
32	Martha	207
33	Cathy	201
34	Cheryl	195
35	Catherine	184
36	Beverly	183
37	Annie	182
38	Carol	178
39	Sarah	169
40	Doris	163
41	Frances	154
41	Gwendolyn	154
41	Peggy	154
44	Connie	149
44	Marilyn	149
46	Sylvia	139
46	Virginia	139
48	Helen	136
48	Jo	136
48	Vickie	136

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,860
2	John	1,129
3	William	1,122
4	Robert	1,057
5	David	912
6	Michael	820
7	Charles	783
8	Thomas	578
9	Richard	573
10	Larry	569
11	Willie	540
12	Kenneth	465
13	George	413
14	Joseph	404
15	Ronald	387
16	Donald	374
17	Jerry	311
18	Johnny	287
19	Edward	276
20	Steven	248
21	Henry	247
22	Terry	246
23	Bobby	234
24	Timothy	233
25	Jimmy	232
26	Paul	228
27	Randy	226
28	Anthony	220
29	Dennis	218
30	Gary	215
31	Ronnie	212
32	Daniel	195
33	Mark	193
34	Leroy	191
35	Roger	190
36	Samuel	187
37	Stephen	183
38	Danny	182
39	Ricky	180
40	Billy	179
41	Walter	173
42	Harold	164
43	Ernest	156
44	Joe	155
45	Stanley	150
46	Harry	147
47	Carl	144
48	Frank	142
49	Eddie	138
49	Tony	138