Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,097
2	Linda	704
3	Deborah	703
4	Debra	663
5	Patricia	655
6	Barbara	631
7	Cynthia	539
8	Susan	497
9	Brenda	462
10	Sandra	429
11	Sharon	428
12	Betty	403
13	Pamela	393
14	Shirley	382
15	Karen	366
16	Donna	365
17	Carolyn	351
18	Kathy	347
19	Wanda	339
20	Teresa	325
21	Gloria	308
22	Nancy	290
23	Janice	285
24	Elizabeth	271
25	Joyce	260
26	Margaret	247
27	Judy	245
28	Cheryl	232
28	Martha	232
30	Carol	224
31	Dorothy	223
32	Cathy	200
33	Debbie	192
34	Diane	191
35	Beverly	189
36	Rebecca	187
37	Janet	181
38	Annie	174
39	Sarah	171
40	Vickie	160
41	Marilyn	153
42	Catherine	152
42	Doris	152
44	Rose	142
45	Frances	139
46	Peggy	136
47	Dianne	134
48	Gwendolyn	133
48	Robin	133
50	Rhonda	132

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,720
2	John	1,078
3	William	1,065
4	Robert	1,058
5	Michael	883
6	David	860
7	Charles	752
8	Richard	599
9	Larry	521
10	Thomas	515
11	Willie	498
12	Kenneth	488
13	Ronald	413
14	Donald	384
15	Joseph	377
16	George	352
17	Johnny	330
18	Steven	297
18	Terry	297
20	Timothy	277
21	Jerry	274
22	Randy	270
23	Edward	257
24	Ronnie	253
25	Bobby	243
26	Henry	238
27	Anthony	231
28	Dennis	226
29	Mark	223
30	Danny	220
31	Paul	219
32	Jimmy	217
33	Ricky	213
34	Stephen	211
35	Gary	203
36	Harold	200
37	Roger	186
38	Leroy	180
38	Samuel	180
40	Billy	176
41	Daniel	175
42	Walter	170
43	Carl	169
44	Gregory	163
45	Joe	162
46	Steve	160
47	Eddie	158
47	Stanley	158
49	Harry	154
49	Tony	154