Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	993
2	Linda	665
3	Patricia	651
4	Deborah	623
5	Debra	622
6	Cynthia	615
7	Barbara	532
8	Brenda	512
9	Susan	457
10	Sharon	380
11	Sandra	377
12	Pamela	364
13	Kathy	360
14	Karen	359
15	Wanda	355
16	Teresa	348
17	Betty	347
18	Shirley	343
19	Donna	336
20	Carolyn	323
21	Janice	294
22	Elizabeth	290
23	Gloria	271
24	Nancy	249
25	Margaret	247
26	Joyce	246
27	Cheryl	245
28	Cathy	240
29	Janet	221
30	Diane	214
31	Dorothy	207
32	Martha	206
33	Judy	197
34	Debbie	195
35	Rebecca	181
36	Robin	179
37	Carol	174
37	Cindy	174
39	Sarah	166
40	Beverly	163
41	Sylvia	148
42	Frances	147
43	Doris	144
44	Catherine	143
45	Sherry	142
45	Vickie	142
47	Annie	141
48	Virginia	137
49	Gwendolyn	135
49	Lisa	135

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,788
2	Robert	1,090
3	John	1,011
4	Michael	962
4	William	962
6	David	922
7	Charles	780
8	Richard	587
9	Larry	510
10	Kenneth	500
11	Thomas	487
12	Willie	421
13	Donald	394
14	Joseph	383
15	Ronald	379
16	George	318
17	Jerry	312
18	Randy	294
19	Mark	292
19	Terry	292
21	Timothy	286
22	Johnny	278
23	Anthony	276
24	Ronnie	258
25	Steven	257
26	Ricky	253
27	Edward	247
28	Bobby	245
29	Henry	221
30	Jimmy	219
31	Dennis	217
32	Tony	203
33	Gary	200
34	Stephen	186
35	Danny	185
36	Stanley	182
37	Billy	178
37	Daniel	178
37	Paul	178
40	Harold	169
41	Roger	163
42	Gregory	161
43	Samuel	160
44	Carl	158
45	Walter	155
46	Eddie	151
47	Leroy	147
47	Wayne	147
49	Curtis	142
50	Bruce	141