Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	873
2	Cynthia	592
3	Donna	585
4	Linda	574
5	Patricia	565
6	Debra	491
7	Deborah	459
8	Barbara	458
9	Susan	425
10	Brenda	416
11	Sharon	396
12	Karen	394
13	Teresa	367
14	Sandra	357
15	Pamela	346
16	Wanda	328
17	Kathy	318
18	Shirley	298
19	Betty	290
20	Debbie	279
21	Elizabeth	272
22	Tammy	253
23	Nancy	242
24	Cheryl	232
25	Carolyn	231
26	Lisa	226
27	Janice	219
28	Janet	207
29	Gloria	202
30	Cindy	193
31	Joyce	189
32	Cathy	186
33	Beverly	182
34	Carol	181
35	Margaret	177
36	Angela	170
36	Robin	170
38	Dorothy	163
39	Martha	158
39	Rhonda	158
41	Diane	157
42	Rebecca	153
43	Judy	145
44	Sheila	137
45	Sarah	132
46	Peggy	127
47	Julie	126
48	Catherine	125
48	Sherry	125
50	Kimberly	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,514
2	Robert	927
3	William	920
4	John	917
5	Michael	902
6	David	896
7	Charles	673
8	Richard	519
9	Kenneth	484
10	Thomas	471
11	Larry	431
12	Timothy	396
13	Mark	394
14	Willie	388
15	Ricky	340
16	Joseph	333
17	Jerry	305
18	Anthony	303
19	Donald	302
20	George	296
21	Ronald	279
22	Terry	269
23	Bobby	258
24	Johnny	243
25	Steven	233
26	Dennis	231
26	Tony	231
28	Randy	220
29	Jimmy	215
29	Ronnie	215
31	Danny	205
32	Edward	204
33	Paul	193
34	Billy	183
35	Gary	182
36	Daniel	179
37	Henry	177
38	Gregory	174
39	Samuel	158
40	Christopher	150
40	Tommy	150
42	Stephen	149
43	Joe	140
44	Roger	137
45	Walter	136
46	Stanley	135
47	Carl	132
48	Keith	131
49	Curtis	130
50	Steve	128