Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1961

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	747
2	Linda	550
3	Sandra	513
4	Donna	492
5	Brenda	478
6	Cynthia	477
7	Teresa	434
8	Patricia	420
9	Sharon	402
10	Lisa	394
11	Barbara	385
12	Deborah	382
13	Susan	380
14	Debra	362
15	Karen	359
16	Pamela	353
17	Angela	317
18	Tammy	310
19	Kathy	259
20	Elizabeth	255
21	Wanda	240
22	Carolyn	232
23	Gloria	227
24	Cheryl	225
25	Jacqueline	223
25	Robin	223
27	Debbie	222
28	Janice	216
29	Shirley	215
30	Betty	212
30	Janet	212
32	Nancy	199
33	Carol	179
34	Cindy	167
35	Beverly	166
35	Kimberly	166
37	Laura	161
38	Sherry	157
39	Rhonda	156
40	Margaret	154
41	Dorothy	152
42	Joyce	150
43	Sheila	136
44	Cathy	134
44	Rebecca	134
44	Tina	134
47	Connie	133
48	Sarah	131
49	Annette	124
50	Jennifer	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,473
2	John	966
3	Michael	937
4	David	924
5	Robert	889
6	William	887
7	Charles	590
8	Kenneth	512
9	Richard	493
10	Mark	418
11	Thomas	405
12	Timothy	404
13	Anthony	381
14	Willie	329
15	Larry	317
16	Joseph	302
17	George	299
18	Ricky	297
19	Jerry	285
20	Donald	277
21	Terry	263
22	Gregory	257
23	Ronald	253
24	Jeffrey	245
25	Tony	231
26	Johnny	219
27	Edward	206
28	Steven	204
29	Jimmy	202
30	Bobby	194
31	Danny	185
32	Randy	183
33	Christopher	181
34	Gary	180
35	Paul	168
36	Roger	166
37	Ronnie	165
38	Billy	162
39	Daniel	160
40	Dennis	159
41	Stephen	149
42	Henry	148
43	Carl	145
44	Keith	143
45	Joe	142
45	Steve	142
47	Stanley	137
48	Jeffery	135
49	Gerald	134
50	Barry	133