Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1970

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Angela	561
2	Lisa	477
3	Kimberly	476
4	Tammy	401
5	Melissa	371
6	Mary	364
7	Jennifer	353
8	Pamela	321
9	Michelle	291
9	Tracy	291
11	Sharon	265
12	Stephanie	238
13	Karen	231
14	Susan	229
14	Teresa	229
16	Amy	228
16	Cynthia	228
18	Elizabeth	213
19	Sandra	205
20	Donna	203
21	Tonya	201
22	Patricia	188
22	Tina	188
24	Shannon	184
25	Laura	179
26	Rhonda	170
27	Wendy	163
28	Linda	144
29	Julie	142
30	Barbara	141
31	Kelly	139
31	Robin	139
33	Wanda	119
34	Amanda	116
34	Sherry	116
36	Dawn	113
37	Andrea	111
38	Leslie	108
39	Crystal	107
39	Deborah	107
39	Lori	107
42	Dana	106
43	Carolyn	104
43	Margaret	104
45	Tara	102
46	Brenda	97
46	Rebecca	97
48	Tracey	95
49	Cindy	93
49	Jacqueline	93

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,261
2	Michael	909
3	John	809
4	William	784
5	Robert	776
6	David	662
7	Christopher	572
8	Charles	443
9	Richard	389
10	Kevin	362
11	Thomas	359
12	Timothy	351
13	Anthony	345
14	Brian	313
15	Joseph	302
16	Kenneth	292
17	Mark	288
18	Jeffrey	279
19	Steven	259
20	Stephen	231
21	Eric	230
22	Ronald	207
23	Gregory	206
24	Donald	203
25	Paul	183
26	Scott	174
27	Larry	172
28	Jason	161
29	Willie	158
30	Jerry	155
31	Edward	154
32	Daniel	152
33	Tyrone	151
34	George	147
35	Johnny	135
36	Terry	134
36	Tony	134
38	Patrick	130
38	Rodney	130
40	Jonathan	120
41	Gary	119
42	Jimmy	113
42	Samuel	113
44	Bobby	110
44	Keith	110
46	Douglas	109
47	Billy	106
48	Matthew	105
49	Russell	102
50	Bryan	100