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Names of South Carolina

4,858,777 births across 6,366 different names since 1910. No name belongs to South Carolina more than Albertha.

Most concentrated in South Carolina

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Albertha 1,608 33.4×
Jannie 3,089 19.8×
Olin 1,116 16.3×
Wilhelmina 1,017 11.0×
Maxie 632 10.9×
Queen 1,731 10.0×
Elouise 1,186 9.9×
Vernell 852 9.8×
Pearline 609 9.6×
Lucius 634 9.2×
Lizzie 2,433 7.9×
Odell 1,579 7.9×
Sammie 2,460 7.6×
Corrie 462 7.4×
Corine 1,040 7.3×
Ellison 502 7.3×
Lue 437 7.2×
Buster 501 7.2×
Mozelle 388 7.1×
Hoyt 489 7.0×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary84,152
2Elizabeth29,803
3Betty24,961
4Margaret22,601
5Sarah22,446
6Annie21,765
7Dorothy21,757
8Barbara21,294
9Linda20,930
10Patricia19,997
11Jennifer15,478
12Frances15,233
13Martha14,827
14Helen13,861
15Shirley13,836

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1James129,430
2William84,441
3John81,083
4Robert65,969
5Michael46,182
6David45,856
7Charles45,516
8Thomas37,491
9Willie33,426
10Joseph32,590
11Christopher31,048
12Richard26,583
13George26,556
14Henry21,039
15Daniel18,230

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.