Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1911

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	576
2	John	398
3	William	343
4	Willie	274
5	Robert	200
6	George	179
7	Henry	169
8	Thomas	118
9	Joseph	99
10	Frank	88
11	David	78
12	Joe	77
13	Charles	75
14	Arthur	69
15	Samuel	68
15	Walter	68
17	Fred	67
17	Sam	67
19	Edward	63
20	Charlie	61
21	Albert	60
22	Clarence	59
23	Ernest	58
23	Paul	58
25	Leroy	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	41
26	Jack	41
26	Johnnie	41
26	Richard	41
30	Lee	40
31	Eddie	39
32	Benjamin	37
33	Ben	36
33	Harry	36
33	Luther	36
33	Roy	36
37	Roosevelt	35
38	Lewis	34
39	Herbert	33
40	Louis	31
41	Harold	30
42	Andrew	29
42	Isaac	29
44	Jessie	27
44	Theodore	27
46	Marion	26
47	Jesse	25
47	Mack	25
49	Carl	24
50	Clyde	23
50	Julius	23
50	Rufus	23
53	Howard	22
54	Claude	21
55	Bennie	20
55	Earl	20
55	Herman	20
55	Ralph	20
55	Will	20
60	Alfred	19
60	Nathan	19
60	Oscar	19
63	Jacob	18
63	Lawrence	18
63	Leon	18
66	Earnest	17
66	Jake	17
68	Johnny	16
68	Otis	16
68	Raymond	16
71	Allen	15
71	Dan	15
71	Jerry	15
71	Johnie	15
71	Nathaniel	15
76	Daniel	14
76	Melvin	14
76	Sylvester	14
76	Wade	14
80	Adam	13
80	Alex	13
80	Archie	13
80	Booker	13
80	Christopher	13
80	Clifford	13
80	Ed	13
80	Elijah	13
80	Floyd	13
80	Francis	13
80	Grady	13
80	Horace	13
80	Lonnie	13
80	Matthew	13
80	Oliver	13
80	Peter	13
96	Clifton	12
96	Curtis	12
96	Harvey	12
96	Jim	12
96	Lester	12
96	Mose	12
96	Moses	12