Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	814
2	John	596
3	William	438
4	Willie	327
5	Robert	296
6	George	251
7	Henry	213
8	Thomas	176
9	Joseph	157
10	Frank	127
11	Charles	124
12	Joe	119
13	David	116
14	Walter	110
15	Fred	98
16	Samuel	97
17	Edward	93
18	Charlie	85
19	Sam	83
20	Richard	80
21	Arthur	78
22	Woodrow	76
23	Clarence	74
24	Leroy	72
25	Harry	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	70
26	Paul	70
28	Roy	64
29	Harold	58
30	Albert	57
30	Jack	57
32	Eugene	53
33	Eddie	49
34	Jessie	48
34	Julius	48
36	Andrew	47
36	Jesse	47
38	Lewis	45
39	Benjamin	43
39	Johnnie	43
41	Louis	40
41	Luther	40
43	Ben	39
44	Herbert	38
44	Marion	38
46	Carl	37
47	Oscar	36
48	Clyde	35
48	Daniel	35
48	Lee	35
51	Isaac	34
51	Lawrence	34
53	Allen	33
53	Rufus	33
55	Herman	32
55	Theodore	32
57	Leon	31
57	Ralph	31
59	Claude	30
59	Raymond	30
61	Archie	29
61	Bennie	29
61	Tom	29
64	Howard	28
64	Melvin	28
64	Nathaniel	28
67	Otis	27
68	Floyd	26
68	Lonnie	26
70	Earl	25
70	Moses	25
72	Horace	24
72	Marvin	24
74	Booker	23
74	Ed	23
74	Johnie	23
77	Abraham	22
77	Curtis	22
77	Earnest	22
77	Leonard	22
81	Alvin	21
81	Colie	21
81	Roosevelt	21
84	Harvey	20
84	Isiah	20
84	Jim	20
84	Norman	20
88	Adam	19
88	Alfred	19
88	Edgar	19
88	Jacob	19
88	Mack	19
93	Furman	18
94	Elijah	17
95	Alonzo	16
95	Buster	16
95	Clifton	16
95	Frederick	16
95	Peter	16
95	Wilbur	16