Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	910
2	John	654
3	William	530
4	Willie	361
5	Robert	298
6	George	290
7	Henry	216
8	Thomas	202
9	Joseph	173
10	Charles	157
11	Frank	137
12	David	131
13	Richard	129
14	Walter	116
15	Samuel	113
16	Joe	106
17	Edward	105
18	Arthur	103
18	Charlie	103
20	Clarence	97
21	Harry	94
22	Albert	89
22	Ernest	89
22	Fred	89
25	Woodrow	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sam	85
27	Leroy	83
28	Paul	79
29	Eddie	69
29	Jack	69
29	Roy	69
32	Eugene	65
32	Harold	65
34	Herbert	62
35	Marion	56
36	Louis	54
37	Ben	51
37	Johnnie	51
39	Raymond	50
40	Benjamin	47
41	Lee	46
42	Luther	45
43	Clyde	44
43	Lewis	44
45	Andrew	43
45	Jesse	43
45	Marvin	43
48	Carl	42
48	Earl	42
48	Jessie	42
48	Lawrence	42
52	Allen	41
53	Leon	39
53	Ralph	39
55	Daniel	38
55	Isaac	38
57	Oscar	37
58	Julius	36
59	Herman	34
59	Otis	34
61	Bennie	33
61	Mack	33
61	Nathaniel	33
64	Claude	32
65	Archie	29
65	Tom	29
67	Elijah	28
67	Theodore	28
69	Cecil	27
69	Horace	27
69	Melvin	27
69	Nathan	27
69	Rufus	27
74	Abraham	26
74	Johnny	26
74	Moses	26
77	Howard	25
78	Earnest	24
79	Johnie	23
79	Roosevelt	23
81	Calvin	22
81	Jerry	22
81	Jimmie	22
81	Leo	22
81	Norman	22
81	Warren	22
87	Freddie	21
87	Lonnie	21
89	Cleveland	20
89	Elbert	20
89	Floyd	20
89	Jasper	20
89	Julian	20
89	Wade	20
89	Wilson	20
96	Blease	19
96	Grady	19
96	Peter	19
99	Alex	18
99	Alexander	18
99	Alfred	18
99	Clifton	18
99	Edgar	18