Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,164
2	John	777
3	William	719
4	Willie	492
5	Robert	440
6	George	390
7	Henry	336
8	Thomas	262
9	Joseph	229
10	Charles	201
11	Edward	197
12	Frank	181
13	David	166
14	Walter	163
15	Samuel	143
16	Fred	126
17	Albert	124
18	Arthur	119
18	Joe	119
20	Leroy	118
21	Richard	116
22	Sam	115
23	Clarence	113
24	Woodrow	109
25	Charlie	105

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Harry	105
27	Ernest	94
28	Herbert	91
28	Paul	91
30	Eugene	90
31	Harold	87
31	Marion	87
33	Eddie	75
33	Jack	75
33	Johnnie	75
36	Benjamin	74
37	Luther	69
38	Roy	67
39	Lewis	66
40	Daniel	65
41	Jessie	62
42	Andrew	60
43	Clyde	59
44	Ben	58
44	Louis	58
46	Lawrence	54
47	Ralph	50
48	Howard	48
49	Carl	47
50	Jesse	46
50	Melvin	46
52	Lee	45
53	Leon	44
54	Earl	43
54	Isaac	43
54	Mack	43
57	Claude	42
57	Julius	42
57	Theodore	42
60	Herman	41
60	Otis	41
62	Allen	40
62	Bennie	40
62	Nathaniel	40
65	Moses	39
65	Rufus	39
67	Raymond	38
68	Grady	37
68	Horace	37
70	Cleveland	36
70	Oscar	36
72	Abraham	35
72	Marvin	35
72	Roosevelt	35
75	Oliver	34
76	Cecil	32
77	Odell	31
78	Alfred	30
78	Clifford	30
78	Johnie	30
78	Tom	30
82	Clifton	29
82	Earnest	29
82	Floyd	29
82	Wilson	29
86	Alvin	28
86	Norman	28
88	Francis	27
88	Wallace	27
90	Archie	26
90	Curtis	26
90	Edgar	26
90	Hugh	26
94	Leonard	25
94	Peter	25
94	Wade	25
97	Booker	24
97	Hubert	24
97	Jimmie	24
97	Nathan	24
97	Perry	24
97	Wesley	24