Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,414
2	John	953
3	William	827
4	Willie	555
5	Robert	509
6	George	416
7	Thomas	346
8	Henry	345
9	Joseph	246
10	Charles	241
11	Walter	192
12	Frank	186
13	Edward	183
14	David	182
15	Joe	164
16	Fred	155
16	Samuel	155
18	Arthur	149
19	Clarence	136
20	Woodrow	135
21	Richard	133
22	Leroy	132
23	Paul	126
24	Albert	123
25	Charlie	121

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	120
27	Eugene	101
28	Harold	100
28	Herbert	100
30	Johnnie	96
31	Roy	95
32	Harry	93
33	Sam	92
34	Jack	91
35	Benjamin	84
36	Daniel	80
37	Ben	79
37	Lewis	79
37	Luther	79
40	Jessie	76
41	Marion	74
41	Ralph	74
43	Lee	72
44	Eddie	71
45	Jesse	70
46	Andrew	69
47	Lawrence	68
48	Carl	66
49	Nathaniel	64
50	Leon	59
51	Otis	58
52	Howard	55
53	Claude	53
54	Edgar	51
54	Theodore	51
56	Clyde	50
56	Isaac	50
58	Louis	49
59	Raymond	47
60	Horace	44
61	Rufus	43
62	Allen	42
62	Mack	42
64	Francis	41
64	Herman	41
66	Melvin	40
67	Archie	39
67	Clifton	39
67	Moses	39
70	Bennie	38
70	Curtis	38
70	Earnest	38
70	Oscar	38
74	Floyd	37
75	Julius	36
75	Roosevelt	36
75	Tom	36
78	Jim	35
79	Alexander	34
79	Cecil	34
79	Marvin	34
79	Sammie	34
83	Dan	33
84	Lester	32
84	Oliver	32
84	Willard	32
87	Abraham	31
87	Wilbur	31
87	Wilson	31
90	Earl	30
90	Johnie	30
90	Leo	30
93	Nathan	29
93	Wade	29
95	Elbert	28
95	Grady	28
95	Julian	28
98	Alfred	27
98	Alvin	27
98	Calvin	27
98	Cleveland	27
98	Jimmie	27
98	Leonard	27
98	Lonnie	27