Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	John	988
3	William	892
4	Robert	599
5	Willie	593
6	George	460
7	Henry	367
8	Thomas	364
9	Charles	345
10	Joseph	253
11	Edward	245
12	Frank	211
13	Walter	198
14	David	193
15	Joe	173
15	Samuel	173
17	Richard	166
18	Fred	159
19	Arthur	157
19	Paul	157
21	Leroy	153
22	Charlie	151
23	Clarence	147
24	Johnnie	138
25	Woodrow	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	135
27	Ernest	123
28	Eugene	113
29	Harry	110
30	Albert	105
31	Sam	104
32	Marion	101
33	Jack	100
34	Benjamin	98
34	Roy	98
36	Louis	93
37	Eddie	92
38	Jessie	88
39	Luther	87
40	Carl	85
41	Lawrence	83
42	Ralph	82
43	Ben	77
44	Daniel	76
45	Herbert	74
46	Lee	72
46	Lewis	72
48	Raymond	71
49	Andrew	70
49	Clyde	70
49	Julius	70
52	Jesse	66
53	Claude	62
54	Isaac	59
55	Nathaniel	57
55	Theodore	57
57	Horace	54
57	Howard	54
57	Leon	54
60	Allen	53
60	Oscar	53
62	Bennie	51
62	Earl	51
62	Herman	51
65	Otis	49
66	Edgar	48
67	Rufus	47
68	Cecil	46
68	Floyd	46
68	Tom	46
71	Johnie	45
71	Marvin	45
73	Calvin	44
73	Francis	44
73	Leonard	44
76	Moses	43
77	Harvey	39
77	Wilbur	39
79	Elijah	38
80	Earnest	37
80	Mack	37
80	Wallace	37
83	Julian	36
84	Alex	35
84	Odell	35
86	Curtis	34
86	Freddie	34
86	Hubert	34
86	Hugh	34
90	Lester	33
91	Alfred	32
91	Melvin	32
91	Nathan	32
91	Wilson	32
95	Clifton	31
95	Jacob	31
95	Lonnie	31
95	Oliver	31
95	Willard	31
100	Archie	30
100	Grady	30
100	Roosevelt	30