Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,536
2	John	1,065
3	William	958
4	Robert	603
5	Willie	579
6	George	464
7	Henry	350
8	Thomas	330
9	Joseph	278
10	Charles	271
11	Frank	217
12	Walter	209
13	David	207
14	Edward	204
15	Joe	187
16	Samuel	186
17	Charlie	173
18	Leroy	168
19	Clarence	166
20	Arthur	156
21	Richard	155
22	Fred	154
23	Ernest	147
24	Eugene	137
25	Sam	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	129
27	Albert	127
27	Woodrow	127
29	Johnnie	116
30	Harold	113
31	Harry	112
32	Jack	110
33	Herbert	103
34	Marion	99
35	Luther	92
35	Roy	92
37	Ralph	88
38	Jessie	86
39	Eddie	84
40	Carl	80
41	Daniel	79
42	Jesse	78
43	Lewis	77
44	Clyde	74
45	Andrew	70
46	Louis	69
47	Lawrence	68
48	Benjamin	66
49	Julius	64
50	Ben	62
50	Raymond	62
52	Claude	61
53	Horace	60
53	Isaac	60
53	Wilson	60
56	Allen	58
57	Earl	57
58	Howard	56
58	Otis	56
60	Oscar	55
61	Edgar	54
62	Francis	53
62	Nathaniel	53
64	Leon	52
64	Marvin	52
66	Bennie	51
66	Johnie	51
68	Herman	49
68	Lee	49
70	Earnest	48
70	Theodore	48
72	Wilbur	47
73	Alfred	46
74	Melvin	45
75	Leonard	44
76	Odell	43
77	Peter	42
77	Tom	42
79	Elijah	39
80	Alvin	38
81	Cleveland	36
81	Clifton	36
81	Lonnie	36
81	Norman	36
85	Curtis	35
85	Jacob	35
87	Cecil	34
87	Nathan	34
87	Rufus	34
90	Mack	33
90	Willis	33
92	Alexander	32
92	Archie	32
92	Calvin	32
92	Hubert	32
92	Perry	32
97	Floyd	31
97	Johnny	31
97	Roosevelt	31
97	Wade	31