Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,814
2	John	1,194
3	William	1,013
4	Willie	696
5	Robert	621
6	George	534
7	Henry	449
8	Thomas	398
9	Charles	350
10	Joseph	305
11	Frank	286
12	Edward	252
13	David	243
14	Walter	230
15	Joe	219
16	Samuel	193
17	Leroy	184
18	Woodrow	178
19	Fred	172
20	Charlie	164
21	Clarence	162
22	Richard	160
23	Albert	156
23	Ernest	156
25	Arthur	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	149
27	Eugene	142
28	Harold	140
28	Paul	140
30	Johnnie	126
31	Herbert	123
32	Sam	118
33	Luther	117
34	Roy	116
35	Marion	109
36	Eddie	107
36	Ralph	107
38	Jack	101
39	Benjamin	99
40	Raymond	92
41	Andrew	90
42	Jessie	89
43	Lawrence	88
43	Lewis	88
45	Daniel	83
46	Earl	82
46	Jesse	82
48	Carl	81
49	Julius	79
50	Ben	78
50	Leon	78
52	Louis	76
53	Lee	73
54	Isaac	69
54	Wilson	69
56	Clyde	67
56	Howard	67
56	Johnie	67
59	Oscar	66
60	Nathaniel	64
61	Earnest	62
62	Herman	58
63	Floyd	57
64	Bennie	55
64	Jacob	55
66	Claude	53
66	Francis	53
68	Marvin	51
68	Rufus	51
70	Hubert	49
70	Mack	49
72	Edgar	48
73	Allen	47
73	Tom	47
75	Theodore	46
76	Cecil	45
76	Norman	45
76	Sammie	45
79	Melvin	44
80	Leonard	43
81	Elijah	42
81	Horace	42
83	Clifton	41
83	Furman	41
85	Curtis	40
85	Lonnie	40
85	Otis	40
88	Alfred	39
88	Freddie	39
88	Jerry	39
88	Roosevelt	39
92	Archie	38
92	Moses	38
92	Oliver	38
95	Abraham	37
95	Alexander	37
95	Grover	37
98	Jimmie	36
98	Wade	36
98	Wilbur	36