Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,872
2	John	1,196
3	William	1,157
4	Willie	731
5	Robert	681
6	George	485
7	Henry	461
8	Thomas	399
9	Joseph	351
10	Charles	304
11	David	287
12	Edward	273
13	Frank	270
14	Walter	251
15	Samuel	218
16	Leroy	207
17	Charlie	186
18	Arthur	184
18	Clarence	184
18	Richard	184
21	Albert	182
22	Joe	180
23	Fred	170
24	Paul	161
25	Woodrow	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	158
27	Harry	154
28	Ernest	142
29	Eugene	137
30	Harold	136
31	Herbert	131
32	Sam	126
33	Eddie	117
34	Jack	113
35	Jesse	112
35	Marion	112
35	Roy	112
38	Lewis	103
39	Andrew	101
40	Jessie	100
41	Ralph	98
42	Luther	94
43	Benjamin	92
44	Carl	86
44	Raymond	86
46	Daniel	85
46	Isaac	85
46	Louis	85
49	Claude	82
50	Lee	81
51	Ben	79
51	Leon	79
53	Clyde	78
54	Julius	71
54	Nathaniel	71
56	Herman	68
56	Lawrence	68
58	Allen	65
58	Horace	65
60	Earl	63
61	Melvin	62
62	Theodore	60
62	Wilson	60
64	Bennie	58
65	Howard	57
66	Johnie	56
67	Mack	55
67	Rufus	55
69	Earnest	54
69	Marvin	54
71	Oscar	53
72	Leonard	52
72	Otis	52
72	Tom	52
75	Curtis	50
76	Alfred	49
76	Archie	49
76	Odell	49
79	Abraham	48
79	Floyd	48
81	Grady	47
82	Edgar	46
83	Elijah	45
83	Johnny	45
85	Alvin	44
85	Jimmie	44
87	Cecil	43
88	Lester	42
89	Grover	41
90	Nathan	40
91	Francis	39
91	Matthew	39
93	Furman	38
93	Lonnie	38
93	Milton	38
93	Norman	38
97	Alexander	37
97	Oliver	37
99	Dan	36
99	Moses	36