Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,118
2	John	1,291
3	William	1,213
4	Robert	750
5	Willie	683
6	George	539
7	Thomas	442
8	Henry	426
9	Charles	418
10	Joseph	369
11	David	298
12	Edward	288
13	Frank	254
14	Walter	238
15	Samuel	233
16	Joe	208
17	Leroy	200
18	Harold	191
19	Arthur	185
20	Charlie	184
21	Albert	181
22	Clarence	175
22	Richard	175
24	Paul	173
25	Fred	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	154
27	Jack	149
28	Johnnie	148
29	Harry	143
30	Ernest	136
31	Jessie	127
32	Herbert	125
32	Ralph	125
34	Sam	123
35	Marion	119
36	Carl	109
36	Roy	109
38	Benjamin	108
39	Eddie	106
39	Lewis	106
41	Nathaniel	104
42	Howard	93
42	Lee	93
44	Andrew	91
44	Raymond	91
46	Luther	88
47	Lawrence	87
47	Woodrow	87
49	Clyde	82
49	Louis	82
51	Claude	81
52	Ben	80
53	Allen	79
53	Earl	79
53	Jesse	79
56	Horace	75
57	Leon	74
58	Daniel	73
59	Julius	69
60	Rufus	67
61	Isaac	65
62	Curtis	64
63	Bennie	62
63	Cecil	62
65	Herman	61
66	Alfred	56
66	Marvin	56
68	Melvin	55
68	Moses	55
70	Floyd	54
71	Francis	52
71	Lonnie	52
71	Oscar	52
71	Otis	52
75	Archie	50
76	Grady	49
77	Freddie	48
77	Leonard	48
79	Johnie	47
79	Odell	47
81	Harvey	46
81	Johnny	46
81	Mack	46
84	Alvin	45
84	Cleveland	45
84	Edgar	45
84	Wallace	45
88	Earnest	43
89	Jacob	42
89	Warren	42
89	Wilson	42
92	Jimmie	41
92	Theodore	41
92	Vernon	41
95	Lester	40
95	Norman	40
95	Ray	40
95	Tom	40
99	Oliver	39
99	Sammie	39