Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,004
2	John	1,245
3	William	1,097
4	Robert	727
5	Willie	599
6	George	482
7	Thomas	455
8	Charles	418
9	Henry	405
10	Joseph	351
11	David	303
12	Edward	299
13	Frank	264
14	Walter	242
15	Samuel	217
16	Joe	191
17	Leroy	190
18	Arthur	188
18	Harold	188
20	Clarence	186
21	Paul	183
22	Charlie	170
22	Ernest	170
24	Richard	164
25	Fred	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	159
27	Harry	152
28	Eugene	147
29	Marion	138
30	Jack	133
31	Carl	120
32	Benjamin	116
32	Johnnie	116
34	Herbert	114
35	Clyde	106
35	Louis	106
35	Ralph	106
38	Lewis	100
39	Roy	99
40	Sam	96
41	Leon	94
42	Eddie	93
42	Jessie	93
44	Andrew	90
45	Daniel	86
45	Jesse	86
47	Herman	83
47	Raymond	83
49	Luther	82
50	Claude	81
51	Earl	75
51	Lee	75
53	Melvin	74
54	Lawrence	72
55	Rufus	71
56	Woodrow	68
57	Howard	67
57	Marvin	67
59	Earnest	63
59	Julius	63
59	Nathaniel	63
62	Warren	62
63	Ben	61
63	Isaac	61
65	Alfred	57
65	Allen	57
65	Moses	57
68	Otis	56
69	Oscar	54
70	Edgar	51
70	Hubert	51
70	Julian	51
73	Curtis	50
73	Horace	50
75	Cecil	49
76	Francis	47
77	Alvin	46
77	Bennie	46
77	Grady	46
77	Wallace	46
81	Lester	45
82	Johnie	44
82	Norman	44
84	Freddie	43
84	Jacob	43
84	Milton	43
84	Odell	43
84	Theodore	43
89	Clifton	41
89	Roosevelt	41
89	Wilson	41
92	Wilbur	40
93	Abraham	39
93	Archie	39
93	Floyd	39
93	Johnny	39
93	Leonard	39
98	Harvey	38
98	Lonnie	38
98	Mack	38