Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,075
2	John	1,180
3	William	1,136
4	Robert	711
5	Willie	669
6	George	540
7	Thomas	450
8	Charles	448
9	Henry	403
10	Joseph	360
11	David	310
12	Edward	284
13	Frank	255
14	Samuel	233
15	Leroy	219
16	Walter	215
17	Joe	208
18	Ernest	206
19	Albert	188
20	Charlie	187
21	Clarence	183
22	Paul	179
23	Richard	178
24	Fred	164
25	Arthur	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	158
27	Harold	153
28	Jack	144
29	Herbert	137
30	Marion	132
31	Benjamin	131
32	Harry	127
33	Clyde	121
34	Ralph	116
35	Johnnie	113
36	Sam	111
37	Roy	109
38	Lewis	103
39	Carl	102
40	Eddie	101
41	Luther	100
42	Raymond	94
43	Earl	93
44	Louis	90
45	Nathaniel	89
46	Jesse	88
47	Leon	87
48	Daniel	86
49	Melvin	83
50	Ben	81
51	Isaac	80
52	Howard	77
53	Jessie	76
54	Cecil	75
55	Woodrow	74
56	Marvin	69
56	Oscar	69
58	Curtis	66
59	Wallace	63
60	Andrew	61
60	Otis	61
60	Rufus	61
63	Julius	60
63	Lee	60
65	Ray	59
66	Claude	58
66	Francis	58
68	Bennie	57
68	Lawrence	57
70	Horace	56
71	Allen	55
71	Alvin	55
73	Alfred	54
74	Freddie	53
74	Moses	53
76	Calvin	50
76	Floyd	50
78	Kenneth	48
78	Wilson	48
80	Elijah	47
80	Herman	47
80	Mack	47
83	Earnest	46
83	Edgar	46
83	Hubert	46
83	Jimmie	46
87	Billy	45
87	Johnny	45
89	Abraham	43
90	Furman	42
90	Roosevelt	42
92	Lonnie	41
93	Hugh	39
93	Johnie	39
93	Theodore	39
96	Cleveland	38
96	Donald	38
96	Jacob	38
96	Leonard	38
96	Wilbur	38