Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,910
2	John	1,109
3	William	1,057
4	Robert	646
5	Willie	634
6	George	514
7	Charles	456
8	Thomas	434
9	Henry	393
10	Joseph	336
11	Edward	301
12	David	269
13	Walter	242
14	Frank	214
15	Leroy	204
16	Samuel	187
17	Joe	180
18	Harold	177
19	Clarence	170
20	Fred	168
20	Paul	168
22	Charlie	165
23	Ralph	160
24	Richard	159
25	Jack	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	153
27	Ernest	145
28	Harry	142
29	Arthur	138
30	Eugene	132
31	Marion	124
32	Roy	121
33	Herbert	120
34	Johnnie	110
35	Sam	108
36	Benjamin	107
37	Daniel	104
38	Lewis	94
39	Jesse	93
40	Eddie	92
41	Carl	91
42	Louis	88
43	Clyde	84
44	Jessie	83
45	Lee	80
46	Raymond	79
47	Andrew	78
47	Howard	78
47	Isaac	78
47	Luther	78
51	Calvin	77
52	Nathaniel	75
53	Earl	74
54	Herman	69
54	Melvin	69
56	Cecil	67
57	Leon	66
57	Marvin	66
59	Allen	65
60	Ben	61
60	Lawrence	61
62	Oscar	60
63	Julius	59
63	Wallace	59
65	Claude	58
66	Alfred	56
66	Horace	56
66	Rufus	56
69	Otis	55
70	Earnest	54
70	Francis	54
72	Curtis	53
73	Jacob	52
73	Warren	52
73	Wilbur	52
76	Johnie	51
77	Moses	50
78	Mack	49
79	Woodrow	48
80	Hubert	45
81	Archie	44
81	Bennie	44
83	Cleveland	43
83	Edwin	43
83	Elijah	43
83	Leonard	43
83	Ray	43
88	Freddie	42
88	Leo	42
90	Donald	41
90	Johnny	41
90	Lloyd	41
93	Billy	39
93	Floyd	39
93	Lonnie	39
93	Wilson	39
97	Alvin	38
97	Jake	38
97	Odell	38
100	Junior	37