Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,009
2	William	1,156
3	John	1,131
4	Robert	766
5	Willie	615
6	George	496
7	Charles	431
8	Thomas	418
9	Henry	381
10	Joseph	347
11	David	336
12	Edward	256
13	Frank	254
14	Walter	217
15	Leroy	207
16	Samuel	201
17	Clarence	183
18	Ernest	175
19	Jack	173
19	Joe	173
21	Arthur	170
22	Paul	169
23	Fred	166
24	Richard	157
25	Harold	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	149
27	Albert	147
28	Eugene	139
29	Marion	129
30	Harry	127
31	Ralph	122
32	Herbert	117
33	Benjamin	114
33	Roy	114
35	Johnnie	113
36	Sam	103
37	Jessie	100
38	Andrew	99
39	Eddie	97
40	Carl	94
41	Lewis	93
42	Louis	91
43	Calvin	90
44	Nathaniel	86
45	Leon	85
45	Raymond	85
47	Daniel	83
48	Clyde	82
49	Jesse	81
50	Earl	80
51	Luther	79
52	Lawrence	77
53	Howard	74
54	Herman	73
55	Ben	69
56	Horace	68
56	Melvin	68
56	Wallace	68
59	Allen	67
59	Marvin	67
61	Ray	65
62	Cecil	63
62	Lee	63
62	Rufus	63
65	Julius	60
66	Isaac	58
67	Alfred	54
67	Claude	54
67	Francis	54
67	Otis	54
71	Curtis	53
72	Earnest	52
72	Hubert	52
72	Woodrow	52
75	Jacob	49
75	Julian	49
77	Abraham	48
78	Moses	47
78	Theodore	47
80	Freddie	46
80	Johnny	46
80	Oscar	46
83	Junior	45
84	Bennie	43
84	Edgar	43
84	Johnie	43
84	Lloyd	43
88	Douglas	42
88	Grady	42
88	Leonard	42
88	Norman	42
92	Alvin	41
92	Floyd	41
92	Mack	41
95	Billy	40
96	Franklin	39
96	Kenneth	39
96	Oliver	39
96	Warren	39
100	Donald	38
100	Elijah	38
100	Vernon	38