Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,836
2	William	1,129
3	John	1,031
4	Robert	752
5	Willie	653
6	George	497
7	Charles	420
8	Thomas	399
9	Henry	360
10	Joseph	332
11	Edward	259
12	David	255
13	Frank	214
14	Samuel	211
15	Leroy	198
16	Walter	190
17	Richard	189
18	Harold	182
19	Joe	180
20	Clarence	167
20	Eugene	167
20	Jack	167
23	Paul	164
24	Arthur	163
25	Ernest	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	160
26	Charlie	160
28	Fred	149
29	Marion	139
30	Harry	124
31	Johnnie	123
32	Ralph	121
33	Roy	117
34	Benjamin	112
35	Herbert	110
36	Raymond	105
37	Sam	102
38	Eddie	101
39	Carl	94
40	Louis	89
41	Howard	88
41	Lawrence	88
43	Calvin	87
43	Nathaniel	87
45	Earl	84
46	Clyde	80
47	Daniel	79
47	Leon	79
49	Lee	77
49	Lewis	77
49	Luther	77
52	Jesse	76
53	Francis	69
53	Isaac	69
55	Marvin	68
56	Melvin	67
57	Andrew	66
57	Cecil	66
59	Jessie	63
60	Julius	62
61	Allen	59
61	Horace	59
61	Ray	59
64	Curtis	56
64	Herman	56
66	Claude	54
67	Floyd	53
68	Ben	52
68	Otis	52
70	Earnest	51
70	Johnny	51
72	Elijah	50
72	Rufus	50
74	Bennie	48
75	Billy	47
75	Junior	47
77	Jimmie	46
77	Moses	46
79	Theodore	43
79	Wallace	43
81	Jerry	42
82	Norman	41
82	Roosevelt	41
84	Freddie	40
84	Hubert	40
84	Lonnie	40
87	Abraham	39
87	Alfred	39
87	Clifton	39
87	Johnie	39
87	Leonard	39
92	Donald	38
92	Mack	38
94	Alvin	37
95	Edgar	36
95	Oscar	36
95	Tom	36
98	Grady	35
98	Odell	35
100	Philip	34