Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,842
2	John	1,048
3	William	1,018
4	Robert	703
5	Willie	564
6	Charles	445
7	George	425
8	Thomas	379
9	Joseph	330
10	Henry	309
11	Edward	245
12	David	235
13	Frank	227
14	Walter	219
15	Leroy	192
16	Richard	183
17	Harold	179
17	Jack	179
19	Joe	175
20	Samuel	174
21	Fred	171
22	Clarence	170
23	Ernest	162
24	Paul	154
25	Arthur	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	144
27	Eugene	141
28	Marion	135
29	Albert	126
30	Harry	121
30	Roy	121
32	Ralph	104
33	Johnnie	96
33	Nathaniel	96
35	Raymond	95
36	Louis	92
36	Luther	92
38	Clyde	87
38	Herbert	87
40	Carl	83
41	Jessie	82
41	Lewis	82
43	Benjamin	81
44	Sam	80
45	Earl	75
45	Eddie	75
45	Jesse	75
48	Floyd	71
49	Marvin	68
50	Calvin	67
51	Herman	66
51	Howard	66
53	Billy	64
53	Lee	64
55	Leon	63
56	Claude	62
57	Andrew	60
57	Ben	60
57	Bennie	60
57	Oscar	60
61	Francis	59
62	Curtis	58
63	Daniel	57
63	Isaac	57
65	Melvin	56
66	Lawrence	55
67	Alfred	53
67	Horace	53
67	Julius	53
70	Allen	50
70	Ray	50
72	Otis	49
73	Cecil	47
74	Elijah	46
75	Earnest	44
75	Johnny	44
75	Junior	44
75	Theodore	44
79	Alvin	43
79	Hubert	43
79	Roosevelt	43
79	Rufus	43
83	Donald	42
84	Harvey	41
84	Kenneth	41
84	Sammie	41
87	Freddie	40
87	Woodrow	40
89	Jimmie	39
89	Vernon	39
91	Wallace	38
92	Johnie	37
92	Moses	37
92	Wilbur	37
95	Alexander	36
95	Homer	36
95	Leonard	36
98	Oliver	35
99	Cleveland	34
99	Hugh	34
99	Matthew	34