Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,693
2	John	1,053
3	William	982
4	Robert	654
5	Willie	615
6	Charles	489
7	George	450
8	Thomas	416
9	Henry	356
10	Joseph	274
11	Edward	266
12	David	258
13	Samuel	206
14	Jack	204
15	Frank	199
16	Richard	188
17	Leroy	182
18	Harold	179
19	Walter	169
20	Fred	166
21	Joe	161
22	Clarence	159
23	Ernest	151
24	Arthur	140
25	Charlie	138

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	136
26	Marion	136
28	Paul	134
29	Albert	128
30	Johnnie	116
31	Ralph	113
32	Harry	111
33	Roy	108
34	Carl	106
35	Benjamin	103
36	Raymond	99
37	Leon	98
38	Herbert	94
39	Sam	93
40	Clyde	91
40	Eddie	91
42	Billy	89
43	Daniel	84
44	Louis	83
45	Howard	80
46	Marvin	79
47	Luther	78
48	Earl	77
49	Andrew	76
50	Jessie	75
51	Lewis	74
52	Calvin	71
52	Isaac	71
52	Lee	71
55	Lawrence	69
56	Jesse	68
57	Nathaniel	67
58	Melvin	66
59	Herman	65
60	Earnest	63
61	Horace	61
62	Junior	59
63	Allen	58
63	Rufus	58
65	Claude	57
65	Ray	57
67	Cecil	55
68	Johnny	54
69	Donald	53
70	Ben	52
70	Jimmie	52
72	Alvin	51
73	Jacob	50
73	Wallace	50
75	Edgar	48
75	Floyd	48
77	Curtis	47
78	Francis	46
78	Jerry	46
78	Kenneth	46
78	Moses	46
78	Otis	46
83	Leonard	45
83	Lonnie	45
85	Bennie	44
85	Freddie	44
85	Julius	44
88	Oscar	43
89	Elijah	42
90	Hugh	41
91	Alfred	40
91	Bobby	40
93	Harvey	39
93	Hubert	39
93	Norman	39
96	Roosevelt	37
96	Theodore	37
98	Vernon	35
99	Archie	34
99	Grady	34
99	Warren	34
99	Woodrow	34