Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,739
2	John	964
3	William	955
4	Robert	680
5	Willie	556
6	Charles	513
7	Thomas	434
8	George	432
9	Henry	314
10	David	279
10	Joseph	279
12	Edward	246
13	Joe	216
14	Frank	214
15	Leroy	209
16	Walter	196
17	Jack	194
18	Harold	189
19	Herbert	177
20	Paul	172
21	Richard	167
22	Albert	161
23	Fred	160
24	Samuel	154
25	Charlie	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	150
27	Ernest	149
28	Eugene	139
29	Arthur	137
30	Marion	131
31	Johnnie	121
32	Harry	120
33	Billy	104
34	Ralph	103
34	Roy	103
36	Benjamin	102
37	Raymond	94
37	Sam	94
39	Eddie	89
40	Louis	88
41	Clyde	86
42	Carl	82
43	Howard	80
44	Jesse	78
44	Jessie	78
46	Earl	77
47	Marvin	72
47	Melvin	72
49	Luther	70
50	Horace	67
50	Leon	67
52	Calvin	66
53	Daniel	65
53	Herman	65
55	Alfred	64
55	Lewis	64
55	Nathaniel	64
58	Floyd	62
58	Lawrence	62
60	Bobby	61
61	Curtis	60
62	Junior	59
63	Andrew	58
63	Cecil	58
63	Claude	58
63	Jimmie	58
63	Otis	58
68	Ray	57
69	Lee	56
70	Ben	55
70	Donald	55
72	Rufus	54
73	Allen	52
73	Isaac	52
75	Earnest	50
76	Francis	48
76	Theodore	48
78	Alvin	47
78	Johnny	47
80	Julius	46
80	Lonnie	46
82	Jacob	45
83	Freddie	44
84	Kenneth	42
84	Moses	42
84	Wade	42
87	Wallace	41
88	Grady	39
89	Elijah	38
89	Hugh	38
91	Bennie	37
91	Douglas	37
91	Harvey	37
91	Jerry	37
91	Vernon	37
96	Bill	36
96	Oscar	36
96	Sammie	36
99	Mack	35
99	Norman	35