Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,572
2	William	962
3	John	912
4	Robert	724
5	Willie	541
6	Charles	496
7	George	399
8	Thomas	355
9	Henry	277
10	Joseph	274
11	David	233
12	Edward	224
13	Harold	213
14	Walter	192
15	Frank	181
16	Joe	180
17	Herbert	179
18	Jack	178
19	Leroy	173
20	Richard	162
21	Clarence	148
22	Samuel	144
23	Eugene	133
23	Marion	133
25	Ernest	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	128
27	Albert	125
27	Charlie	125
27	Fred	125
30	Paul	122
31	Arthur	119
32	Billy	113
33	Johnnie	107
34	Ralph	99
35	Carl	94
36	Roy	92
37	Clyde	87
38	Nathaniel	86
39	Earl	84
40	Bobby	82
41	Raymond	79
42	Eddie	77
43	Howard	76
44	Benjamin	75
44	Louis	75
46	Johnny	72
46	Luther	72
48	Jesse	70
48	Jessie	70
50	Melvin	69
50	Sam	69
52	Daniel	68
53	Donald	67
53	Lewis	67
55	Marvin	66
56	Junior	65
57	Isaac	64
57	Lee	64
59	Floyd	58
59	Jimmie	58
61	Horace	56
61	Lawrence	56
63	Calvin	54
63	Leon	54
65	Herman	52
65	Julius	52
67	Andrew	51
67	Ben	51
67	Earnest	51
70	Hubert	50
71	Claude	49
71	Curtis	49
71	Rufus	49
74	Alfred	48
74	Ray	48
76	Cecil	47
76	Lonnie	47
76	Moses	47
76	Otis	47
80	Freddie	44
80	Oscar	44
82	Francis	42
83	Bennie	41
84	Allen	40
84	Kenneth	40
84	Leonard	40
84	Theodore	40
88	Alvin	37
88	Norman	37
90	Edgar	36
90	Jerry	36
90	Roosevelt	36
93	Elijah	35
93	Mack	35
95	Sammie	34
96	Bill	32
96	Jacob	32
96	Wilbur	32
99	Gerald	31
99	Odell	31