Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,609
2	John	936
3	William	898
4	Robert	723
5	Willie	536
6	Charles	507
7	George	413
8	Thomas	351
9	Henry	313
10	Joseph	285
11	David	255
12	Edward	223
13	Richard	207
14	Frank	204
15	Jack	197
16	Leroy	186
17	Harold	185
18	Joe	184
18	Walter	184
20	Bobby	164
21	Paul	157
22	Herbert	153
23	Samuel	152
24	Albert	146
25	Clarence	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	144
27	Billy	142
28	Arthur	140
29	Ernest	134
30	Eugene	133
31	Marion	125
32	Charlie	121
32	Ralph	121
34	Harry	111
35	Roy	102
36	Donald	94
36	Johnnie	94
38	Clyde	91
39	Earl	87
40	Raymond	85
41	Carl	81
41	Melvin	81
43	Nathaniel	77
44	Leon	76
45	Benjamin	75
46	Luther	73
47	Sam	72
48	Daniel	70
49	Johnny	69
50	Jessie	68
51	Louis	67
52	Howard	66
53	Eddie	65
53	Herman	65
53	Lewis	65
56	Jesse	64
57	Andrew	62
57	Cecil	62
57	Francis	62
57	Jimmie	62
61	Marvin	60
62	Isaac	58
62	Lee	58
64	Ray	57
65	Julius	56
66	Allen	55
66	Earnest	55
68	Lawrence	54
69	Curtis	53
69	Kenneth	53
71	Mack	52
72	Floyd	49
72	Theodore	49
74	Otis	48
74	Sammie	48
76	Bennie	44
76	Roosevelt	44
78	Calvin	43
78	Junior	43
80	Alvin	42
81	Norman	41
82	Alfred	40
82	Freddie	40
82	Wallace	40
85	Moses	39
86	Claude	38
86	Lonnie	38
86	Oscar	38
89	Ben	37
89	Elijah	37
89	Horace	37
92	Bill	36
93	Douglas	35
93	Leonard	35
95	Vernon	34
96	Edwin	33
96	Hubert	33
96	Jerry	33
96	Rufus	33
96	Wade	33