Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,510
2	William	912
3	John	831
4	Robert	688
5	Willie	548
6	Charles	508
7	Thomas	360
8	George	357
9	Henry	278
10	David	258
11	Joseph	239
12	Bobby	207
13	Billy	191
14	Leroy	189
15	Edward	180
16	Jack	178
17	Frank	177
18	Harold	176
19	Joe	173
20	Samuel	170
21	Walter	158
22	Richard	146
23	Eugene	135
24	Clarence	128
25	Fred	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	120
26	Paul	120
28	Charlie	117
29	Ernest	113
29	Marion	113
31	Herbert	107
31	Ralph	107
33	Arthur	104
34	Albert	103
35	Harry	99
36	Roy	90
37	Johnnie	89
38	Eddie	88
38	Raymond	88
40	Carl	82
41	Marvin	73
41	Nathaniel	73
43	Earl	72
44	Benjamin	71
45	Clyde	67
45	Howard	67
45	Lawrence	67
45	Lewis	67
49	Leon	66
49	Louis	66
51	Ray	65
52	Jimmie	64
53	Johnny	61
53	Melvin	61
55	Jessie	59
56	Curtis	58
56	Jesse	58
56	Lee	58
59	Sam	57
60	Jerry	56
61	Earnest	54
61	Theodore	54
63	Ben	53
63	Bennie	53
63	Calvin	53
63	Kenneth	53
67	Daniel	52
68	Herman	51
69	Allen	49
69	Andrew	49
71	Sammie	48
72	Cecil	47
72	Horace	47
74	Luther	45
75	Freddie	42
75	Jimmy	42
77	Claude	41
78	Gerald	39
78	Hubert	39
78	Isaac	39
81	Alvin	38
81	Junior	38
81	Rufus	38
84	Wallace	37
85	Abraham	36
85	Alfred	36
85	Otis	36
88	Douglas	35
88	Oscar	35
90	Grady	34
91	Moses	33
91	Odell	33
93	Floyd	32
94	Francis	31
94	Julius	31
94	Norman	31
97	Archie	30
97	Elijah	30
97	Lonnie	30
97	Mack	30
97	Roosevelt	30