Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,727
2	William	932
3	John	930
4	Robert	802
5	Charles	577
6	Willie	575
7	George	416
8	Thomas	405
9	Henry	301
10	David	295
11	Joseph	294
12	Bobby	272
13	Edward	250
14	Richard	222
15	Billy	212
16	Leroy	210
17	Frank	209
18	Samuel	186
19	Walter	185
20	Harold	181
21	Jack	180
22	Joe	169
23	Paul	145
24	Donald	139
25	Arthur	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	133
26	Eugene	133
28	Clarence	130
29	Albert	126
30	Herbert	123
30	Marion	123
32	Fred	118
33	Ernest	117
34	Harry	107
35	Carl	100
36	Roy	99
37	Franklin	98
38	Ralph	97
39	Johnnie	94
40	Raymond	93
41	Roosevelt	91
42	Johnny	88
43	Lewis	87
44	Benjamin	84
45	Clyde	83
45	Eddie	83
45	Melvin	83
48	Nathaniel	82
49	Howard	79
50	Kenneth	78
51	Louis	77
52	Daniel	74
53	Earl	73
53	Marvin	73
55	Jimmie	71
56	Jerry	70
56	Ray	70
58	Herman	69
58	Lee	69
60	Curtis	67
60	Leon	67
62	Andrew	66
62	Jessie	66
62	Sam	66
65	Luther	63
66	Allen	62
67	Theodore	61
68	Junior	60
69	Jesse	58
70	Ben	55
70	Bennie	55
72	Calvin	53
72	Isaac	53
74	Floyd	52
75	Gerald	51
75	Julius	51
77	Alvin	50
77	Lawrence	50
79	Jimmy	49
80	Wallace	48
81	Cecil	47
81	Tommy	47
83	Alfred	46
83	Claude	46
85	Otis	45
86	Freddie	44
86	Rufus	44
88	Moses	43
88	Norman	43
90	Larry	42
91	Archie	41
91	Grady	41
93	Abraham	40
93	Earnest	40
95	Horace	39
95	Matthew	39
97	Sammie	38
98	Francis	37
98	Leonard	37
100	Elijah	35
100	Ronald	35
100	Woodrow	35