Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,645
2	John	924
3	William	903
4	Robert	737
5	Willie	607
6	Charles	604
7	George	427
8	Thomas	390
9	Bobby	344
10	David	314
11	Joseph	281
12	Henry	269
13	Joe	258
14	Billy	237
15	Harold	207
16	Frank	202
17	Edward	199
18	Donald	190
18	Richard	190
20	Leroy	189
21	Jack	186
22	Franklin	183
22	Paul	183
24	Walter	168
25	Samuel	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roosevelt	148
27	Charlie	138
28	Ernest	136
29	Arthur	131
30	Clarence	130
31	Marion	125
32	Eugene	123
33	Albert	113
34	Harry	110
35	Fred	109
36	Jimmy	108
37	Herbert	107
38	Carl	106
39	Jimmie	100
39	Johnny	100
39	Kenneth	100
42	Ralph	99
42	Roy	99
44	Raymond	98
45	Johnnie	97
46	Nathaniel	94
47	Benjamin	92
48	Eddie	84
48	Jerry	84
48	Olin	84
51	Clyde	83
52	Curtis	81
52	Lewis	81
54	Marvin	80
55	Daniel	75
55	Lawrence	75
57	Louis	73
57	Ray	73
59	Leon	72
60	Earl	70
61	Sam	68
62	Andrew	66
63	Gerald	65
63	Jesse	65
63	Jessie	65
66	Luther	61
67	Melvin	59
67	Otis	59
69	Herman	58
69	Howard	58
71	Larry	55
71	Lee	55
71	Theodore	55
71	Tommy	55
75	Wallace	53
76	Floyd	52
76	Freddie	52
76	Sammie	52
79	Rufus	51
80	Horace	50
81	Isaac	49
82	Francis	48
82	Norman	48
84	Earnest	47
85	Bennie	46
86	Alvin	45
86	Douglas	45
88	Allen	43
88	Claude	43
88	Grady	43
91	Cecil	41
92	Junior	40
92	Leonard	40
94	Alfred	39
94	Calvin	39
94	Hubert	39
94	Julius	39
94	Oscar	39
99	Bill	36
99	Jacob	36
99	Moses	36
99	Ronald	36