Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,668
2	John	973
3	William	884
4	Robert	763
5	Willie	613
6	Charles	598
7	Thomas	404
8	George	360
9	Bobby	345
10	David	288
11	Henry	285
12	Joe	278
13	Joseph	258
14	Edward	255
15	Richard	239
16	Billy	208
17	Leroy	200
18	Harold	191
19	Frank	187
20	Samuel	176
21	Paul	172
22	Walter	170
23	Jack	168
24	Donald	145
25	Arthur	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	135
27	Ernest	132
28	Jimmy	130
29	Clarence	126
30	Eugene	121
31	Jerry	116
32	Albert	115
33	Charlie	114
34	Fred	113
35	Harry	109
36	Roy	107
37	Carl	103
37	Franklin	103
39	Herbert	99
39	Kenneth	99
41	Raymond	97
42	Johnny	96
43	Jimmie	94
44	Nathaniel	92
45	Olin	89
46	Earl	88
47	Johnnie	86
48	Eddie	85
49	Roosevelt	82
50	Benjamin	78
50	Daniel	78
52	Louis	76
53	Clyde	73
53	Melvin	73
53	Sam	73
56	Larry	72
57	Ralph	68
58	Isaac	67
59	Curtis	66
60	Marvin	64
61	Jessie	62
61	Lewis	62
63	Calvin	60
63	Horace	60
63	Howard	60
63	Leon	60
67	Earnest	59
67	Freddie	59
67	Herman	59
67	Luther	59
67	Ronald	59
72	Lawrence	58
73	Ray	57
74	Gerald	56
74	Tommy	56
76	Bennie	55
77	Jesse	54
77	Lee	54
77	Otis	54
80	Cecil	51
80	Francis	51
80	Theodore	51
83	Andrew	49
84	Alvin	47
85	Leonard	43
86	Ben	42
86	Harvey	42
86	Hubert	42
86	Norman	42
86	Wallace	42
91	Archie	41
91	Douglas	41
91	Grady	41
94	Jackie	40
95	Claude	39
96	Allen	38
97	Floyd	36
97	Julius	36
99	Abraham	34
99	Mack	34
99	Rufus	34