Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,562
2	John	863
3	William	849
4	Robert	807
5	Willie	592
6	Charles	505
7	Thomas	390
8	George	374
9	Joe	364
10	Bobby	331
11	Joseph	292
12	David	288
13	Henry	268
14	Billy	239
15	Edward	221
16	Richard	207
17	Frank	185
18	Harold	180
19	Donald	166
20	Walter	161
21	Leroy	158
22	Samuel	156
23	Paul	144
24	Jack	136
25	Jimmy	134

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	129
27	Fred	124
28	Albert	122
29	Eugene	121
30	Jerry	118
31	Arthur	116
31	Harry	116
33	Franklin	113
34	Marion	112
35	Clarence	109
36	Herbert	108
37	Jimmie	104
38	Charlie	103
38	Kenneth	103
40	Johnnie	100
41	Carl	99
42	Roosevelt	98
43	Ernest	91
44	Eddie	89
45	Raymond	87
45	Roy	87
47	Melvin	86
47	Nathaniel	86
47	Olin	86
50	Benjamin	82
50	Lewis	82
52	Clyde	79
53	Louis	77
54	Daniel	72
55	Ray	70
56	Earl	69
56	Ralph	69
58	Jesse	68
59	Ronald	66
60	Luther	65
61	Howard	64
61	Leon	64
63	Larry	63
63	Lawrence	63
65	Herman	62
66	Gerald	61
66	Jessie	61
66	Sam	61
69	Curtis	60
70	Tommy	59
71	Francis	57
71	Grady	57
73	Bennie	56
73	Cecil	56
75	Freddie	55
76	Marvin	54
77	Andrew	50
78	Claude	48
79	Gene	47
79	Theodore	47
81	Isaac	45
81	Lee	45
81	Sammie	45
81	Wallace	45
85	Alvin	44
85	Hugh	44
85	Jacob	44
88	Calvin	42
88	Floyd	42
90	Alfred	41
91	Douglas	40
91	Woodrow	40
93	Horace	39
94	Jackie	38
94	Julius	38
94	Leonard	38
94	Mack	38
98	Junior	37
99	Allen	36
99	Edgar	36
99	Lloyd	36
99	Oscar	36