Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,659
2	John	944
3	William	919
4	Robert	787
5	Willie	613
6	Charles	600
7	Thomas	397
8	Joe	360
9	George	345
10	Bobby	338
11	David	330
12	Henry	291
13	Joseph	279
14	Richard	249
15	Billy	229
16	Harold	222
17	Edward	214
18	Leroy	201
19	Donald	192
20	Frank	184
21	Samuel	182
22	Walter	162
23	Jerry	148
24	Arthur	142
24	Jimmy	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	140
27	Jack	136
28	Eugene	131
29	Kenneth	130
30	Marion	125
31	Harry	118
31	Johnny	118
33	Albert	114
34	Fred	112
35	Charlie	111
35	Ernest	111
37	Carl	110
38	Franklin	104
38	Herbert	104
40	Ralph	103
41	Larry	102
42	Clarence	98
43	Raymond	96
44	Roosevelt	94
45	Benjamin	93
46	Jimmie	91
47	Johnnie	90
48	Nathaniel	83
49	Eddie	79
50	Melvin	78
50	Sam	78
52	Lewis	77
53	Curtis	74
53	Louis	74
55	Roy	73
56	Ronald	72
57	Earl	71
57	Lee	71
59	Daniel	70
60	Herman	68
61	Andrew	66
61	Tommy	66
63	Gerald	64
63	Leon	64
65	Gene	63
65	Howard	63
65	Jesse	63
65	Jessie	63
69	Clyde	59
70	Isaac	58
70	Marvin	58
72	Ray	57
73	Cecil	56
73	Theodore	56
75	Allen	53
76	Norman	51
77	Bennie	49
77	Horace	49
77	Lawrence	49
77	Rufus	49
77	Woodrow	49
82	Calvin	48
82	Claude	48
84	Freddie	47
85	Earnest	46
85	Gary	46
85	Luther	46
85	Olin	46
85	Otis	46
90	Douglas	44
90	Grady	44
90	Wayne	44
93	Sammie	43
94	Jacob	42
95	Jackie	41
95	Julius	41
97	Alvin	40
97	Floyd	40
97	Wallace	40
100	Elijah	39