Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,662
2	John	989
3	William	903
4	Robert	848
5	Charles	579
6	Willie	550
7	Thomas	406
8	George	378
9	David	317
10	Henry	306
11	Bobby	305
12	Joe	299
13	Joseph	276
14	Harold	250
15	Edward	222
16	Donald	217
16	Richard	217
18	Billy	211
19	Jerry	197
20	Frank	186
21	Walter	184
22	Samuel	175
23	Leroy	166
24	Jimmy	145
25	Paul	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	141
27	Jack	140
28	Arthur	137
29	Clarence	134
30	Larry	131
31	Kenneth	128
31	Marion	128
33	Ernest	123
34	Eugene	121
35	Charlie	118
36	Fred	116
37	Harry	111
38	Roy	110
39	Nathaniel	109
40	Albert	108
41	Johnnie	99
42	Eddie	98
43	Benjamin	92
44	Ralph	91
45	Daniel	90
45	Melvin	90
47	Carl	88
48	Earl	86
49	Leon	83
50	Herbert	82
51	Raymond	78
52	Marvin	77
53	Jimmie	76
54	Ronald	75
55	Franklin	74
55	Gerald	74
55	Jesse	74
55	Louis	74
59	Curtis	71
59	Lawrence	71
61	Howard	70
61	Lewis	70
61	Tommy	70
64	Herman	67
65	Freddie	65
66	Horace	64
67	Douglas	63
68	Roosevelt	62
69	Andrew	59
69	Gene	59
71	Sam	58
72	Lee	57
73	Clyde	56
73	Francis	56
75	Luther	53
76	Allen	52
77	Bennie	51
78	Claude	49
78	Earnest	49
78	Isaac	49
81	Ben	48
81	Jackie	48
83	Gary	47
84	Don	46
84	Ray	46
86	Alfred	45
86	Calvin	45
86	Sammie	45
86	Wayne	45
86	Woodrow	45
91	Cecil	44
91	Grady	44
93	Jessie	43
93	Norman	43
93	Otis	43
96	Julius	42
96	Olin	42
98	Alvin	41
99	Lonnie	40
100	Rufus	38