Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,802
2	John	974
3	William	953
4	Robert	818
5	Charles	627
6	Willie	601
7	Thomas	427
8	George	416
9	David	363
10	Joseph	329
11	Bobby	320
12	Henry	310
13	Joe	293
14	Richard	260
15	Edward	249
16	Billy	240
17	Harold	227
18	Jerry	210
19	Leroy	199
20	Donald	195
21	Walter	177
22	Samuel	176
23	Paul	175
24	Johnny	171
25	Frank	169

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	159
27	Clarence	146
28	Larry	143
29	Jack	133
30	Kenneth	128
31	Arthur	127
31	Marion	127
33	Eugene	118
34	Albert	117
35	Charlie	115
35	Ernest	115
37	Fred	112
38	Harry	111
38	Raymond	111
40	Roy	109
41	Herbert	105
42	Johnnie	101
42	Ronald	101
44	Carl	97
45	Eddie	95
46	Jimmie	93
46	Leon	93
48	Daniel	92
48	Melvin	92
50	Nathaniel	91
51	Franklin	88
51	Tommy	88
53	Benjamin	85
54	Clyde	83
55	Jesse	76
56	Lewis	75
57	Freddie	73
58	Andrew	72
58	Jessie	72
60	Gerald	71
61	Herman	69
61	Ralph	69
61	Roosevelt	69
64	Louis	64
64	Marvin	64
66	Isaac	63
66	Sam	63
68	Howard	62
69	Curtis	61
70	Horace	60
71	Lawrence	59
72	Earl	58
72	Wayne	58
74	Gene	56
75	Douglas	55
75	Earnest	55
77	Lee	53
78	Cecil	52
79	Julius	51
80	Claude	50
80	Gary	50
82	Bennie	48
82	Calvin	48
82	Luther	48
82	Michael	48
86	Norman	47
86	Rufus	47
88	Alfred	46
88	Woodrow	46
90	Allen	45
91	Otis	44
91	Ray	44
93	Elijah	43
93	Sammie	43
95	Francis	42
95	Mack	42
95	Wallace	42
98	Floyd	40
99	Leonard	39
99	Roger	39