Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,929
2	John	1,072
3	William	943
4	Robert	908
5	Willie	646
6	Charles	640
7	Thomas	482
8	George	412
9	David	411
10	Joseph	320
11	Henry	313
12	Bobby	307
13	Richard	294
14	Joe	281
15	Jerry	251
16	Donald	226
17	Edward	216
18	Larry	214
19	Billy	208
20	Johnny	201
21	Harold	196
22	Samuel	193
23	Frank	188
24	Walter	180
25	Leroy	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	170
27	Kenneth	157
28	Paul	149
29	Eugene	147
30	Clarence	131
31	Arthur	130
32	Harry	119
33	Raymond	118
34	Albert	117
35	Fred	115
36	Carl	112
37	Ernest	110
38	Jack	109
39	Charlie	105
40	Johnnie	104
41	Marion	102
42	Melvin	101
43	Nathaniel	98
44	Roy	95
45	Herbert	93
45	Ronald	93
47	Eddie	92
47	Franklin	92
49	Leon	90
50	Daniel	84
50	Ralph	84
52	Jesse	82
52	Tommy	82
54	Earl	81
55	Benjamin	80
55	Gerald	80
57	Gene	79
57	Lewis	79
57	Louis	79
57	Roosevelt	79
61	Marvin	76
62	Wayne	74
63	Freddie	70
64	Jimmie	69
65	Clyde	67
66	Curtis	66
67	Calvin	65
68	Lawrence	64
69	Cecil	61
70	Wallace	60
71	Douglas	59
71	Howard	59
71	Isaac	59
74	Andrew	58
74	Theodore	58
76	Alfred	57
76	Lee	57
78	Allen	56
78	Gary	56
80	Bennie	55
81	Herman	54
81	Jessie	54
81	Luther	54
81	Michael	54
81	Woodrow	54
86	Earnest	53
87	Horace	50
87	Norman	50
89	Jackie	49
90	Sammie	48
91	Floyd	47
92	Claude	46
92	Ray	46
94	Ben	44
95	Alvin	43
96	Julius	42
97	Grady	41
97	Sam	41
99	Lonnie	40
99	Mack	40
99	Otis	40