Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,881
2	John	1,058
3	William	1,024
4	Robert	917
5	Charles	681
6	Willie	589
7	Thomas	462
8	George	433
9	David	415
10	Henry	364
11	Joseph	328
12	Joe	293
13	Bobby	270
14	Larry	259
15	Edward	254
16	Jerry	248
16	Richard	248
18	Billy	223
19	Johnny	221
20	Leroy	220
21	Donald	214
22	Jimmy	192
23	Harold	190
24	Samuel	187
25	Frank	183

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Walter	183
27	Kenneth	168
28	Paul	167
29	Harry	135
30	Ronald	133
31	Roy	128
32	Eugene	127
33	Arthur	126
33	Marion	126
35	Eddie	124
36	Albert	123
36	Herbert	123
38	Ernest	121
38	Fred	121
40	Jack	120
41	Wayne	115
42	Ralph	110
43	Charlie	109
43	Johnnie	109
43	Tommy	109
46	Nathaniel	107
47	Carl	106
48	Franklin	105
49	Melvin	97
50	Benjamin	96
51	Clarence	95
52	Jimmie	93
53	Raymond	92
54	Lewis	91
55	Roosevelt	86
56	Earl	82
57	Gerald	81
57	Leon	81
57	Louis	81
60	Daniel	80
61	Howard	70
61	Marvin	70
63	Lawrence	69
64	Freddie	68
64	Herman	68
66	Gene	67
66	Michael	67
68	Jesse	66
69	Clyde	63
69	Francis	63
69	Jessie	63
72	Lee	61
73	Curtis	60
74	Calvin	56
74	Sam	56
76	Allen	54
76	Andrew	54
76	Douglas	54
79	Alfred	53
79	Ray	53
79	Ronnie	53
79	Theodore	53
83	Gary	52
84	Luther	51
85	Earnest	50
85	Sammie	50
87	Jackie	49
87	Otis	49
87	Wallace	49
90	Claude	48
90	Isaac	48
90	Julius	48
93	Bennie	47
93	Phillip	47
95	Norman	46
96	Alvin	45
96	Dennis	45
96	Moses	45
99	Horace	43
100	Cecil	42
100	Donnie	42