Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,001
2	William	1,129
3	John	1,107
4	Robert	964
5	Charles	734
6	Willie	658
7	Thomas	538
8	George	476
9	David	412
10	Joseph	355
11	Henry	335
12	Richard	325
13	Joe	297
14	Bobby	293
15	Jerry	291
16	Jimmy	270
17	Edward	265
18	Larry	258
19	Douglas	257
20	Johnny	239
21	Leroy	217
22	Harold	216
23	Samuel	211
24	Billy	210
25	Donald	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	205
27	Frank	183
28	Harry	163
29	Ronald	160
30	Kenneth	156
31	Paul	155
32	Ernest	145
33	Arthur	143
34	Carl	130
35	Marion	129
36	Albert	128
36	Eugene	128
36	Raymond	128
39	Herbert	121
40	Charlie	117
41	Melvin	116
42	Clarence	115
42	Fred	115
42	Roy	115
45	Tommy	114
46	Franklin	112
47	Jack	111
48	Eddie	110
48	Johnnie	110
48	Wayne	110
51	Gerald	109
52	Benjamin	104
53	Nathaniel	100
54	Ralph	97
55	Daniel	96
55	Howard	96
57	Jimmie	91
58	Leon	89
58	Michael	89
60	Curtis	87
61	Earl	86
62	Roosevelt	85
63	Freddie	82
64	Clyde	81
64	Louis	81
66	Gary	80
67	Ray	77
68	Jesse	76
68	Lawrence	76
70	Herman	73
70	Lewis	73
70	Marvin	73
73	Gene	68
74	Roger	63
74	Sammie	63
76	Allen	62
76	Alvin	62
78	Jessie	61
78	Sam	61
80	Lee	60
80	Luther	60
82	Andrew	59
83	Ronnie	58
84	Floyd	57
85	Calvin	56
85	Jackie	56
87	Cecil	55
87	Donnie	55
89	Earnest	54
90	Bennie	53
91	Francis	51
91	Julius	51
91	Phillip	51
94	Alfred	50
94	Claude	50
94	Isaac	50
97	Mack	49
98	Ben	47
98	Carroll	47
100	Dennis	46
100	Leonard	46
100	Rufus	46
100	Sammy	46
100	Woodrow	46