Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,139
2	John	1,190
3	William	1,186
4	Robert	1,037
5	Charles	721
6	Willie	681
7	Thomas	527
8	David	509
9	George	459
10	Joseph	372
11	Richard	355
12	Henry	329
13	Larry	328
14	Jerry	318
15	Edward	281
16	Bobby	267
17	Johnny	257
18	Donald	245
19	Jimmy	236
20	Joe	231
21	Leroy	208
22	Ronald	207
23	Billy	205
24	Walter	200
25	Samuel	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	195
26	Paul	195
28	Frank	194
29	Kenneth	178
30	Arthur	174
31	Harry	171
32	Roy	147
33	Albert	139
34	Ernest	136
35	Clarence	135
36	Eugene	133
36	Herbert	133
38	Eddie	132
39	Marion	131
40	Raymond	129
41	Tommy	128
42	Douglas	127
42	Jack	127
44	Johnnie	124
45	Fred	123
46	Roger	122
47	Michael	116
48	Charlie	115
49	Ralph	111
50	Nathaniel	110
51	Benjamin	109
52	Carl	103
53	Melvin	100
54	Gerald	99
54	Lewis	99
56	Franklin	97
57	Daniel	95
58	Marvin	92
59	Leon	88
60	Howard	87
60	Jimmie	87
62	Jesse	85
63	Andrew	79
63	Curtis	79
63	Wayne	79
66	Jessie	78
67	Clyde	76
68	Freddie	73
68	Gary	73
70	Earl	71
70	Jackie	71
70	Ray	71
73	Allen	70
73	Dennis	70
75	Calvin	69
75	Louis	69
77	Herman	67
78	Lee	63
78	Ronnie	63
80	Luther	62
80	Roosevelt	62
80	Sammie	62
83	Cecil	60
83	Lawrence	60
85	Sam	58
86	Earnest	57
87	Alfred	56
88	Bennie	55
89	Donnie	54
89	Leonard	54
91	Floyd	53
92	Alvin	51
93	Ben	50
93	Claude	50
93	Theodore	50
96	Mack	49
97	Wallace	47
98	Danny	45
98	Horace	45
98	Woodrow	45