Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,043
2	John	1,096
3	William	1,055
4	Robert	976
5	Charles	748
6	Willie	640
7	Thomas	508
8	David	498
9	George	484
10	Richard	395
11	Joseph	346
12	Larry	337
13	Henry	297
14	Edward	284
15	Johnny	277
16	Bobby	258
17	Jerry	250
18	Donald	243
19	Leroy	234
20	Jimmy	233
21	Joe	225
22	Harold	218
23	Frank	209
24	Billy	197
25	Kenneth	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	195
27	Paul	192
28	Walter	189
29	Ronald	185
30	Ernest	175
31	Michael	150
32	Arthur	149
33	Raymond	140
34	Harry	138
35	Albert	137
36	Tommy	132
37	Clarence	130
37	Roy	130
39	Jack	124
40	Eugene	122
41	Eddie	121
42	Carl	120
42	Fred	120
44	Charlie	119
45	Marion	116
45	Nathaniel	116
47	Benjamin	113
48	Douglas	112
49	Roger	111
50	Ralph	107
51	Johnnie	106
52	Gerald	105
53	Wayne	101
54	Franklin	97
55	Earl	95
56	Herbert	94
56	Melvin	94
58	Gary	87
59	Lewis	84
60	Daniel	82
60	Louis	82
62	Curtis	78
62	Ronnie	78
64	Jimmie	77
64	Leon	77
64	Marvin	77
64	Sam	77
68	Freddie	76
69	Howard	74
69	Jesse	74
71	Luther	72
72	Allen	70
73	Gene	69
73	Ray	69
73	Roosevelt	69
76	Calvin	67
77	Sammie	64
78	Andrew	63
79	Lawrence	62
80	Danny	61
81	Clyde	60
81	Dennis	60
81	Lee	60
84	Wallace	58
85	Floyd	57
85	Julius	57
87	Cecil	56
87	Herman	56
89	Donnie	55
89	Isaac	55
89	Leonard	55
92	Earnest	54
93	Alfred	53
94	Don	52
94	Jackie	52
94	Otis	52
94	Stephen	52
98	Terry	50
99	Claude	49
100	Horace	48