Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,931
2	John	1,106
3	Robert	1,012
4	William	1,003
5	Charles	672
6	Willie	626
7	Thomas	491
8	David	483
9	George	461
10	Richard	404
11	Joseph	363
12	Larry	339
13	Henry	293
14	Johnny	289
15	Jerry	275
16	Jimmy	246
17	Edward	228
17	Leroy	228
19	Bobby	226
20	Donald	221
21	Michael	220
22	Kenneth	208
23	Harry	205
24	Joe	203
25	Frank	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	185
27	Billy	181
28	Walter	180
29	Paul	175
30	Ronald	173
31	Samuel	169
32	Ernest	139
32	Eugene	139
34	Eddie	137
35	Arthur	136
36	Albert	134
37	Carl	123
38	Tommy	122
39	Raymond	121
40	Charlie	117
40	Roger	117
42	Herbert	116
43	Clarence	114
43	Roy	114
45	Douglas	109
45	Marion	109
47	Benjamin	108
48	Daniel	106
48	Nathaniel	106
50	Jack	104
50	Johnnie	104
52	Melvin	102
53	Ronnie	98
54	Earl	95
54	Gary	95
56	Freddie	93
57	Fred	90
58	Wayne	89
59	Jimmie	88
59	Ralph	88
61	Calvin	87
61	Dennis	87
63	Franklin	85
64	Gerald	84
65	Clyde	77
65	Lawrence	77
67	Howard	75
67	Marvin	75
69	Curtis	73
69	Jesse	73
71	Lewis	72
72	Herman	70
73	Andrew	67
73	Isaac	67
75	Louis	66
76	Lee	65
77	Danny	64
78	Allen	63
79	Ray	62
80	Cecil	60
81	Francis	59
81	Horace	59
83	Leon	58
84	Steve	57
85	Alfred	56
86	Leonard	54
87	Donnie	52
87	Terry	52
89	Sam	51
89	Sammie	51
91	Bennie	50
91	Julius	50
91	Stephen	50
94	Alvin	49
94	Claude	49
94	Jackie	49
97	Earnest	47
97	Jessie	47
97	Mack	47
97	Roosevelt	47
97	Woodrow	47