Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,102
2	John	1,180
3	William	1,160
4	Robert	1,090
5	Charles	773
6	Willie	633
7	David	577
8	Thomas	542
9	Richard	464
10	George	454
11	Larry	406
12	Joseph	394
13	Jerry	350
14	Henry	322
15	Johnny	311
16	Donald	284
17	Michael	283
18	Edward	272
19	Jimmy	266
20	Bobby	263
21	Ronald	261
22	Kenneth	251
23	Joe	247
24	Leroy	236
25	Billy	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	206
27	Samuel	205
28	Paul	195
29	Frank	188
30	Walter	184
31	Harry	179
32	Tommy	172
33	Arthur	152
34	Roger	147
35	Eugene	145
36	Ronnie	144
37	Ernest	141
38	Wayne	135
39	Eddie	131
40	Raymond	130
41	Clarence	129
42	Albert	128
43	Danny	127
44	Roy	125
45	Gary	119
46	Charlie	117
46	Fred	117
48	Daniel	113
49	Herbert	112
49	Marion	112
51	Ralph	108
52	Nathaniel	107
53	Johnnie	106
54	Douglas	104
54	Melvin	104
56	Carl	102
57	Jack	101
58	Benjamin	99
59	Earl	96
60	Calvin	93
61	Freddie	91
61	Lewis	91
63	Terry	90
64	Dennis	89
64	Jimmie	89
64	Leon	89
67	Allen	88
68	Marvin	87
69	Louis	86
70	Gerald	83
71	Curtis	80
72	Jesse	77
73	Clyde	74
73	Lawrence	74
75	Andrew	73
75	Roosevelt	73
77	Franklin	69
78	Howard	68
79	Alvin	67
79	Donnie	67
81	Lee	66
82	Stanley	65
83	Glenn	64
83	Herman	64
83	Phillip	64
86	Isaac	62
87	Bennie	61
88	Ray	60
88	Sammie	60
90	Luther	59
91	Stephen	58
92	Jackie	56
92	Julius	56
92	Sam	56
95	Floyd	54
95	Horace	54
97	Don	53
98	Cecil	52
98	Harvey	52
98	Lonnie	52
98	Steve	52