Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,318
2	John	1,312
3	William	1,289
4	Robert	1,132
5	Charles	804
6	Willie	683
7	David	630
8	Thomas	583
9	George	529
10	Richard	511
11	Larry	499
12	Joseph	403
13	Johnny	392
14	Ronald	361
15	Henry	358
16	Jerry	356
17	Donald	325
18	Jimmy	319
19	Michael	296
20	Edward	291
21	Bobby	284
22	Leroy	266
23	Kenneth	258
24	Samuel	250
25	Joe	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	226
27	Billy	222
28	Walter	215
29	Harry	205
30	Frank	194
31	Arthur	188
32	Paul	186
33	Ronnie	174
34	Wayne	171
35	Tommy	168
36	Clarence	165
37	Eddie	164
38	Ernest	160
39	Daniel	149
40	Roger	146
41	Eugene	144
42	Roy	143
43	Fred	142
44	Danny	138
45	Dennis	137
46	Nathaniel	135
47	Albert	132
48	Carl	127
49	Marion	126
50	Jack	124
50	Terry	124
52	Gary	122
53	Benjamin	119
53	Johnnie	119
55	Herbert	118
56	Charlie	117
57	Freddie	114
57	Jimmie	114
59	Ralph	110
60	Douglas	106
60	Lewis	106
62	Raymond	105
63	Stephen	104
64	Howard	103
64	Melvin	103
66	Gerald	101
67	Jesse	99
68	Allen	94
69	Earl	93
69	Marvin	93
71	Leon	92
72	Curtis	86
73	Herman	85
73	Louis	85
75	Calvin	83
75	Steve	83
77	Clyde	81
77	Donnie	81
77	Lawrence	81
80	Franklin	79
80	Isaac	79
82	Ray	78
83	Lee	74
83	Phillip	74
85	Stanley	72
86	Francis	70
87	Sam	69
88	Jackie	68
89	Glenn	66
90	Andrew	65
90	Tony	65
92	Julius	64
93	Bruce	63
94	Steven	62
95	Gene	61
96	Leonard	57
96	Norman	57
96	Otis	57
99	Sammie	56
100	Bennie	55
100	Bernard	55