Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	John	1,318
3	William	1,193
4	Robert	1,143
5	Charles	833
6	Willie	654
7	David	625
8	Larry	595
9	Thomas	591
10	George	505
11	Richard	456
12	Joseph	379
13	Michael	369
14	Ronald	361
15	Jerry	354
16	Johnny	322
17	Henry	313
17	Jimmy	313
19	Donald	277
20	Edward	266
21	Samuel	256
22	Bobby	247
23	Leroy	246
24	Kenneth	242
25	Joe	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	226
27	Frank	198
28	Roger	196
29	Walter	191
30	Billy	190
31	Paul	185
32	Harry	180
33	Marion	163
34	Ronnie	159
35	Arthur	155
35	Danny	155
37	Tommy	153
38	Eddie	151
39	Ernest	150
40	Daniel	146
40	Nathaniel	146
42	Eugene	143
43	Charlie	142
44	Albert	140
45	Carl	139
46	Wayne	136
47	Clarence	134
48	Roy	132
49	Raymond	131
49	Terry	131
51	Herbert	128
51	Melvin	128
53	Fred	120
54	Ralph	119
55	Benjamin	118
56	Dennis	115
57	Douglas	114
58	Jack	109
59	Gary	108
60	Gerald	107
60	Jimmie	107
62	Johnnie	100
63	Earl	98
63	Louis	98
65	Calvin	96
65	Donnie	96
67	Lawrence	95
68	Phillip	93
69	Leon	90
69	Marvin	90
69	Stephen	90
72	Allen	89
72	Steve	89
74	Howard	88
75	Freddie	85
75	Lewis	85
77	Andrew	83
78	Curtis	82
79	Jesse	79
80	Herman	78
80	Lee	78
82	Stanley	74
83	Franklin	73
84	Jackie	68
84	Steven	68
86	Sammie	66
87	Roosevelt	64
88	Isaac	63
89	Glenn	62
89	Randy	62
89	Ray	62
92	Jessie	61
92	Moses	61
94	Theodore	60
95	Tony	58
96	Alvin	57
96	Bruce	57
96	Clyde	57
99	Bernard	56
99	Francis	56
99	Leonard	56