Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,146
2	John	1,284
3	William	1,174
4	Robert	1,099
5	Charles	881
6	David	716
7	Willie	699
8	Thomas	647
9	Larry	596
10	George	461
11	Michael	455
12	Richard	438
13	Ronald	378
14	Joseph	368
15	Johnny	346
16	Jerry	340
17	Donald	329
18	Henry	325
19	Edward	285
20	Bobby	272
21	Jimmy	264
22	Kenneth	257
23	Samuel	242
24	Walter	230
25	Leroy	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	210
27	Roger	197
28	Billy	188
29	Daniel	182
29	Paul	182
31	Joe	181
32	Harry	178
33	Frank	175
34	Terry	174
35	Arthur	171
36	Ronnie	163
37	Eddie	156
38	Ernest	155
39	Danny	153
40	Eugene	149
41	Tommy	148
42	Nathaniel	145
43	Stephen	143
44	Wayne	140
45	Gary	134
46	Albert	133
46	Herbert	133
48	Clarence	131
49	Roy	129
50	Benjamin	125
51	Charlie	121
52	Raymond	120
53	Curtis	119
53	Gerald	119
55	Dennis	118
56	Carl	115
56	Leon	115
58	Johnnie	114
59	Melvin	112
60	Phillip	111
61	Fred	106
62	Calvin	105
63	Ralph	103
64	Steve	100
65	Allen	99
66	Jesse	96
67	Douglas	95
67	Marion	95
69	Franklin	94
70	Jack	93
70	Lewis	93
72	Marvin	92
73	Donnie	91
74	Freddie	89
74	Howard	89
74	Jimmie	89
74	Louis	89
78	Andrew	83
78	Stanley	83
80	Herman	82
80	Jackie	82
82	Steven	81
83	Earl	79
84	Lawrence	78
84	Tony	78
86	Randy	76
87	Bruce	73
88	Ray	72
89	Clyde	70
90	Timothy	69
91	Isaac	68
92	Glenn	63
92	Lee	63
94	Sammie	62
95	Gene	60
96	Theodore	59
97	Anthony	58
97	Leonard	58
97	Otis	58
97	Russell	58