Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,108
2	John	1,182
3	William	1,145
4	Robert	1,111
5	Charles	856
6	Willie	686
7	David	655
8	Larry	624
9	Thomas	603
10	Michael	512
11	Richard	474
12	George	472
13	Joseph	413
14	Ronald	369
15	Jerry	349
16	Donald	334
17	Johnny	331
18	Henry	328
19	Kenneth	322
20	Edward	288
21	Samuel	255
22	Bobby	234
22	Leroy	234
24	Jimmy	221
25	Billy	210

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	209
27	Harold	207
28	Roger	205
29	Walter	198
30	Joe	190
31	Frank	187
32	Gary	185
33	Danny	180
34	Ronnie	178
35	Paul	171
36	Eddie	163
36	Nathaniel	163
38	Ernest	159
39	Herbert	152
40	Daniel	149
41	Arthur	143
42	Clarence	141
43	Terry	140
44	Roy	137
45	Wayne	133
46	Dennis	132
47	Raymond	129
48	Albert	128
48	Benjamin	128
48	Steven	128
51	Douglas	127
51	Marion	127
53	Calvin	120
54	Eugene	119
54	Stephen	119
56	Allen	118
56	Carl	118
56	Melvin	118
59	Tommy	114
60	Donnie	110
61	Ralph	107
62	Charlie	103
63	Gerald	102
64	Earl	100
65	Johnnie	99
65	Phillip	99
67	Lawrence	97
68	Howard	96
69	Freddie	95
70	Fred	90
71	Timothy	89
72	Jimmie	88
72	Leon	88
74	Marvin	87
75	Lewis	86
76	Jack	85
76	Jerome	85
76	Stanley	85
79	Jesse	84
80	Jackie	83
81	Anthony	82
81	Lee	82
83	Curtis	80
84	Steve	76
85	Franklin	74
86	Andrew	72
86	Bruce	72
86	Tony	72
89	Glenn	70
89	Leonard	70
89	Louis	70
89	Randy	70
93	Philip	68
94	Clyde	67
94	Randolph	67
96	Herman	64
97	Bernard	60
97	Ray	60
99	Barry	58
99	Isaac	58
99	Norman	58