Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,083
2	William	1,241
3	John	1,191
4	Robert	1,145
5	Charles	886
6	David	713
7	Thomas	652
8	Willie	606
9	Larry	599
10	Michael	580
11	Richard	506
12	George	431
13	Joseph	411
14	Ronald	377
15	Kenneth	360
16	Jerry	350
17	Johnny	331
18	Donald	316
18	Henry	316
20	Edward	300
21	Bobby	231
22	Samuel	227
23	Danny	216
23	Leroy	216
25	Roger	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	212
27	Jimmy	209
28	Harry	192
29	Joe	189
30	Harold	188
30	Ronnie	188
30	Walter	188
33	Eddie	180
34	Daniel	174
35	Stephen	171
36	Terry	163
37	Arthur	161
37	Billy	161
39	Ernest	158
40	Dennis	156
41	Steven	155
42	Frank	152
43	Gary	150
44	Eugene	146
45	Carl	145
45	Nathaniel	145
47	Raymond	142
48	Marion	139
49	Tommy	135
50	Albert	134
51	Clarence	133
52	Douglas	129
52	Herbert	129
54	Melvin	128
54	Timothy	128
56	Wayne	125
57	Jack	119
57	Roy	119
59	Benjamin	118
59	Calvin	118
59	Curtis	118
62	Charlie	113
62	Earl	113
64	Jackie	111
65	Anthony	110
66	Johnnie	109
67	Fred	106
68	Allen	104
69	Leon	103
69	Stanley	103
71	Ralph	102
72	Phillip	101
73	Donnie	95
74	Gerald	94
75	Marvin	93
76	Franklin	91
77	Andrew	90
77	Freddie	90
77	Jerome	90
77	Steve	90
81	Randy	89
82	Jimmie	87
83	Lee	84
84	Lawrence	83
85	Lewis	80
86	Bernard	79
86	Louis	79
88	Alvin	78
88	Bruce	78
90	Howard	77
90	Jesse	77
92	Herman	75
93	Clyde	74
94	Glenn	73
95	Leonard	71
96	Alfred	67
97	Tony	65
98	Micheal	64
98	Norman	64
100	Mark	63