Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,002
2	John	1,199
3	Robert	1,183
3	William	1,183
5	Charles	912
6	David	797
7	Larry	687
8	Michael	684
9	Thomas	607
10	Willie	606
11	Richard	550
12	Joseph	454
13	George	420
14	Ronald	382
15	Kenneth	367
16	Donald	363
17	Johnny	334
18	Jerry	333
19	Edward	308
20	Henry	295
21	Bobby	260
22	Leroy	235
23	Jimmy	228
23	Samuel	228
25	Stephen	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	205
27	Steven	204
28	Harold	203
28	Roger	203
30	Harry	197
31	Danny	195
31	Gary	195
33	Paul	194
34	Terry	193
35	Walter	188
36	Arthur	187
37	Daniel	184
38	Ronnie	183
39	Billy	169
40	Joe	166
41	Dennis	155
41	Eddie	155
43	Carl	153
44	Ernest	148
45	Wayne	141
46	Timothy	139
47	Anthony	136
47	Melvin	136
47	Raymond	136
50	Eugene	135
51	Albert	132
51	Nathaniel	132
53	Marion	130
54	Herbert	129
55	Calvin	128
55	Tommy	128
57	Randy	124
58	Roy	123
59	Steve	121
60	Phillip	120
61	Gerald	117
62	Clarence	115
62	Douglas	115
64	Fred	113
65	Jerome	110
66	Leon	109
67	Jack	107
67	Stanley	107
69	Freddie	106
70	Benjamin	105
71	Ralph	104
72	Andrew	96
72	Curtis	96
72	Lewis	96
72	Tony	96
76	Johnnie	95
77	Marvin	94
78	Earl	92
79	Howard	88
80	Lawrence	86
81	Jesse	85
81	Mark	85
83	Bruce	84
84	Glenn	83
85	Allen	82
86	Franklin	81
87	Jackie	80
88	Donnie	79
88	Gregory	79
90	Clyde	77
90	Jimmie	77
92	Charlie	76
93	Louis	74
94	Alvin	72
94	Bernard	72
94	Leonard	72
97	Ricky	70
98	Russell	68
99	Barry	67
100	Micheal	66