Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,951
2	John	1,201
3	William	1,168
4	Robert	1,114
5	Charles	859
6	David	850
7	Michael	809
8	Richard	644
9	Thomas	614
10	Willie	613
11	Larry	588
12	Joseph	419
13	Ronald	403
14	George	388
15	Kenneth	373
16	Johnny	346
17	Donald	333
18	Jerry	299
19	Henry	277
20	Edward	263
21	Bobby	258
22	Roger	233
23	Terry	232
24	Ronnie	230
25	Gary	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	216
27	Jimmy	205
28	Danny	204
28	Stephen	204
30	Paul	200
30	Steven	200
32	Billy	191
33	Harry	181
34	Walter	180
35	Leroy	178
36	Daniel	175
36	Harold	175
38	Randy	172
39	Frank	169
40	Dennis	158
41	Anthony	152
42	Joe	150
43	Timothy	148
44	Ernest	145
45	Eddie	138
45	Nathaniel	138
45	Roy	138
48	Herbert	137
49	Stanley	135
50	Phillip	134
51	Carl	133
52	Curtis	132
53	Arthur	130
54	Albert	129
55	Douglas	128
55	Raymond	128
57	Marion	127
58	Melvin	126
59	Steve	124
60	Clarence	119
61	Eugene	116
62	Barry	115
62	Calvin	115
64	Wayne	112
65	Jack	111
66	Donnie	109
66	Ricky	109
68	Tony	108
69	Leon	107
70	Gerald	105
71	Earl	103
72	Allen	102
72	Benjamin	102
74	Jerome	101
74	Marvin	101
76	Fred	100
76	Ralph	100
78	Charlie	98
78	Howard	98
78	Jesse	98
81	Tommy	97
82	Freddie	94
83	Bruce	92
83	Johnnie	92
85	Bernard	86
85	Mark	86
87	Lee	85
88	Lawrence	84
89	Jimmie	83
90	Andrew	82
91	Micheal	80
92	Leonard	78
93	Glenn	77
94	Randolph	76
95	Alfred	75
96	Franklin	73
96	Jackie	73
98	Gregory	72
98	Herman	72
98	Ray	72