Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,864
2	John	1,172
3	William	1,109
4	Robert	1,074
5	Charles	866
5	David	866
7	Michael	837
8	Thomas	622
9	Larry	615
10	Richard	592
11	Willie	581
12	Ronald	465
13	Joseph	427
14	Kenneth	419
15	George	400
16	Donald	398
17	Jerry	342
18	Johnny	312
19	Terry	285
20	Henry	275
21	Edward	271
22	Gary	264
23	Bobby	242
24	Steven	236
25	Ronnie	230

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Samuel	230
27	Paul	228
28	Dennis	219
29	Daniel	216
29	Roger	216
31	Anthony	214
32	Jimmy	213
33	Leroy	204
34	Billy	202
35	Danny	195
36	Harold	188
37	Stephen	182
38	Joe	179
39	Timothy	177
40	Walter	175
41	Stanley	166
42	Ricky	164
43	Arthur	163
44	Frank	161
44	Randy	161
46	Eddie	159
47	Carl	158
48	Harry	154
49	Steve	153
50	Raymond	150
51	Ernest	149
52	Mark	147
53	Roy	144
54	Douglas	142
54	Tommy	142
56	Clarence	138
57	Herbert	137
58	Melvin	135
58	Tony	135
60	Marion	130
61	Wayne	129
62	Donnie	128
63	Curtis	124
64	Allen	120
65	Albert	119
65	Gerald	119
67	Jerome	117
68	Phillip	116
68	Ralph	116
70	Jack	115
71	Nathaniel	110
72	Jesse	107
73	Eugene	105
74	Benjamin	104
75	Fred	103
76	Bernard	101
76	Bruce	101
76	Calvin	101
79	Lawrence	99
80	Gregory	96
81	Marvin	95
82	Franklin	92
82	Leon	92
84	Barry	91
84	Jimmie	91
86	Johnnie	90
87	Earl	89
87	Glenn	89
89	Charlie	83
90	Randall	82
91	Freddie	81
91	Micheal	81
91	Ray	81
94	Andrew	79
95	Alfred	77
95	Russell	77
97	Jackie	75
97	Lee	75
97	Leonard	75
100	Norman	73