Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,860
2	John	1,129
3	William	1,122
4	Robert	1,057
5	David	912
6	Michael	820
7	Charles	783
8	Thomas	578
9	Richard	573
10	Larry	569
11	Willie	540
12	Kenneth	465
13	George	413
14	Joseph	404
15	Ronald	387
16	Donald	374
17	Jerry	311
18	Johnny	287
19	Edward	276
20	Steven	248
21	Henry	247
22	Terry	246
23	Bobby	234
24	Timothy	233
25	Jimmy	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	228
27	Randy	226
28	Anthony	220
29	Dennis	218
30	Gary	215
31	Ronnie	212
32	Daniel	195
33	Mark	193
34	Leroy	191
35	Roger	190
36	Samuel	187
37	Stephen	183
38	Danny	182
39	Ricky	180
40	Billy	179
41	Walter	173
42	Harold	164
43	Ernest	156
44	Joe	155
45	Stanley	150
46	Harry	147
47	Carl	144
48	Frank	142
49	Eddie	138
49	Tony	138
51	Calvin	132
52	Melvin	130
53	Curtis	127
54	Raymond	126
55	Gregory	125
55	Nathaniel	125
57	Albert	123
57	Clarence	123
57	Roy	123
60	Micheal	121
60	Phillip	121
62	Marvin	120
63	Gerald	119
63	Jerome	119
65	Douglas	118
65	Ralph	118
67	Wayne	114
68	Arthur	112
68	Herbert	112
68	Steve	112
71	Benjamin	110
71	Bruce	110
71	Jack	110
74	Marion	109
75	Tommy	106
76	Glenn	99
77	Bernard	98
78	Freddie	96
78	Jackie	96
80	Earl	95
81	Barry	94
82	Eugene	93
83	Allen	91
83	Leon	91
85	Keith	90
86	Randall	88
86	Russell	88
88	Howard	86
88	Johnnie	86
90	Andrew	85
90	Donnie	85
90	Lawrence	85
93	Lee	84
93	Ray	84
95	Franklin	83
96	Alfred	76
96	Fred	76
96	Leonard	76
99	Rickey	73
100	Jeffrey	69
100	Jimmie	69