Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,720
2	John	1,078
3	William	1,065
4	Robert	1,058
5	Michael	883
6	David	860
7	Charles	752
8	Richard	599
9	Larry	521
10	Thomas	515
11	Willie	498
12	Kenneth	488
13	Ronald	413
14	Donald	384
15	Joseph	377
16	George	352
17	Johnny	330
18	Steven	297
18	Terry	297
20	Timothy	277
21	Jerry	274
22	Randy	270
23	Edward	257
24	Ronnie	253
25	Bobby	243

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	238
27	Anthony	231
28	Dennis	226
29	Mark	223
30	Danny	220
31	Paul	219
32	Jimmy	217
33	Ricky	213
34	Stephen	211
35	Gary	203
36	Harold	200
37	Roger	186
38	Leroy	180
38	Samuel	180
40	Billy	176
41	Daniel	175
42	Walter	170
43	Carl	169
44	Gregory	163
45	Joe	162
46	Steve	160
47	Eddie	158
47	Stanley	158
49	Harry	154
49	Tony	154
51	Frank	149
52	Melvin	144
53	Curtis	138
54	Nathaniel	133
55	Wayne	131
56	Calvin	130
57	Arthur	129
58	Roy	128
59	Ernest	126
60	Eugene	125
60	Raymond	125
62	Herbert	124
62	Marvin	124
62	Tommy	124
65	Douglas	123
66	Jerome	120
67	Clarence	118
68	Albert	117
69	Barry	113
69	Bruce	113
71	Gerald	112
72	Donnie	109
72	Ralph	109
74	Allen	108
75	Franklin	105
75	Marion	105
77	Andrew	103
77	Benjamin	103
79	Micheal	101
80	Leon	99
80	Phillip	99
82	Earl	96
82	Lawrence	96
84	Rickey	94
85	Jeffrey	93
86	Glenn	91
87	Ray	90
88	Howard	88
89	Jack	87
90	Bernard	86
91	Keith	84
92	Russell	83
93	Freddie	82
94	Alvin	81
95	Christopher	77
96	Charlie	76
96	Lee	76
98	Louis	74
98	Rodney	74
100	Leonard	73