Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,788
2	Robert	1,090
3	John	1,011
4	Michael	962
4	William	962
6	David	922
7	Charles	780
8	Richard	587
9	Larry	510
10	Kenneth	500
11	Thomas	487
12	Willie	421
13	Donald	394
14	Joseph	383
15	Ronald	379
16	George	318
17	Jerry	312
18	Randy	294
19	Mark	292
19	Terry	292
21	Timothy	286
22	Johnny	278
23	Anthony	276
24	Ronnie	258
25	Steven	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ricky	253
27	Edward	247
28	Bobby	245
29	Henry	221
30	Jimmy	219
31	Dennis	217
32	Tony	203
33	Gary	200
34	Stephen	186
35	Danny	185
36	Stanley	182
37	Billy	178
37	Daniel	178
37	Paul	178
40	Harold	169
41	Roger	163
42	Gregory	161
43	Samuel	160
44	Carl	158
45	Walter	155
46	Eddie	151
47	Leroy	147
47	Wayne	147
49	Curtis	142
50	Bruce	141
51	Joe	139
52	Calvin	138
53	Steve	137
54	Harry	136
55	Melvin	135
56	Phillip	133
57	Frank	130
57	Raymond	130
59	Douglas	129
60	Donnie	127
61	Ernest	126
62	Micheal	118
63	Tommy	115
64	Rickey	112
65	Gerald	111
66	Allen	109
66	Roy	109
68	Albert	107
68	Arthur	107
70	Russell	105
71	Keith	104
72	Marvin	101
73	Barry	100
74	Benjamin	99
74	Clarence	99
76	Earl	96
76	Jeffrey	96
76	Jerome	96
79	Andrew	95
80	Nathaniel	94
81	Ralph	93
82	Franklin	91
83	Lawrence	89
84	Bernard	87
84	Herbert	87
86	Christopher	86
87	Howard	83
88	Eugene	81
88	Lee	81
90	Glenn	80
91	Jeffery	79
92	Marion	76
93	Alfred	71
93	Alvin	71
93	Clyde	71
96	Fred	70
96	Freddie	70
96	Jack	70
96	Mike	70
100	Brian	69