Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,570
2	Robert	986
3	William	952
4	Michael	944
5	David	911
6	John	908
7	Charles	701
8	Richard	607
9	Kenneth	444
10	Thomas	436
11	Larry	432
12	Willie	374
13	Joseph	348
14	Donald	345
15	Ronald	334
16	Timothy	327
17	Ricky	312
18	Mark	304
19	Terry	300
20	Johnny	288
21	Anthony	286
22	George	280
23	Jerry	277
24	Ronnie	256
25	Bobby	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	235
27	Randy	232
28	Jimmy	228
29	Steven	224
30	Tony	214
31	Edward	212
32	Paul	198
33	Billy	195
34	Henry	189
35	Stephen	185
36	Danny	184
37	Gary	176
38	Gregory	172
39	Daniel	170
40	Samuel	166
41	Joe	164
41	Roger	164
43	Carl	159
44	Curtis	156
45	Steve	152
46	Eddie	151
46	Stanley	151
48	Wayne	141
49	Leroy	140
50	Harry	139
51	Harold	138
52	Tommy	136
53	Raymond	134
54	Walter	133
55	Douglas	131
56	Melvin	128
57	Frank	121
58	Phillip	120
59	Micheal	117
59	Russell	117
61	Arthur	116
62	Bruce	111
63	Calvin	109
63	Jeffrey	109
65	Albert	107
66	Keith	106
67	Mike	103
68	Christopher	101
68	Clarence	101
70	Barry	100
71	Ernest	99
72	Rickey	96
73	Jerome	94
74	Donnie	91
75	Marvin	89
75	Rodney	89
77	Ralph	88
78	Ray	87
78	Roy	87
80	Andrew	86
81	Eugene	83
82	Herbert	82
83	Benjamin	81
83	Dale	81
85	Allen	76
86	Brian	75
86	Glenn	75
88	Bernard	74
88	Marion	74
88	Randall	74
91	Earl	73
91	Jeffery	73
91	Lawrence	73
91	Reginald	73
95	Leon	72
96	Jack	70
96	Nathaniel	70
98	Gerald	69
98	Howard	69
100	Kevin	67