Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,514
2	Robert	927
3	William	920
4	John	917
5	Michael	902
6	David	896
7	Charles	673
8	Richard	519
9	Kenneth	484
10	Thomas	471
11	Larry	431
12	Timothy	396
13	Mark	394
14	Willie	388
15	Ricky	340
16	Joseph	333
17	Jerry	305
18	Anthony	303
19	Donald	302
20	George	296
21	Ronald	279
22	Terry	269
23	Bobby	258
24	Johnny	243
25	Steven	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	231
26	Tony	231
28	Randy	220
29	Jimmy	215
29	Ronnie	215
31	Danny	205
32	Edward	204
33	Paul	193
34	Billy	183
35	Gary	182
36	Daniel	179
37	Henry	177
38	Gregory	174
39	Samuel	158
40	Christopher	150
40	Tommy	150
42	Stephen	149
43	Joe	140
44	Roger	137
45	Walter	136
46	Stanley	135
47	Carl	132
48	Keith	131
49	Curtis	130
50	Steve	128
51	Harold	125
52	Jeffrey	123
52	Leroy	123
52	Micheal	123
55	Phillip	116
56	Wayne	115
57	Eddie	113
57	Frank	113
57	Russell	113
60	Raymond	112
61	Barry	111
62	Gerald	109
63	Ernest	108
64	Bruce	102
65	Arthur	101
65	Douglas	101
65	Rickey	101
68	Calvin	100
69	Ray	99
70	Allen	98
70	Benjamin	98
72	Harry	95
72	Mike	95
72	Randall	95
75	Albert	93
75	Jack	93
77	Marvin	91
78	Roy	88
79	Eugene	85
79	Melvin	85
81	Brian	84
81	Jeffery	84
83	Bernard	83
84	Kevin	81
85	Marion	79
86	Clarence	78
86	Howard	78
88	Jerome	77
89	Donnie	76
90	Andrew	75
90	Ralph	75
92	Eric	74
93	Lawrence	73
94	Franklin	72
94	Jackie	72
96	Scott	71
97	Fred	70
97	Herbert	70
97	Nathaniel	70
100	Reginald	68
100	Rodney	68