Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	David	901
3	John	899
4	Michael	895
5	William	886
6	Robert	878
7	Charles	603
8	Kenneth	513
9	Thomas	469
10	Richard	465
11	Mark	426
12	Timothy	411
13	Willie	341
14	Anthony	339
15	Larry	323
16	Joseph	312
17	Donald	304
18	Ronald	301
19	George	283
20	Johnny	271
21	Terry	266
22	Ricky	265
23	Steven	255
24	Bobby	248
25	Jerry	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tony	225
27	Gregory	212
28	Randy	211
29	Edward	209
30	Ronnie	205
31	Henry	203
32	Jimmy	194
33	Gary	190
34	Dennis	175
35	Danny	173
36	Billy	172
37	Daniel	171
38	Paul	169
39	Roger	168
40	Christopher	164
41	Jeffrey	158
42	Samuel	146
42	Stanley	146
44	Joe	145
45	Steve	144
46	Barry	140
47	Carl	139
48	Stephen	136
49	Keith	131
50	Eddie	130
51	Micheal	125
51	Walter	125
53	Tommy	123
54	Frank	120
55	Curtis	119
56	Phillip	118
57	Russell	117
58	Kevin	115
59	Douglas	113
60	Melvin	112
60	Raymond	112
62	Wayne	111
63	Harold	109
64	Marvin	108
65	Gerald	107
66	Harry	102
66	Jeffery	102
66	Mike	102
69	Bruce	101
69	Calvin	101
71	Ernest	99
72	Arthur	96
72	Benjamin	96
72	Leroy	96
75	Albert	92
75	Rickey	92
77	Nathaniel	90
78	Clarence	87
79	Roy	86
80	Brian	85
81	Allen	84
81	Andrew	84
81	Eugene	84
84	Jerome	83
84	Lee	83
86	Ralph	80
87	Earl	79
88	Reginald	78
89	Alvin	76
89	Franklin	76
91	Bernard	74
92	Ray	72
93	Scott	71
94	Donnie	70
94	Glenn	70
94	Perry	70
97	Rodney	69
98	Darryl	68
99	Chris	67
100	Eric	66