Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,473
2	John	966
3	Michael	937
4	David	924
5	Robert	889
6	William	887
7	Charles	590
8	Kenneth	512
9	Richard	493
10	Mark	418
11	Thomas	405
12	Timothy	404
13	Anthony	381
14	Willie	329
15	Larry	317
16	Joseph	302
17	George	299
18	Ricky	297
19	Jerry	285
20	Donald	277
21	Terry	263
22	Gregory	257
23	Ronald	253
24	Jeffrey	245
25	Tony	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	219
27	Edward	206
28	Steven	204
29	Jimmy	202
30	Bobby	194
31	Danny	185
32	Randy	183
33	Christopher	181
34	Gary	180
35	Paul	168
36	Roger	166
37	Ronnie	165
38	Billy	162
39	Daniel	160
40	Dennis	159
41	Stephen	149
42	Henry	148
43	Carl	145
44	Keith	143
45	Joe	142
45	Steve	142
47	Stanley	137
48	Jeffery	135
49	Gerald	134
50	Barry	133
50	Brian	133
52	Tommy	128
53	Curtis	126
54	Eddie	124
55	Wayne	121
56	Micheal	120
56	Samuel	120
58	Harold	119
59	Walter	118
60	Calvin	116
60	Douglas	116
62	Leroy	110
63	Marvin	106
63	Phillip	106
65	Kevin	105
65	Raymond	105
67	Jerome	102
67	Russell	102
69	Melvin	101
70	Ernest	100
71	Andrew	99
72	Arthur	98
73	Allen	96
74	Frank	95
74	Mike	95
76	Glenn	92
76	Harry	92
78	Rodney	91
79	Darryl	89
80	Marion	88
81	Clarence	87
82	Bruce	84
82	Roy	84
84	Benjamin	83
85	Eric	82
86	Chris	80
87	Randall	78
87	Scott	78
89	Ray	76
90	Jeff	74
90	Rickey	74
92	Nathaniel	73
93	Herbert	72
94	Jack	71
94	Ralph	71
96	Alvin	70
97	Albert	68
97	Tim	68
99	Donnie	66
99	Joel	66