Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,374
2	John	972
3	Michael	950
4	Robert	845
5	William	814
6	David	809
7	Charles	560
8	Thomas	460
9	Kenneth	446
9	Richard	446
11	Mark	437
12	Timothy	381
13	Anthony	377
14	Donald	322
15	Joseph	316
16	Willie	305
17	Terry	283
18	Larry	279
19	Tony	266
20	Ricky	258
21	Jeffrey	251
22	Gregory	245
23	Ronald	242
24	George	232
25	Jerry	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christopher	202
27	Paul	201
28	Johnny	199
29	Bobby	195
30	Randy	191
31	Edward	188
32	Danny	187
33	Steven	185
34	Gary	174
34	Jimmy	174
36	Stephen	167
37	Daniel	159
38	Scott	153
39	Henry	148
40	Kevin	143
41	Stanley	142
42	Ronnie	141
43	Dennis	138
44	Roger	136
45	Keith	134
46	Samuel	132
47	Barry	131
48	Joe	129
49	Billy	126
50	Steve	124
51	Carl	121
52	Jeffery	120
53	Curtis	117
54	Tommy	116
55	Glenn	114
56	Douglas	111
57	Brian	110
57	Eddie	110
59	Russell	106
60	Marvin	104
61	Phillip	103
62	Ernest	102
63	Harold	101
64	Eric	100
65	Frank	98
65	Melvin	98
67	Gerald	97
67	Wayne	97
69	Calvin	96
70	Rickey	94
71	Allen	93
72	Micheal	92
73	Leroy	91
73	Walter	91
75	Randall	90
76	Albert	88
76	Jerome	88
78	Roy	87
79	Nathaniel	86
79	Raymond	86
81	Bruce	85
81	Jeff	85
83	Darryl	82
84	Harry	81
85	Benjamin	80
86	Arthur	79
86	Franklin	79
88	Clarence	72
88	Lee	72
90	Bernard	71
90	Chris	71
90	Ralph	71
93	Bryan	70
94	Jonathan	69
94	Mike	69
94	Ray	69
97	Alvin	68
97	Rodney	68
99	Joey	67
99	Reginald	67