Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,303
2	John	889
3	Robert	776
4	Michael	765
5	William	697
6	David	692
7	Charles	492
8	Richard	432
9	Kenneth	417
10	Timothy	411
11	Thomas	364
12	Anthony	330
13	Mark	325
14	Joseph	303
15	Christopher	269
16	Jeffrey	235
17	Gregory	231
18	Ronald	230
19	Willie	228
20	Kevin	221
21	Jerry	211
22	Rodney	208
23	Terry	201
24	George	198
25	Donald	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tony	194
27	Steven	189
28	Paul	183
29	Bobby	181
30	Edward	179
31	Larry	172
32	Brian	170
32	Randy	170
34	Jimmy	165
34	Johnny	165
36	Ricky	154
37	Daniel	153
38	Gary	143
39	Scott	139
40	Eric	138
40	Stephen	138
42	Billy	137
43	Barry	126
44	Darryl	125
45	Henry	124
46	Marvin	121
47	Curtis	111
47	Danny	111
47	Dennis	111
50	Patrick	109
51	Keith	106
52	Phillip	104
52	Ronnie	104
54	Stanley	103
55	Tommy	102
56	Jeffery	100
56	Roger	100
56	Walter	100
59	Gerald	99
60	Harold	96
61	Carl	95
62	Douglas	94
62	Eddie	94
64	Calvin	93
64	Russell	93
66	Samuel	90
67	Melvin	86
68	Bryan	84
69	Ernest	81
70	Jonathan	80
71	Darrell	76
71	Franklin	76
73	Arthur	75
74	Joe	74
75	Leroy	73
75	Todd	73
77	Frank	72
78	Allen	71
79	Andrew	70
79	Micheal	70
79	Steve	70
82	Reginald	69
82	Wayne	69
84	Mike	68
85	Marion	66
85	Raymond	66
87	Bernard	65
87	Randall	65
89	Clarence	64
89	Troy	64
91	Bruce	63
91	Darren	63
93	Glenn	62
93	Matthew	62
93	Tracy	62
93	Vincent	62
97	Chris	60
98	Albert	59
98	Benjamin	59
100	Harry	58