Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1966

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

RankNameBabies
1James1,299
2Michael842
3John821
4William733
5Robert730
6David671
7Charles473
8Timothy428
9Anthony391
9Richard391
11Thomas366
12Kenneth363
13Mark352
14Christopher312
15Joseph293
16Jeffrey277
17Gregory253
18Donald228
19George210
20Paul206
21Willie203
22Jerry199
23Ronald196
24Kevin189
24Steven189
RankNameBabies
26Brian187
27Tony182
28Larry181
28Terry181
30Rodney180
31Johnny172
32Stephen165
33Eric161
34Bobby157
35Edward154
36Jimmy144
37Daniel143
37Keith143
39Scott137
40Randy135
41Gary132
42Jeffery122
43Carl117
44Ricky116
45Patrick112
45Ronnie112
47Henry110
48Roger109
49Billy108
50Curtis107
50Marvin107
52Barry105
53Darryl103
54Samuel102
55Walter100
56Harold99
57Douglas93
58Darrell92
59Phillip90
60Dennis89
61Andrew87
61Ernest87
61Russell87
64Danny84
65Gerald83
66Joe81
66Reginald81
68Benjamin79
68Tracy79
70Stanley77
71Raymond76
71Wayne76
73Allen73
73Bruce73
75Troy71
76Calvin70
76Eddie70
78Bernard68
78Frank68
80Melvin67
81Jerome66
81Matthew66
83Randall65
84Todd64
85Bryan63
85Tommy63
87Jonathan62
88Craig60
89Arthur58
89Frederick58
89Vincent58
92Chris57
93Alan56
93Harry56
93Leroy56
93Micheal56
93Steve56
98Nathaniel55
99Derrick54
99Roy54