Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,167
2	Michael	866
3	John	865
4	Robert	781
5	William	745
6	David	652
7	Charles	465
8	Richard	427
9	Timothy	420
10	Christopher	355
11	Thomas	347
12	Anthony	335
13	Mark	325
14	Joseph	303
15	Kenneth	297
16	Brian	280
17	Jeffrey	251
18	Kevin	222
19	Tony	220
20	Ronald	218
21	Steven	208
22	Paul	205
23	Donald	196
24	Willie	188
25	Gregory	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	170
27	Stephen	167
28	George	163
28	Rodney	163
30	Edward	156
31	Patrick	153
32	Eric	151
33	Jerry	150
34	Scott	137
35	Johnny	136
35	Terry	136
37	Daniel	133
38	Jeffery	132
39	Bobby	131
40	Gary	130
41	Jimmy	120
42	Reginald	118
43	Ricky	115
44	Russell	111
45	Keith	109
46	Billy	104
46	Randy	104
48	Roger	103
49	Dennis	101
49	Matthew	101
51	Henry	98
52	Douglas	96
53	Samuel	93
54	Marvin	92
55	Bryan	89
55	Troy	89
57	Andrew	87
58	Tommy	86
59	Jonathan	84
59	Phillip	84
61	Calvin	82
61	Ronnie	82
63	Todd	80
64	Curtis	79
65	Danny	78
66	Harold	76
66	Joe	76
66	Raymond	76
69	Darrell	73
69	Darren	73
69	Ernest	73
72	Carl	72
73	Craig	71
74	Eddie	70
74	Walter	70
76	Harry	68
77	Sean	67
78	Gerald	66
79	Barry	65
80	Stanley	64
81	Benjamin	63
81	Wayne	63
83	Micheal	59
83	Tracy	59
83	Tyrone	59
86	Chris	58
86	Frederick	58
88	Bruce	57
88	Frank	57
90	Allen	55
90	Franklin	55
90	Leroy	55
93	Joel	53
94	Kelvin	52
95	Lee	50
95	Roy	50
97	Darryl	49
97	Steve	49
99	Arthur	48
99	Eugene	48
99	Travis	48