Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,261
2	Michael	909
3	John	809
4	William	784
5	Robert	776
6	David	662
7	Christopher	572
8	Charles	443
9	Richard	389
10	Kevin	362
11	Thomas	359
12	Timothy	351
13	Anthony	345
14	Brian	313
15	Joseph	302
16	Kenneth	292
17	Mark	288
18	Jeffrey	279
19	Steven	259
20	Stephen	231
21	Eric	230
22	Ronald	207
23	Gregory	206
24	Donald	203
25	Paul	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	174
27	Larry	172
28	Jason	161
29	Willie	158
30	Jerry	155
31	Edward	154
32	Daniel	152
33	Tyrone	151
34	George	147
35	Johnny	135
36	Terry	134
36	Tony	134
38	Patrick	130
38	Rodney	130
40	Jonathan	120
41	Gary	119
42	Jimmy	113
42	Samuel	113
44	Bobby	110
44	Keith	110
46	Douglas	109
47	Billy	106
48	Matthew	105
49	Russell	102
50	Bryan	100
51	Derrick	95
52	Jeffery	92
53	Andrew	89
53	Benjamin	89
53	Dennis	89
56	Gerald	87
57	Darrell	85
57	Wayne	85
59	Marcus	82
60	Randy	81
60	Reginald	81
60	Todd	81
63	Calvin	80
63	Shawn	80
65	Craig	78
65	Ernest	78
65	Raymond	78
65	Roger	78
65	Walter	78
70	Joe	77
71	Travis	76
72	Harold	74
72	Troy	74
74	Ricky	72
75	Eddie	70
75	Ronnie	70
77	Phillip	69
78	Curtis	68
78	Henry	68
80	Carl	66
81	Darren	65
82	Frank	64
83	Barry	62
83	Danny	62
85	Bradley	61
86	Kelvin	59
86	Tracy	59
88	Allen	58
88	Corey	58
90	Dwayne	57
90	Frederick	57
90	Micheal	57
93	Chad	56
94	Antonio	55
95	Franklin	54
96	Jamie	53
97	Chris	52
97	Randall	52
97	Tommy	52
100	Joey	50
100	Melvin	50