Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,076
2	Michael	990
3	Robert	739
4	William	738
5	Christopher	713
5	John	713
7	David	621
8	Charles	449
9	Kevin	401
10	Brian	380
11	Richard	347
12	Timothy	333
13	Anthony	325
14	Thomas	314
15	Jeffrey	310
16	Joseph	306
17	Kenneth	271
18	Mark	270
19	Steven	241
20	Eric	237
21	Scott	224
22	Stephen	197
23	Jason	196
24	Ronald	193
25	Gregory	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	183
27	Daniel	163
28	Rodney	156
28	Terry	156
30	Larry	155
31	Edward	149
32	George	148
33	Donald	147
34	Tony	146
35	Matthew	145
35	Patrick	145
37	Bobby	140
37	Willie	140
39	Jerry	135
40	Keith	133
41	Jonathan	132
42	Gary	129
43	Johnny	126
44	Derrick	122
45	Shawn	120
45	Tyrone	120
47	Chad	116
48	Bryan	114
49	Travis	113
50	Samuel	107
51	Russell	106
52	Billy	100
53	Henry	99
54	Jimmy	98
55	Benjamin	94
55	Dennis	94
57	Gerald	91
58	Frederick	88
58	Marcus	88
60	Jeffery	85
60	Roger	85
62	Walter	84
63	Phillip	83
64	Andrew	79
64	Jamie	79
66	Reginald	78
66	Troy	78
68	Douglas	77
69	Antonio	75
69	Craig	75
71	Ronnie	72
72	Carl	71
72	Darrell	71
74	Calvin	70
74	Chris	70
74	Kelvin	70
74	Marvin	70
74	Randy	70
79	Tommy	67
80	Ernest	66
80	Sean	66
82	Corey	65
83	Randall	64
84	Todd	63
85	Danny	62
85	Harold	62
87	Joe	61
88	Bradley	60
89	Frank	58
89	Wayne	58
91	Raymond	57
91	Ricky	57
93	Allen	56
93	Curtis	56
95	Roy	54
96	Shannon	53
97	Barry	52
97	Franklin	52
99	Stanley	51
100	Aaron	50
100	Carlos	50