Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,031
2	Michael	982
3	Christopher	785
4	William	738
5	John	639
6	Robert	634
7	David	595
8	Kevin	497
9	Brian	418
10	Charles	400
11	Thomas	329
12	Anthony	319
13	Timothy	294
14	Richard	293
15	Jason	288
16	Joseph	286
17	Eric	250
18	Jeffrey	243
19	Kenneth	241
20	Steven	240
21	Mark	196
22	Gregory	178
23	Paul	157
24	Larry	154
25	Daniel	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	151
27	Stephen	145
28	Scott	144
29	Donald	142
30	Matthew	140
31	Jonathan	135
32	Bobby	133
32	Travis	133
34	Keith	130
35	Willie	129
36	Johnny	128
37	Edward	125
38	George	123
39	Rodney	120
40	Terry	119
41	Bryan	115
41	Chad	115
41	Patrick	115
44	Tony	113
45	Jerry	104
45	Shawn	104
47	Derrick	101
48	Jamie	94
48	Tyrone	94
50	Russell	93
51	Phillip	92
52	Jeffery	91
53	Antonio	90
54	Gary	88
54	Samuel	88
56	Billy	86
57	Jimmy	85
58	Henry	84
59	Andrew	83
60	Walter	80
61	Douglas	78
62	Reginald	76
63	Ryan	75
64	Dennis	73
65	Marcus	71
66	Benjamin	69
67	Roger	68
68	Tracy	67
69	Craig	66
70	Raymond	63
71	Allen	62
72	Micheal	61
72	Ronnie	61
74	Calvin	60
74	Danny	60
76	Jermaine	59
76	Troy	59
78	Frederick	58
78	Jeremy	58
78	Kelvin	58
78	Randy	58
82	Todd	56
83	Curtis	55
83	Randall	55
85	Harold	54
85	Shannon	54
87	Chris	52
87	Gerald	52
87	Sean	52
90	Bradley	49
90	Dwayne	49
92	Ernest	48
93	Darrell	47
93	Joe	47
93	Marvin	47
96	Clarence	46
96	Ricky	46
96	Roy	46
99	Carl	44
99	Stanley	44
99	Wayne	44