Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	933
2	Michael	909
3	Christopher	768
4	John	669
5	William	641
6	Robert	565
7	David	533
8	Kevin	474
9	Brian	441
10	Jason	409
11	Charles	356
12	Eric	283
13	Anthony	278
13	Joseph	278
15	Thomas	270
16	Timothy	262
17	Richard	246
18	Kenneth	225
19	Daniel	208
20	Mark	206
21	Jeffrey	201
22	Steven	183
23	Matthew	180
24	Jonathan	168
25	Stephen	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	160
27	Larry	147
28	Ronald	135
29	Willie	134
30	George	133
31	Paul	132
32	Donald	130
33	Scott	128
34	Shawn	126
35	Patrick	125
36	Edward	121
36	Jerry	121
38	Keith	118
38	Travis	118
40	Chad	117
40	Rodney	117
42	Bryan	108
43	Terry	107
44	Bobby	106
44	Johnny	106
46	Derrick	103
47	Tyrone	100
48	Reginald	99
48	Samuel	99
50	Gary	96
50	Phillip	96
52	Andrew	93
53	Benjamin	92
53	Tony	92
55	Marcus	91
56	Jermaine	87
57	Jimmy	86
58	Jamie	80
59	Antonio	79
59	Billy	79
59	Henry	79
59	Walter	79
63	Douglas	77
64	Kelvin	75
65	Curtis	72
66	Jeffery	70
66	Ronnie	70
68	Harold	65
69	Shannon	64
70	Sean	62
71	Jeremy	61
71	Russell	61
73	Roger	60
74	Craig	58
74	Frederick	58
76	Calvin	57
76	Ryan	57
78	Dennis	56
78	Ricky	56
78	Tommy	56
81	Gerald	55
82	Aaron	53
83	Tracy	52
84	Adam	51
84	Dwayne	51
84	Ernest	51
84	Randy	51
88	Carlos	50
89	Joshua	49
90	Troy	48
91	Wayne	47
92	Allen	46
92	Corey	46
92	Frank	46
95	Carl	45
95	Marvin	45
97	Bradley	44
97	Danny	44
97	Darrell	44
97	Eddie	44
97	Joel	44
97	Raymond	44
97	Shane	44