Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	927
2	Michael	879
3	Christopher	789
4	William	639
5	John	610
6	Jason	565
7	David	548
8	Robert	531
9	Kevin	421
10	Brian	384
11	Charles	372
12	Anthony	279
13	Thomas	262
14	Eric	258
15	Joseph	256
16	Richard	254
17	Timothy	251
18	Kenneth	209
19	Matthew	200
20	Steven	194
21	Jeffrey	193
22	Mark	187
23	Daniel	166
24	Jonathan	158
25	Ronald	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	146
27	Stephen	140
28	Gregory	137
29	Donald	136
30	Paul	135
31	Bryan	129
32	Shawn	123
33	Travis	120
34	Benjamin	118
35	Rodney	117
36	George	111
37	Scott	110
38	Andrew	107
39	Chad	106
39	Derrick	106
41	Patrick	104
42	Samuel	102
43	Edward	100
44	Johnny	98
45	Tyrone	97
46	Terry	95
46	Willie	95
48	Jamie	90
49	Jerry	87
49	Keith	87
51	Ryan	86
51	Tony	86
53	Bobby	85
53	Jimmy	85
55	Corey	84
55	Joshua	84
55	Phillip	84
58	Antonio	81
59	Henry	80
59	Jeremy	80
61	Marcus	79
62	Gary	77
63	Bradley	75
64	Billy	74
65	Curtis	68
65	Jermaine	68
67	Russell	67
68	Jeffery	66
68	Reginald	66
70	Dennis	65
71	Craig	63
71	Sean	63
71	Walter	63
74	Marvin	62
75	Kelvin	59
75	Shannon	59
77	Aaron	57
77	Douglas	57
77	Ernest	57
77	Ronnie	57
81	Adam	56
81	Harold	56
81	Troy	56
84	Carl	55
85	Brandon	54
86	Micheal	53
87	Andre	52
87	Randy	52
89	Raymond	51
89	Tommy	51
91	Joe	49
91	Roger	49
91	Tracy	49
94	Calvin	48
94	Frederick	48
94	Todd	48
97	Shane	47
98	Darrell	46
98	Frank	46
100	Chris	45