Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	883
2	James	823
3	Christopher	717
4	John	608
5	William	586
6	Jason	551
7	Robert	512
8	David	448
9	Kevin	342
10	Charles	338
11	Brian	311
12	Joseph	288
13	Thomas	273
14	Timothy	261
15	Anthony	254
16	Richard	237
17	Eric	223
18	Jonathan	193
19	Daniel	189
19	Steven	189
21	Matthew	181
22	Kenneth	177
23	Jeffrey	159
24	Joshua	141
25	Gregory	138

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ronald	138
27	Mark	137
28	Stephen	127
29	Rodney	126
30	Chad	125
30	Donald	125
32	Travis	122
33	Antonio	121
33	George	121
35	Benjamin	112
36	Derrick	110
37	Paul	109
38	Shawn	108
39	Ryan	106
39	Scott	106
41	Jeremy	105
42	Edward	99
42	Jamie	99
44	Marcus	98
45	Bobby	97
45	Bryan	97
45	Larry	97
48	Jerry	96
49	Patrick	94
49	Tony	94
49	Willie	94
52	Samuel	93
53	Phillip	92
54	Bradley	90
54	Terry	90
56	Johnny	87
57	Andrew	84
58	Brandon	82
59	Gary	79
60	Billy	78
61	Tyrone	77
62	Keith	76
63	Roger	70
64	Russell	68
65	Reginald	67
66	Corey	66
67	Curtis	65
68	Danny	63
68	Terrance	63
70	Dennis	62
71	Aaron	61
72	Jeffery	60
72	Jermaine	60
72	Maurice	60
75	Micheal	57
75	Randy	57
77	Kelvin	56
78	Jimmy	55
78	Shannon	55
80	Henry	53
81	Carlos	52
81	Justin	52
83	Adam	51
84	Calvin	50
84	Douglas	50
86	Walter	49
87	Frederick	48
88	Dwayne	47
88	Nathan	47
88	Sean	47
91	Allen	45
91	Gerald	45
93	Adrian	44
93	Clifton	44
95	Craig	43
95	Frank	43
97	Andre	42
97	Franklin	42
97	Melvin	42
97	Terrence	42