Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	826
2	Michael	790
3	Christopher	693
4	Jason	619
5	William	573
6	John	563
7	Robert	538
8	David	487
9	Charles	345
10	Kevin	336
11	Brian	306
12	Joseph	270
13	Timothy	262
14	Anthony	259
15	Richard	250
16	Thomas	242
17	Jonathan	219
18	Daniel	207
19	Matthew	195
20	Eric	193
21	Steven	191
22	Jeffrey	179
23	Jeremy	173
24	Joshua	171
25	Travis	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	150
27	Benjamin	148
27	Stephen	148
29	Kenneth	146
30	Derrick	126
31	Antonio	124
32	Donald	121
33	Gregory	113
33	Paul	113
35	George	112
36	Jamie	111
37	Chad	108
37	Edward	108
39	Andrew	104
40	Rodney	102
41	Ronald	101
42	Larry	100
43	Terry	98
44	Bryan	96
44	Marcus	96
44	Shawn	96
47	Patrick	93
47	Willie	93
49	Ryan	92
50	Samuel	91
51	Bobby	89
52	Jerry	88
52	Scott	88
54	Bradley	87
54	Corey	87
56	Tyrone	85
57	Tony	84
58	Keith	82
59	Brandon	78
60	Gary	76
60	Phillip	76
62	Johnny	74
63	Henry	73
64	Jimmy	68
65	Aaron	67
65	Kelvin	67
67	Billy	65
68	Adam	63
69	Carlos	62
69	Reginald	62
71	Adrian	59
71	Troy	59
73	Jermaine	58
73	Micheal	58
73	Shane	58
76	Harold	57
77	Nathan	56
78	Calvin	54
78	Dennis	54
78	Walter	54
81	Danny	53
81	Jeffery	53
83	Allen	52
83	Douglas	52
85	Maurice	51
85	Shannon	51
87	Jesse	50
87	Justin	50
87	Ronnie	50
90	Andre	48
90	Dwayne	48
90	Frederick	48
90	Roger	48
90	Sean	48
95	Curtis	47
96	Marvin	46
96	Raymond	46
96	Russell	46
99	Craig	44
100	Franklin	43
100	Gerald	43