Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	823
2	Michael	751
3	Christopher	718
4	Jason	652
5	William	551
6	Robert	530
7	David	510
8	John	508
9	Kevin	369
10	Charles	351
11	Brian	334
12	Joseph	311
13	Timothy	276
14	Thomas	243
15	Daniel	242
16	Anthony	234
17	Richard	233
18	Jonathan	227
18	Matthew	227
20	Eric	223
21	Joshua	218
22	Steven	197
23	Kenneth	190
24	Jeremy	185
25	Jeffrey	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	157
26	Stephen	157
28	Travis	153
29	Derrick	150
30	Corey	142
31	Andrew	140
32	Gregory	133
33	Mark	132
34	Ronald	127
35	Chad	122
36	Antonio	120
37	Larry	118
38	Bryan	111
39	Ryan	110
40	Donald	109
41	Paul	107
42	Edward	106
43	Jamie	104
43	Rodney	104
43	Scott	104
46	Jerry	101
47	Patrick	100
48	Marcus	98
48	Samuel	98
50	Shawn	95
51	Willie	93
52	Bradley	91
52	George	91
54	Bobby	86
55	Brandon	84
56	Jimmy	81
56	Johnny	81
56	Terry	81
59	Billy	78
60	Nathan	76
61	Wesley	75
62	Gary	74
62	Reginald	74
64	Adam	73
64	Phillip	73
66	Tony	72
67	Russell	71
68	Keith	68
69	Aaron	67
70	Justin	66
70	Tyrone	66
72	Henry	63
72	Randy	63
74	Curtis	62
75	Jermaine	61
76	Cory	57
77	Harold	55
78	Dennis	54
78	Philip	54
78	Raymond	54
81	Ronnie	52
82	Carl	51
82	Maurice	51
84	Dwayne	50
84	Micheal	50
84	Shannon	50
87	Carlos	49
87	Frederick	49
89	Andre	47
89	Roger	47
91	Danny	46
91	Jeffery	46
91	Kelvin	46
91	Sean	46
91	Walter	46
96	Adrian	45
96	Douglas	45
98	Darrell	44
99	Ernest	43
99	Melvin	43