Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	847
2	Michael	783
3	Christopher	755
4	Jason	672
5	William	556
6	Robert	537
7	John	535
8	David	498
9	Joseph	371
10	Kevin	347
11	Charles	327
12	Timothy	315
13	Brian	286
14	Joshua	263
15	Thomas	261
16	Jonathan	260
17	Matthew	258
18	Daniel	241
19	Anthony	219
20	Richard	214
21	Eric	194
22	Jeremy	185
22	Travis	185
24	Kenneth	173
25	Steven	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	147
27	Stephen	145
28	Andrew	141
28	Derrick	141
30	Mark	125
30	Patrick	125
32	Jeffrey	124
32	Paul	124
34	Antonio	121
35	Marcus	118
36	Shawn	117
37	Larry	115
38	George	114
39	Adam	113
40	Samuel	106
41	Gregory	103
41	Ryan	103
43	Corey	101
43	Justin	101
45	Chad	100
46	Brandon	99
47	Bryan	98
48	Ronald	97
49	Jamie	94
50	Donald	93
50	Phillip	93
52	Nicholas	90
53	Edward	87
54	Willie	86
55	Aaron	77
55	Rodney	77
57	Bradley	75
57	Terry	75
59	Bobby	71
59	Maurice	71
61	Shaun	70
62	Keith	68
63	Gary	67
64	Jerry	64
65	Douglas	63
66	Nathan	61
67	Johnny	58
67	Scott	58
69	Henry	57
70	Billy	56
70	Dennis	56
70	Reginald	56
70	Russell	56
70	Tony	56
75	Curtis	55
76	Carl	54
77	Jimmy	53
77	Kelvin	53
77	Shannon	53
77	Wesley	53
81	Raymond	52
81	Terrance	52
83	Dwayne	50
83	Randy	50
85	Frank	49
86	Walter	48
87	Adrian	47
87	Jermaine	47
89	Cory	46
90	Harold	45
90	Jacob	45
90	Micheal	45
90	Ronnie	45
90	Tyrone	45
95	Troy	44
96	Carlos	43
96	Frederick	43
96	Roger	43
99	Joel	42
99	Nathaniel	42