Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	856
2	Christopher	763
3	Michael	714
4	Jason	623
5	William	595
6	John	577
7	Robert	495
8	David	485
9	Travis	435
10	Joshua	351
11	Charles	320
12	Joseph	316
13	Matthew	297
14	Brian	282
14	Timothy	282
16	Jonathan	280
16	Kevin	280
18	Thomas	250
19	Richard	241
20	Daniel	238
21	Jeremy	226
22	Anthony	217
23	Eric	185
23	Nicholas	185
25	Steven	173

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	169
27	Benjamin	164
28	Derrick	159
29	Andrew	147
30	Stephen	142
31	Bryan	129
32	Brandon	128
33	Justin	127
33	Ryan	127
35	Antonio	125
36	Jeffrey	122
37	Mark	121
38	Adam	118
39	Corey	110
39	George	110
39	Larry	110
42	Chad	108
42	Ronald	108
44	Patrick	107
45	Phillip	100
45	Samuel	100
47	Bradley	95
48	Gregory	94
48	Scott	94
50	Paul	90
51	Marcus	89
52	Jamie	88
53	Donald	86
53	Willie	86
55	Aaron	85
56	Terry	81
57	Edward	79
57	Reginald	79
59	Shawn	78
60	Bobby	74
61	Billy	73
61	Keith	73
63	Nathan	71
64	Jerry	70
65	Johnny	68
66	Curtis	67
66	Russell	67
68	Gary	66
68	Jimmy	66
68	Tony	66
71	Jermaine	65
72	Henry	62
73	Douglas	61
73	Rodney	61
75	Maurice	59
76	Jacob	57
77	Dennis	56
78	Shaun	55
78	Wesley	55
80	Roger	51
80	Terrance	51
80	Terrence	51
83	Philip	49
83	Randy	49
85	Andre	48
85	Tyrone	48
87	Ricky	47
87	Walter	47
89	Nathaniel	45
89	Raymond	45
89	Ronnie	45
92	Troy	44
93	Ernest	43
94	Danny	42
94	Frederick	42
94	Jeffery	42
94	Lee	42
98	Adrian	41
98	Craig	41
98	Micheal	41
98	Randall	41