Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	770
2	Michael	746
3	Christopher	719
4	Jason	632
5	William	595
6	Robert	505
7	David	480
7	John	480
9	Travis	450
10	Joshua	430
11	Jonathan	357
12	Joseph	351
13	Charles	341
14	Matthew	312
15	Timothy	284
16	Brian	276
17	Thomas	264
18	Kevin	263
19	Daniel	251
20	Eric	242
21	Richard	222
22	Justin	208
23	Jeremy	195
24	Anthony	182
25	Jeffrey	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	177
27	Benjamin	169
28	Brandon	165
28	Nicholas	165
30	Ryan	161
31	Kenneth	158
32	Andrew	146
33	Stephen	143
34	Patrick	137
35	Marcus	130
36	Derrick	121
37	Adam	120
38	Chad	115
39	Mark	114
40	Corey	111
41	Bryan	110
41	Paul	110
43	Antonio	105
43	George	105
43	Ronald	105
46	Jamie	101
46	Phillip	101
48	Donald	99
49	Samuel	98
50	Edward	92
50	Gregory	92
52	Larry	89
53	Jermaine	88
53	Scott	88
55	Bradley	84
55	Russell	84
57	Nathan	80
58	Willie	77
59	Johnny	75
60	Aaron	74
60	Bobby	74
60	Keith	74
63	Curtis	73
64	Shawn	71
65	Billy	70
66	Derek	69
67	Gary	68
68	Terry	66
69	Rodney	64
70	Jerry	63
71	Wesley	62
72	Nathaniel	58
72	Sean	58
74	Micheal	57
75	Cedric	56
75	Douglas	56
75	Walter	56
78	Adrian	54
79	Jimmy	52
80	Henry	51
80	Jesse	51
80	Maurice	51
80	Randy	51
84	Dustin	50
84	Reginald	50
84	Tony	50
87	Raymond	49
88	Jeffery	48
88	Roger	48
90	Craig	47
90	Dennis	47
90	Jacob	47
90	Philip	47
90	Terrance	47
95	Allen	46
95	Ernest	46
97	Stanley	44
97	Terrence	44
99	Randall	43
99	Ronnie	43