Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	764
2	Michael	737
3	Christopher	701
4	William	581
5	Jason	558
6	John	529
7	Joshua	501
8	Robert	476
9	David	465
10	Matthew	393
11	Jonathan	363
12	Charles	361
13	Joseph	348
14	Travis	339
15	Brian	288
16	Justin	284
17	Thomas	271
18	Brandon	270
19	Daniel	259
20	Kevin	249
21	Timothy	243
22	Jeremy	231
23	Eric	217
24	Richard	211
25	Ryan	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	189
27	Steven	186
28	Andrew	176
29	Benjamin	161
30	Kenneth	160
31	Adam	151
32	Stephen	147
33	Nicholas	145
34	Patrick	135
35	Jeffrey	133
36	Marcus	128
37	Derrick	120
38	Antonio	119
39	Bryan	112
40	Samuel	106
41	Paul	105
42	Edward	102
43	Aaron	99
44	Phillip	98
45	Larry	97
46	Donald	94
46	George	94
48	Corey	91
48	Ronald	91
50	Gregory	89
51	Willie	88
52	Chad	87
53	Mark	86
54	Nathan	83
55	Bradley	80
56	Jamie	72
56	Scott	72
58	Shawn	71
59	Billy	69
59	Bobby	69
61	Johnny	68
61	Keith	68
63	Russell	67
64	Gary	66
65	Henry	64
66	Tony	63
66	Wesley	63
68	Rodney	62
69	Maurice	61
69	Sean	61
71	Dustin	58
71	Jacob	58
71	Jerry	58
74	Curtis	57
74	Douglas	57
74	Jermaine	57
77	Micheal	53
78	Calvin	52
78	Ricky	52
78	Walter	52
81	Dennis	51
82	Jesse	50
83	Cedric	49
83	Jared	49
83	Raymond	49
83	Roger	49
83	Shannon	49
88	Terrance	48
89	Randy	47
89	Reginald	47
89	Terry	47
92	Jeffery	46
92	Joel	46
92	Tyrone	46
95	Allen	45
95	Gerald	45
95	Terrence	45
98	Derek	44
98	Frank	44
98	Jimmy	44