Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	855
2	Michael	751
3	James	736
4	William	552
5	John	522
6	Jason	513
7	Joshua	498
8	Robert	496
9	David	447
10	Matthew	423
11	Jonathan	392
12	Charles	337
13	Daniel	318
14	Joseph	311
15	Justin	305
16	Travis	291
17	Brandon	274
18	Thomas	262
19	Timothy	248
20	Richard	242
21	Brian	241
22	Kevin	209
23	Ryan	203
24	Anthony	202
25	Jeremy	200

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	192
27	Andrew	180
28	Kenneth	168
29	Eric	166
30	Marcus	156
31	Stephen	148
32	Benjamin	141
33	Adam	137
34	Nicholas	133
35	Jeffrey	130
36	Patrick	129
37	Antonio	118
38	Bryan	111
39	George	110
40	Gregory	108
41	Mark	107
42	Paul	104
43	Donald	98
44	Ronald	97
45	Derrick	94
46	Edward	91
47	Samuel	88
48	Corey	87
49	Aaron	86
50	Bradley	84
51	Larry	82
51	Phillip	82
53	Willie	81
54	Nathan	73
54	Scott	73
56	Billy	71
57	Shawn	68
58	Bobby	66
59	Chad	65
60	Dustin	64
60	Jacob	64
60	Maurice	64
63	Jerry	62
63	Tony	62
65	Jermaine	61
65	Jesse	61
65	Terry	61
68	Henry	60
69	Dennis	59
69	Jamie	59
71	Cedric	58
71	Gary	58
73	Derek	57
73	Kyle	57
75	Curtis	56
75	Johnny	56
75	Keith	56
78	Terrance	55
79	Russell	54
80	Zachary	52
81	Roger	51
82	Joel	49
82	Sean	49
82	Wesley	49
85	Jimmy	48
85	Nathaniel	48
85	Randall	48
85	Randy	48
89	Micheal	47
90	Jared	46
90	Jeffery	46
92	Calvin	45
92	Rodney	45
92	Terrence	45
95	Alexander	43
95	Franklin	43
95	Ricky	43
95	Ronnie	43
99	Allen	42
99	Douglas	42
99	Walter	42