Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	871
2	James	771
3	Michael	752
4	William	600
5	John	511
6	Matthew	490
7	Joshua	486
8	Robert	475
9	Jason	467
10	David	463
11	Brandon	381
12	Jonathan	361
13	Justin	336
14	Joseph	334
15	Brian	295
16	Daniel	292
17	Travis	279
18	Charles	263
19	Thomas	245
20	Timothy	222
21	Kevin	218
22	Richard	216
23	Andrew	207
24	Eric	198
25	Adam	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	189
27	Anthony	186
28	Steven	180
29	Marcus	166
30	Ryan	160
31	Benjamin	156
32	Kenneth	151
33	Stephen	143
34	Patrick	136
35	Nicholas	132
36	Jeffrey	127
37	Bryan	118
38	Paul	116
39	Mark	115
40	Ronald	109
41	Derrick	102
42	Antonio	100
42	Gregory	100
44	Aaron	93
45	Dustin	92
46	Samuel	90
47	Larry	84
48	George	83
49	Bradley	80
49	Nathan	80
51	Donald	79
51	Phillip	79
53	Shawn	78
54	Bobby	76
54	Chad	76
54	Kyle	76
57	Jacob	74
58	Corey	70
58	Keith	70
60	Edward	69
60	Zachary	69
62	Jermaine	65
63	Willie	64
64	Sean	62
65	Maurice	61
66	Curtis	59
67	Jamie	58
68	Jesse	57
69	Allen	56
69	Jeffery	56
71	Johnny	53
71	Terry	53
73	Henry	52
74	Gary	51
74	Terrance	51
76	Quentin	50
77	Derek	49
77	Jerry	49
77	Scott	49
80	Russell	48
81	Wesley	46
82	Rodney	45
83	Andre	44
83	Dennis	44
83	Reginald	44
86	Nathaniel	43
86	Quinton	43
88	Cory	42
88	Craig	42
88	Johnathan	42
88	Marvin	42
88	Randy	42
88	Ricky	42
94	Raymond	41
94	Roger	41
94	Tony	41
94	Walter	41
98	Philip	40
98	Troy	40
98	Tyler	40