Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	902
2	Michael	712
3	James	681
4	Joshua	575
5	William	547
6	Matthew	497
7	Robert	481
8	John	475
9	Brandon	459
10	David	434
11	Jason	397
12	Jonathan	363
13	Justin	341
14	Daniel	337
15	Joseph	331
16	Charles	280
17	Thomas	270
18	Travis	252
19	Anthony	243
20	Richard	232
21	Brian	230
22	Kevin	223
22	Timothy	223
24	Andrew	219
25	Eric	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	185
27	Stephen	173
27	Steven	173
29	Marcus	170
30	Ryan	167
31	Kenneth	161
32	Jeremy	159
33	Benjamin	151
33	Nicholas	151
35	Patrick	141
36	Jeffrey	135
37	Mark	120
38	Bryan	114
39	Gregory	111
40	Antonio	100
40	Dustin	100
42	Bradley	94
43	Samuel	93
44	Aaron	92
45	Paul	90
46	Donald	89
46	Zachary	89
48	Derrick	87
49	Larry	83
50	Corey	78
51	Jacob	76
52	Edward	75
52	Kyle	75
54	George	73
54	Phillip	73
56	Chad	72
56	Nathan	72
58	Ronald	70
59	Jermaine	67
59	Tyler	67
61	Shawn	66
62	Willie	64
63	Jamie	62
64	Gary	60
65	Curtis	57
65	Johnathan	57
67	Terry	56
68	Jesse	55
68	Johnny	55
68	Keith	55
71	Maurice	52
72	Andre	51
72	Douglas	51
72	Micheal	51
72	Sean	51
76	Jerry	50
76	Scott	50
76	Terrance	50
79	Henry	49
80	Tony	48
81	Wesley	47
82	Jeffery	46
83	Bobby	45
83	Cedric	45
83	Derek	45
83	Ricky	45
83	Rodney	45
88	Russell	43
89	Alexander	42
89	Calvin	42
89	Nathaniel	42
89	Reginald	42
93	Marvin	41
93	Walter	41
95	Cory	40
96	Allen	39
97	Ernest	38
98	Randy	37
99	Carl	36
99	Dennis	36
99	Jimmy	36
99	Philip	36
99	Quentin	36
99	Ronnie	36