Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	909
2	Michael	748
3	James	682
4	Joshua	606
5	Brandon	593
6	William	542
7	Matthew	498
8	John	493
9	Robert	450
10	David	438
11	Jonathan	386
12	Joseph	367
13	Justin	364
14	Daniel	351
15	Jason	292
16	Thomas	286
17	Charles	263
18	Andrew	262
19	Timothy	247
20	Brian	234
20	Travis	234
22	Richard	228
23	Anthony	227
24	Kevin	221
25	Eric	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	197
27	Jeremy	188
28	Steven	175
29	Adam	173
30	Patrick	153
31	Stephen	152
32	Benjamin	147
33	Kenneth	146
34	Marcus	145
35	Bryan	139
35	Dustin	139
35	Nicholas	139
38	Mark	132
39	Antonio	119
39	Zachary	119
41	Gregory	113
42	Jeffrey	110
42	Kyle	110
44	Aaron	106
45	Paul	100
45	Samuel	100
47	Bradley	97
48	Corey	91
48	Phillip	91
50	Jacob	86
51	Edward	83
52	Chad	81
53	Donald	77
53	Nathan	77
55	Larry	75
56	Derrick	74
57	Ronald	72
58	George	71
58	Jesse	71
58	Scott	71
58	Shawn	71
62	Jamie	70
63	Willie	69
64	Tyler	66
65	Alexander	64
65	Keith	64
65	Sean	64
68	Curtis	63
69	Wesley	62
70	Jeffery	61
71	Allen	57
72	Russell	56
73	Bobby	55
74	Derek	54
75	Jermaine	53
75	Terry	53
77	Gary	52
77	Maurice	52
79	Jared	51
80	Philip	50
80	Shane	50
82	Raymond	47
83	Jerry	46
83	Jimmy	46
85	Cedric	45
85	Johnathan	45
87	Johnny	44
87	Tony	44
87	Walter	44
90	Austin	43
90	Dennis	43
90	Nathaniel	43
90	Ricky	43
94	Carl	42
94	Cody	42
94	Jordan	42
94	Rodney	42
98	Blake	41
98	Devin	41
98	Henry	41
98	Reginald	41