Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	880
2	Michael	742
3	James	674
4	William	560
5	Brandon	558
6	Joshua	553
7	Matthew	522
8	John	465
9	David	443
10	Robert	432
11	Justin	409
12	Jonathan	407
13	Daniel	323
14	Andrew	309
15	Joseph	297
16	Charles	271
17	Jason	267
18	Thomas	247
19	Timothy	222
20	Kevin	220
21	Brian	219
22	Ryan	212
23	Jeremy	210
24	Anthony	208
25	Richard	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	190
27	Travis	185
28	Eric	181
29	Steven	175
30	Stephen	166
31	Adam	164
32	Kenneth	157
33	Dustin	137
34	Nicholas	135
35	Patrick	130
36	Marcus	129
37	Zachary	127
38	Kyle	124
39	Antonio	120
40	Mark	119
41	Bryan	111
41	Jeffrey	111
43	Corey	109
44	Jacob	106
45	Samuel	102
46	Phillip	97
47	Gregory	96
48	Paul	94
49	Sean	93
50	Bradley	92
51	Aaron	90
52	Donald	85
53	Alexander	83
53	Edward	83
53	Ronald	83
56	Jesse	76
57	Tyler	75
58	George	74
58	Shawn	74
60	Larry	73
61	Cory	67
62	Chad	64
63	Johnathan	61
64	Derrick	59
65	Derek	58
65	Maurice	58
65	Nathan	58
68	Jared	56
69	Jordan	54
69	Wesley	54
71	Bobby	53
71	Johnny	53
73	Jerry	52
73	Russell	52
75	Reginald	51
75	Willie	51
77	Allen	50
77	Ricky	50
77	Scott	50
80	Curtis	49
80	Henry	49
80	Nathaniel	49
83	Keith	48
83	Terry	48
85	Alex	46
85	Cody	46
85	Devin	46
85	Joel	46
85	Randall	46
90	Gary	45
91	Austin	44
91	Jimmy	44
91	Philip	44
94	Calvin	43
94	Micheal	43
96	Casey	42
96	Shane	42
98	Adrian	41
98	Carl	41
98	Douglas	41
98	Jamie	41
98	Jeffery	41