Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	805
2	Michael	694
3	James	693
4	Joshua	597
5	William	578
6	Justin	539
7	Brandon	509
8	Matthew	500
9	John	476
10	David	452
11	Robert	444
12	Andrew	336
13	Jonathan	325
14	Daniel	321
15	Joseph	315
16	Thomas	280
17	Timothy	268
18	Jason	250
19	Kevin	246
20	Charles	242
21	Jeremy	225
22	Anthony	221
23	Ryan	213
24	Richard	208
25	Travis	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	190
27	Steven	188
28	Benjamin	173
29	Stephen	171
30	Brian	156
31	Nicholas	155
32	Kyle	152
33	Kenneth	148
34	Adam	143
35	Dustin	138
35	Patrick	138
37	Antonio	135
37	Zachary	135
39	Jeffrey	131
40	Gregory	127
41	Jacob	118
42	Marcus	116
43	Aaron	115
44	Mark	113
45	Paul	109
46	Bryan	106
47	Corey	104
48	Phillip	102
49	Samuel	90
50	Jordan	89
51	Bradley	85
52	Tyler	83
53	Donald	81
54	Derrick	80
55	Sean	79
56	Edward	73
57	Alexander	70
57	Cory	70
59	Ronald	67
60	Chad	65
61	George	63
61	Jesse	63
63	Derek	62
64	Bobby	60
64	Jared	60
66	Devin	59
66	Wesley	59
68	Allen	58
68	Cody	58
70	Johnny	57
71	Alex	56
71	Larry	56
71	Nathan	56
74	Cameron	54
74	Scott	54
74	Shawn	54
77	Curtis	53
77	Philip	53
79	Jeffery	52
79	Johnathan	52
81	Maurice	51
81	Terrance	51
81	Willie	51
84	Terry	50
85	Blake	48
85	Jerry	48
85	Rodney	48
88	Reginald	47
88	Russell	47
90	Tony	46
91	Jamie	45
91	Keith	45
93	Bryant	44
93	Quentin	44
95	Calvin	43
95	Henry	43
97	Austin	42
97	Shane	42
99	Jermaine	41
100	Douglas	40
100	Jimmy	40
100	Mitchell	40
100	Taylor	40
100	Troy	40