Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	827
2	Joshua	698
3	Michael	671
4	Justin	652
5	James	605
6	William	600
7	Brandon	499
8	Matthew	489
9	John	475
10	Robert	436
11	David	427
12	Andrew	349
13	Joseph	347
14	Jonathan	341
15	Daniel	321
16	Thomas	274
17	Anthony	264
18	Ryan	250
19	Charles	247
20	Richard	237
20	Timothy	237
22	Kevin	204
23	Nicholas	198
24	Brian	191
24	Travis	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	188
27	Benjamin	182
28	Stephen	177
29	Jason	176
30	Jeremy	169
31	Adam	168
32	Steven	165
33	Patrick	160
34	Zachary	154
35	Kenneth	150
36	Dustin	144
37	Jacob	141
38	Kyle	136
39	Antonio	131
39	Marcus	131
41	Aaron	120
42	Samuel	118
43	Bradley	117
43	Bryan	117
43	Mark	117
46	Jeffrey	114
47	Corey	112
48	Tyler	106
49	Gregory	105
50	Phillip	101
51	Jordan	93
52	Paul	91
53	Cameron	89
54	Alexander	88
55	Donald	82
56	Sean	80
57	George	79
58	Cody	77
59	Ronald	76
60	Austin	75
61	Wesley	71
62	Edward	69
63	Curtis	68
63	Derrick	68
65	Cory	66
66	Jesse	64
67	Jared	62
67	Shawn	62
69	Johnathan	61
69	Nathan	61
71	Willie	59
72	Allen	58
72	Chad	58
74	Douglas	55
74	Larry	55
76	Dennis	53
76	Devin	53
78	Brett	52
78	Derek	52
78	Maurice	52
78	Terry	52
82	Nathaniel	51
83	Alex	49
83	Henry	49
83	Keith	49
83	Shane	49
87	Billy	48
87	Jamie	48
87	Scott	48
90	Gary	47
90	Jeffery	47
90	Micheal	47
90	Philip	47
90	Terrance	47
95	Reginald	46
96	Casey	45
97	Jimmy	44
97	Quentin	44
97	Rodney	44
100	Caleb	43
100	Jerry	43
100	Mitchell	43
100	Russell	43