Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	846
2	Joshua	759
3	Michael	713
4	James	693
5	Justin	663
6	William	611
7	Matthew	505
8	Brandon	498
9	Robert	459
10	David	423
10	John	423
12	Andrew	378
13	Daniel	356
14	Jonathan	349
15	Joseph	346
16	Thomas	300
17	Charles	270
18	Ryan	266
19	Timothy	262
20	Steven	250
21	Anthony	248
22	Richard	226
23	Nicholas	223
24	Jeremy	215
25	Zachary	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	203
27	Travis	196
28	Benjamin	193
29	Brian	185
30	Stephen	180
31	Adam	174
31	Kenneth	174
33	Eric	158
34	Aaron	150
35	Jacob	143
36	Tyler	132
37	Dustin	130
37	Patrick	130
39	Kyle	124
40	Marcus	123
41	Mark	122
42	Phillip	121
43	Bradley	119
43	Jason	119
43	Jeffrey	119
43	Samuel	119
47	Alexander	117
48	Antonio	116
49	Corey	115
50	Austin	103
51	Cory	102
52	Jordan	101
53	Gregory	99
54	Cody	95
55	Bryan	93
56	Jesse	91
57	Sean	89
58	Cameron	85
59	Paul	83
60	Derrick	77
61	Edward	75
61	Wesley	75
63	George	71
63	Nathan	71
65	Derek	70
66	Jared	68
67	Donald	65
68	Bobby	60
68	Caleb	60
68	Shawn	60
71	Ronald	59
71	Taylor	59
71	Tony	59
74	Allen	56
74	Terry	56
76	Johnathan	55
77	Chad	54
78	Keith	53
78	Mitchell	53
80	Devin	52
80	Kendrick	52
82	Gary	51
82	Larry	51
82	Scott	51
85	Andre	50
85	Seth	50
87	Adrian	48
87	Jerry	48
87	Russell	48
87	Vincent	48
91	Curtis	47
91	Douglas	47
91	Nathaniel	47
91	Willie	47
95	Maurice	46
96	Brett	45
96	Calvin	45
96	Casey	45
96	Jamal	45
96	Trevor	45