Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	492
2	William	485
3	Austin	441
4	Joshua	434
4	Michael	434
6	James	432
7	Matthew	394
8	Brandon	380
9	John	345
10	Zachary	321
11	Tyler	310
12	Andrew	305
13	Justin	302
14	Jacob	296
15	Joseph	287
15	Robert	287
17	David	285
18	Nicholas	274
19	Jonathan	241
20	Daniel	233
21	Thomas	194
22	Jordan	185
23	Charles	180
24	Ryan	176
25	Christian	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	161
27	Timothy	160
28	Cody	154
28	Dylan	154
30	Benjamin	153
31	Hunter	145
32	Malik	144
33	Caleb	143
34	Alexander	140
35	Aaron	137
36	Richard	125
37	Kevin	123
38	Samuel	121
39	Patrick	110
40	Cameron	109
41	Kenneth	97
42	Jeremy	96
43	Steven	95
44	Eric	94
45	Brian	92
46	Logan	91
47	Stephen	90
48	Kyle	89
49	Bradley	87
50	Adam	85
50	Devin	85
50	Dustin	85
53	Taylor	77
54	Jason	76
54	Nathan	76
56	Jesse	73
57	Marcus	71
58	Corey	68
59	Dalton	67
60	Chandler	66
61	Mark	65
62	Ethan	63
63	Noah	62
64	Sean	61
65	Antonio	59
65	Nathaniel	59
65	Travis	59
68	Tristan	58
68	Xavier	58
70	Blake	57
70	Dakota	57
72	Connor	56
72	Darius	56
72	Evan	56
75	Paul	55
76	Jared	54
77	Jeffrey	53
77	Wesley	53
79	Gregory	52
80	George	50
80	Jackson	50
80	Johnathan	50
83	Alex	49
83	Cory	49
83	Garrett	49
83	Phillip	49
83	Raekwon	49
83	Trevor	49
89	Bryan	47
89	Chase	47
89	Donald	47
89	Isaiah	47
89	Shawn	47
94	Luke	45
95	Seth	44
96	Dillon	43
96	Mason	43
98	Edward	42
98	Henry	42
100	Daquan	41
100	Tanner	41