Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	521
2	Christopher	503
3	Joshua	459
4	Michael	433
5	Austin	416
6	James	402
7	Jacob	389
8	Brandon	382
9	Matthew	348
10	John	326
11	Tyler	323
12	Andrew	318
13	Zachary	299
14	Nicholas	284
15	Robert	282
16	Justin	281
17	David	264
18	Jonathan	252
19	Joseph	248
20	Daniel	214
21	Jordan	211
22	Thomas	208
23	Ryan	196
24	Samuel	178
25	Christian	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	171
27	Charles	166
28	Dylan	164
29	Hunter	161
30	Caleb	152
31	Alexander	150
31	Anthony	150
33	Cody	140
34	Timothy	139
35	Malik	133
36	Aaron	127
37	Cameron	119
38	Kevin	115
39	Richard	107
40	Eric	105
41	Noah	103
42	Steven	102
43	Adam	101
44	Kyle	98
45	Jason	92
46	Ethan	90
47	Devin	88
48	Kenneth	87
49	Patrick	86
50	Logan	83
51	Brian	81
52	Travis	79
53	Stephen	78
54	Dakota	75
54	Dustin	75
56	Jared	71
57	Jeremy	69
58	Antonio	68
58	Darius	68
58	Nathan	68
61	Alex	67
62	Jesse	66
63	Mark	65
64	Corey	64
65	Bradley	63
66	Marcus	62
67	Dalton	61
68	Connor	60
68	Jeffrey	60
70	Elijah	58
70	Nathaniel	58
72	Trevor	57
72	Xavier	57
74	Blake	56
75	Gabriel	55
76	Evan	54
77	Dillon	53
77	Edward	53
77	Isaiah	53
77	Sean	53
81	Wesley	52
82	Taylor	51
83	Bryan	50
84	Jackson	49
85	Chase	48
85	Devon	48
85	Mason	48
85	Tristan	48
89	Chandler	47
89	Luke	47
91	Seth	46
91	Shawn	46
93	Gregory	45
93	Paul	45
95	Isaac	44
95	Phillip	44
97	Jeremiah	42
97	Johnathan	42
99	Daquan	41
99	Garrett	41
99	Harrison	41