Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	529
2	Michael	459
3	Christopher	449
4	Joshua	438
5	Jacob	421
6	James	419
7	Austin	398
8	Matthew	375
9	Brandon	363
10	John	351
11	Nicholas	290
12	Justin	289
13	Andrew	284
14	Tyler	283
15	Robert	280
16	Zachary	272
17	Joseph	258
18	Hunter	239
19	Jonathan	230
20	David	229
21	Jordan	227
22	Daniel	215
23	Thomas	192
24	Cameron	189
25	Charles	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	173
27	Noah	165
28	Christian	164
29	Anthony	152
30	Alexander	151
31	Ryan	150
32	Caleb	149
33	Samuel	144
34	Timothy	139
35	Benjamin	137
36	Ethan	127
37	Kyle	125
38	Cody	115
39	Aaron	110
40	Kevin	108
41	Richard	104
42	Eric	103
43	Jason	97
44	Logan	96
45	Kenneth	95
45	Nathan	95
47	Patrick	93
48	Darius	88
49	Steven	83
50	Adam	82
50	Devin	82
50	Malik	82
53	Chandler	81
54	Brian	78
55	Dalton	75
56	Stephen	73
57	Taylor	72
58	Jackson	70
58	Jared	70
60	Isaiah	66
61	Corey	64
62	Elijah	62
63	Trevor	61
63	Tristan	61
65	Alex	60
65	Bradley	60
67	Ian	59
67	Xavier	59
69	Chase	58
70	Antonio	57
70	Travis	57
72	Connor	56
72	Jeremy	56
74	Jesse	55
75	Dustin	54
75	George	54
75	Johnathan	54
78	Marcus	53
78	Nathaniel	53
80	Mark	52
81	Evan	51
81	Garrett	51
83	Gabriel	50
84	Luke	49
84	Spencer	49
86	Lucas	48
86	Mason	48
86	Seth	48
86	Shawn	48
90	Dakota	47
90	Dillon	47
90	Gregory	47
90	Jalen	47
94	Jeffrey	46
95	Bryson	43
95	Jeremiah	43
95	Phillip	43
98	Bryan	42
98	Gavin	42
98	Isaac	42
98	Sean	42