Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 1999

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	507
2	Joshua	435
3	Jacob	431
4	Michael	424
5	James	419
6	Christopher	402
7	Austin	374
8	Matthew	358
9	Nicholas	319
10	John	304
11	Brandon	299
11	Tyler	299
13	Justin	273
14	Joseph	264
15	Andrew	256
15	Cameron	256
17	Robert	252
18	Hunter	242
19	Zachary	237
20	David	234
21	Jonathan	232
22	Thomas	222
23	Jordan	220
24	Noah	203
25	Daniel	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christian	192
27	Charles	183
28	Anthony	170
28	Caleb	170
30	Dylan	169
31	Benjamin	163
32	Samuel	161
33	Alexander	151
33	Ryan	151
35	Timothy	137
36	Ethan	123
37	Nathan	122
38	Aaron	120
39	Kevin	116
40	Jackson	113
41	Steven	107
42	Cody	102
43	Adam	92
44	Darius	91
44	Eric	91
44	Richard	91
47	Kenneth	88
48	Jason	87
48	Kyle	87
50	Dalton	85
50	Tyrese	85
52	Logan	84
53	Patrick	83
53	Stephen	83
55	Seth	81
56	Elijah	79
57	Isaiah	78
58	Malik	75
59	Jeremy	72
60	Chandler	70
61	Brian	69
61	Chase	69
63	Devin	68
64	Nathaniel	65
64	Sean	65
66	Luke	64
67	Connor	60
67	Trevor	60
69	Jared	58
70	Dakota	57
71	Alex	56
71	Evan	56
71	Preston	56
71	Travis	56
75	Antonio	54
76	Corey	53
76	Gabriel	53
76	Jesse	53
76	Marcus	53
76	Mark	53
81	Ian	52
81	Tanner	52
83	Edward	51
84	Bryson	50
84	Dawson	50
86	Blake	49
87	Bradley	48
87	Mason	48
89	Bryce	47
89	Clayton	47
89	Dustin	47
89	Garrett	47
89	Jaquan	47
89	Taylor	47
95	Deandre	46
95	Jalen	46
95	Jeffrey	46
95	Jeremiah	46
95	Johnathan	46
95	Parker	46
95	Tristan	46