Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2000

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	552
2	Christopher	441
3	Jacob	428
4	Joshua	400
5	James	399
6	Michael	381
7	John	346
8	Matthew	345
9	Andrew	308
10	Brandon	278
11	Joseph	269
12	Austin	266
12	Cameron	266
12	David	266
15	Justin	259
16	Nicholas	255
17	Tyler	249
18	Zachary	244
19	Daniel	230
19	Robert	230
21	Jonathan	223
22	Hunter	216
23	Thomas	213
24	Noah	207
25	Christian	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	180
27	Jordan	178
28	Samuel	176
29	Charles	171
30	Anthony	168
31	Ryan	161
32	Caleb	160
33	Alexander	156
33	Benjamin	156
35	Ethan	153
36	Timothy	133
37	Jackson	124
38	Jalen	118
39	Nathan	112
40	Patrick	110
41	Kevin	106
42	Aaron	104
43	Eric	101
44	Cody	100
45	Elijah	96
46	Jason	95
47	Devin	93
48	Logan	92
49	Isaiah	91
50	Chandler	86
50	Richard	86
52	Garrett	85
53	Adam	84
54	Jared	81
55	Kyle	79
56	Malik	78
56	Steven	78
58	Brian	77
58	Connor	77
58	Dalton	77
58	Evan	77
62	Chase	76
62	Kenneth	76
62	Mason	76
65	Stephen	75
66	Luke	74
66	Nathaniel	74
66	Seth	74
69	Gabriel	64
69	Jeremy	64
69	Travis	64
72	Bryson	63
73	Marcus	61
74	Sean	59
74	Trevor	59
76	Antonio	57
76	Carson	57
76	Johnathan	57
79	Tyrese	56
80	Alex	55
80	Jeremiah	55
80	Xavier	55
83	Isaac	54
83	Jack	54
85	Kaleb	52
85	Mark	52
87	Bradley	51
87	Dakota	51
87	Gavin	51
90	Jose	50
90	Tristan	50
92	Darius	49
92	Jesse	49
92	Preston	49
95	Corey	48
95	Ian	48
97	Gregory	47
98	Dillon	46
98	Phillip	46
98	Tanner	46