Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2001

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	533
2	Jacob	429
3	Joshua	401
4	Christopher	388
5	James	379
6	Michael	378
7	Matthew	322
8	John	303
9	Austin	266
10	Joseph	257
11	Andrew	252
12	Brandon	249
13	Justin	236
14	Zachary	235
15	Nicholas	231
15	Robert	231
17	Ethan	225
17	Tyler	225
19	David	219
20	Thomas	214
21	Cameron	210
22	Daniel	203
23	Jordan	202
24	Noah	201
25	Hunter	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	197
27	Caleb	189
28	Dylan	188
29	Christian	186
30	Samuel	181
31	Benjamin	176
32	Anthony	165
33	Alexander	146
34	Charles	139
35	Ryan	134
36	Logan	132
37	Nathan	128
38	Timothy	126
39	Jackson	120
39	Kevin	120
41	Gabriel	116
42	Jalen	101
43	Elijah	99
43	Jason	99
45	Richard	98
46	Aaron	95
46	Luke	95
48	Seth	92
49	Eric	89
50	Cody	88
51	Nathaniel	87
52	Mason	84
53	Dalton	82
54	Isaiah	80
55	Garrett	78
56	Colby	76
56	Connor	76
56	Stephen	76
59	Adam	75
60	Carson	74
60	Devin	74
62	Brian	73
63	Isaac	71
64	Chase	70
64	Patrick	70
66	Bryson	69
66	Evan	69
66	Kyle	69
66	Steven	69
70	Darius	68
71	Jeremiah	67
72	Jose	64
72	Parker	64
74	Kenneth	63
74	Sean	63
76	Jeremy	62
77	Chandler	60
77	Xavier	60
79	Ian	59
80	Antonio	58
80	Travis	58
82	Jared	56
83	Hayden	55
83	Malik	55
85	Lucas	54
86	Edward	52
86	Mark	52
88	Alex	51
88	Bradley	51
88	Preston	51
91	Bryan	50
91	Dakota	50
91	Jesse	50
94	Jaylen	49
95	Corey	48
95	Marcus	48
97	Wesley	47
98	Shawn	46
99	Landon	45
99	Tanner	45