Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2002

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	388
3	Joshua	386
4	James	375
5	Christopher	358
6	Michael	324
7	Matthew	307
8	John	288
9	Ethan	258
10	Andrew	251
11	Nicholas	239
12	Austin	234
13	Joseph	230
14	Tyler	228
15	Robert	224
16	Justin	221
17	Caleb	213
18	Jordan	211
19	Daniel	206
20	Brandon	204
21	Cameron	201
22	Zachary	198
23	David	192
24	Thomas	188
25	Jonathan	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	177
27	Christian	174
28	Hunter	166
29	Alexander	165
29	Noah	165
31	Logan	160
32	Charles	152
32	Jackson	152
34	Anthony	144
34	Ryan	144
36	Dylan	139
37	Benjamin	134
38	Gabriel	125
39	Timothy	124
40	Jason	119
41	Elijah	115
42	Kevin	111
43	Nathan	110
44	Aaron	103
45	Luke	95
46	Isaiah	91
47	Cody	86
48	Brian	83
48	Richard	83
50	Devin	80
50	Mason	80
52	Jalen	79
52	Nathaniel	79
54	Eric	78
55	Adam	77
55	Connor	77
55	Kyle	77
55	Landon	77
59	Bryson	75
60	Kenneth	74
61	Chandler	73
62	Sean	71
63	Stephen	70
64	Xavier	68
65	Dalton	67
65	Evan	67
67	Jeremiah	66
68	Jose	65
69	Steven	64
70	Chase	63
71	Jaden	62
72	Colby	61
72	Gavin	61
72	Isaac	61
75	Jaheim	60
76	Kaleb	59
77	Hayden	58
77	Patrick	58
79	Carson	56
79	Ian	56
79	Trevor	56
82	Seth	55
83	Jaylen	54
84	Preston	53
85	Alex	52
86	Riley	51
87	Antonio	50
87	Jeremy	50
89	Jack	49
89	Lucas	49
89	Mark	49
92	Bryan	48
92	Travis	48
94	Bryce	47
95	Bradley	46
95	Collin	46
95	Edward	46
95	Garrett	46
95	Malachi	46
95	Tanner	46