Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2005

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	434
2	Jacob	356
3	James	331
3	Joshua	331
5	John	310
6	Michael	302
7	Christopher	295
8	Ethan	291
9	Matthew	287
10	Andrew	261
11	Tyler	241
12	Daniel	219
13	Joseph	217
14	David	214
14	Thomas	214
16	Jackson	198
17	Robert	194
18	Noah	189
19	Nicholas	186
20	Christian	185
21	Caleb	181
21	Elijah	181
23	Zachary	179
24	Jordan	175
25	Cameron	173

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	171
27	Jonathan	170
28	Charles	168
29	Alexander	167
30	Hunter	155
31	Anthony	154
31	Austin	154
33	Logan	153
34	Samuel	149
35	Justin	147
36	Landon	145
37	Benjamin	144
37	Gabriel	144
39	Mason	143
40	Dylan	133
41	Ryan	128
42	Connor	125
42	Nathan	125
44	Kevin	122
45	Jayden	121
46	Bryson	111
46	Jeremiah	111
48	Hayden	107
49	Isaiah	104
50	Jason	101
51	Timothy	100
52	Evan	88
52	Gavin	88
52	Jaden	88
55	Jaylen	87
55	Lucas	87
57	Brayden	84
57	Brian	84
59	Aiden	82
59	Luke	82
59	Nathaniel	82
62	Jose	80
63	Aidan	79
63	Steven	79
65	Aaron	78
66	Ashton	77
67	Adam	75
68	Eric	73
69	Kenneth	72
70	Owen	71
71	Devin	69
71	Wyatt	69
73	Carter	68
73	Chase	68
75	Jack	67
76	Carson	66
77	Isaac	64
78	Micah	63
79	Alex	62
79	Ian	62
79	Kaleb	62
82	Malachi	61
83	Henry	60
84	Caden	59
84	Richard	59
84	Stephen	59
87	Cody	57
88	Patrick	56
89	Collin	55
89	Xavier	55
91	Bryan	54
92	Antonio	53
93	Angel	52
93	Peyton	52
93	Seth	52
96	Tanner	51
97	Blake	50
97	Marcus	50
99	Jalen	49
99	Johnathan	49
99	Parker	49