Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2006

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	442
2	Christopher	364
3	James	346
4	Jacob	334
5	Joshua	331
6	John	282
7	Michael	273
8	Ethan	271
9	Noah	249
10	Matthew	247
11	Jackson	241
12	Andrew	236
13	Tyler	231
14	David	226
14	Joseph	226
16	Caleb	208
17	Samuel	203
18	Daniel	202
19	Christian	200
20	Landon	197
21	Jonathan	193
22	Cameron	190
23	Elijah	186
24	Logan	184
25	Jordan	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexander	176
26	Robert	176
28	Mason	174
29	Nicholas	173
30	Brandon	172
31	Hunter	170
32	Thomas	168
33	Austin	165
34	Benjamin	164
35	Anthony	161
36	Charles	154
36	Zachary	154
38	Isaiah	149
38	Jayden	149
40	Dylan	142
41	Gabriel	138
42	Aiden	134
43	Justin	128
44	Ryan	126
45	Kevin	124
46	Jeremiah	120
47	Gavin	117
48	Bryson	116
48	Nathan	116
50	Hayden	110
50	Luke	110
52	Connor	107
53	Xavier	91
54	Malachi	90
55	Aidan	88
55	Timothy	88
57	Evan	86
57	Jason	86
59	Brayden	84
59	Jose	84
59	Tristan	84
62	Antonio	83
62	Owen	83
64	Jack	82
65	Carter	81
65	Jaden	81
67	Nathaniel	80
68	Carson	79
68	Lucas	79
70	Aaron	77
71	Sean	76
72	Preston	75
73	Brian	73
74	Chase	72
75	Alex	70
76	Adam	69
76	Jaylen	69
78	Kaleb	68
79	Richard	67
80	Eric	66
80	Patrick	66
82	Isaac	65
82	Juan	65
84	Bryan	63
84	Devin	63
86	Ashton	61
87	Kenneth	60
88	Carlos	59
88	Dalton	59
88	Seth	59
91	Grayson	58
91	Ian	58
91	Wyatt	58
94	Angel	56
94	Cody	56
94	Julian	56
94	Travis	56
98	Bryce	55
99	Ayden	54
99	Henry	54
99	Marcus	54
99	Micah	54