Most popular boys’ names in South Carolina, 2009

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	419
2	Jayden	292
3	Christopher	291
4	James	286
5	Jacob	284
5	Joshua	284
7	Michael	253
8	Jackson	250
9	Noah	241
10	Ethan	230
11	Caleb	228
12	John	224
13	Landon	223
14	Matthew	219
15	Elijah	212
16	Aiden	201
16	Jordan	201
18	David	198
19	Christian	192
20	Tyler	187
21	Joseph	184
22	Logan	173
23	Daniel	169
24	Cameron	167
25	Andrew	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexander	155
26	Benjamin	155
28	Gabriel	153
28	Jeremiah	153
30	Brayden	152
31	Robert	151
32	Samuel	148
33	Jonathan	145
34	Charles	143
35	Anthony	142
36	Brandon	140
37	Mason	139
38	Thomas	133
39	Nathan	132
40	Bryson	130
41	Dylan	128
41	Nicholas	128
43	Justin	120
44	Zachary	118
45	Gavin	116
46	Isaiah	115
47	Hunter	114
47	Ryan	114
49	Connor	111
50	Evan	110
51	Austin	106
52	Wyatt	104
53	Luke	102
54	Lucas	100
55	Owen	91
56	Carter	90
57	Kevin	88
58	Jaylen	87
59	Nathaniel	85
60	Ayden	84
61	Cooper	82
61	Jason	82
63	Carson	81
63	Isaac	81
65	Jaden	80
66	Timothy	77
67	Tristan	76
68	Hayden	75
68	Parker	75
70	Jack	73
71	Aaron	72
71	Ashton	72
71	Chase	72
71	Josiah	72
71	Levi	72
71	Liam	72
77	Jose	71
77	Xavier	71
79	Brian	68
80	Ian	67
81	Kaleb	66
82	Micah	65
83	Angel	64
83	Bryce	64
83	Caden	64
83	Eli	64
87	Henry	63
88	Adam	62
89	Malachi	61
90	Bryan	60
90	Cole	60
92	Peyton	59
92	Preston	59
94	Brody	58
94	Colton	58
96	Richard	57
97	Cayden	56
98	Grayson	55
98	Kaden	55
98	Travis	55