Popular South Carolina Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular South Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in South Carolina was James. In total there were 21,208 boys born sharing 413 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	James	1 in 11 (9.1%)	1,929
2	John	1 in 20 (5%)	1,070
3	William	1 in 22 (4.5%)	946
4	Robert	1 in 23 (4.3%)	907
5	Willie	1 in 33 (3%)	645
6	Charles	1 in 33 (3%)	640
7	Thomas	1 in 44 (2.3%)	481
8	George	1 in 51 (2%)	414
9	David	1 in 52 (1.9%)	409
10	Joseph	1 in 66 (1.5%)	319
11	Henry	1 in 68 (1.5%)	313
12	Bobby	1 in 69 (1.5%)	308
13	Richard	1 in 72 (1.4%)	294
14	Joe	1 in 75 (1.3%)	282
15	Jerry	1 in 85 (1.2%)	250
16	Donald	1 in 94 (1.1%)	226
17	Edward	1 in 98 (1%)	216
18	Larry	1 in 99 (1%)	214
19	Billy	1 in 101 (1%)	209
20	Johnny	1 in 106 (0.9%)	200
21	Harold	1 in 109 (0.9%)	195
22	Samuel	1 in 110 (0.9%)	192
23	Frank	1 in 113 (0.9%)	187
24	Walter	1 in 118 (0.8%)	180
25	Leroy	1 in 123 (0.8%)	173
26	Jimmy	1 in 124 (0.8%)	171
27	Kenneth	1 in 135 (0.7%)	157
28	Paul	1 in 142 (0.7%)	149
29	Eugene	1 in 143 (0.7%)	148
30	Clarence	1 in 162 (0.6%)	131
31	Arthur	1 in 163 (0.6%)	130
32	Harry	1 in 177 (0.6%)	120
33	Raymond	1 in 180 (0.6%)	118
34	Fred	1 in 181 (0.6%)	117
35	Albert	1 in 181 (0.6%)	117
36	Carl	1 in 189 (0.5%)	112
37	Ernest	1 in 193 (0.5%)	110
38	Jack	1 in 196 (0.5%)	108
39	Charlie	1 in 200 (0.5%)	106
40	Johnnie	1 in 206 (0.5%)	103
41	Melvin	1 in 208 (0.5%)	102
42	Marion	1 in 208 (0.5%)	102
43	Nathaniel	1 in 214 (0.5%)	99
44	Roy	1 in 223 (0.4%)	95
45	Ronald	1 in 228 (0.4%)	93
46	Herbert	1 in 231 (0.4%)	92
47	Franklin	1 in 231 (0.4%)	92
48	Eddie	1 in 231 (0.4%)	92
49	Leon	1 in 238 (0.4%)	89
50	Daniel	1 in 252 (0.4%)	84
51	Ralph	1 in 252 (0.4%)	84
52	Jesse	1 in 259 (0.4%)	82
53	Tommy	1 in 259 (0.4%)	82
54	Earl	1 in 262 (0.4%)	81
55	Benjamin	1 in 265 (0.4%)	80
56	Gerald	1 in 265 (0.4%)	80
57	Roosevelt	1 in 265 (0.4%)	80
58	Gene	1 in 268 (0.4%)	79
59	Lewis	1 in 268 (0.4%)	79
60	Louis	1 in 268 (0.4%)	79
61	Marvin	1 in 279 (0.4%)	76
62	Wayne	1 in 287 (0.3%)	74
63	Freddie	1 in 303 (0.3%)	70
64	Jimmie	1 in 303 (0.3%)	70
65	Clyde	1 in 317 (0.3%)	67
66	Curtis	1 in 321 (0.3%)	66
67	Calvin	1 in 331 (0.3%)	64
68	Lawrence	1 in 331 (0.3%)	64
69	Cecil	1 in 342 (0.3%)	62
70	Wallace	1 in 353 (0.3%)	60
71	Douglas	1 in 359 (0.3%)	59
72	Howard	1 in 359 (0.3%)	59
73	Isaac	1 in 359 (0.3%)	59
74	Andrew	1 in 366 (0.3%)	58
75	Theodore	1 in 366 (0.3%)	58
76	Alfred	1 in 372 (0.3%)	57
77	Allen	1 in 379 (0.3%)	56
78	Lee	1 in 379 (0.3%)	56
79	Bennie	1 in 386 (0.3%)	55
80	Gary	1 in 386 (0.3%)	55
81	Woodrow	1 in 393 (0.3%)	54
82	Michael	1 in 393 (0.3%)	54
83	Luther	1 in 393 (0.3%)	54
84	Herman	1 in 393 (0.3%)	54
85	Earnest	1 in 400 (0.2%)	53
86	Jessie	1 in 400 (0.2%)	53
87	Horace	1 in 424 (0.2%)	50
88	Norman	1 in 424 (0.2%)	50
89	Jackie	1 in 433 (0.2%)	49
90	Sammie	1 in 442 (0.2%)	48
91	Floyd	1 in 451 (0.2%)	47
92	Claude	1 in 461 (0.2%)	46
93	Ray	1 in 461 (0.2%)	46
94	Ben	1 in 482 (0.2%)	44
95	Alvin	1 in 493 (0.2%)	43
96	Julius	1 in 505 (0.2%)	42
97	Sam	1 in 505 (0.2%)	42
98	Grady	1 in 517 (0.2%)	41
99	Mack	1 in 530 (0.2%)	40
100	Otis	1 in 530 (0.2%)	40