Popular South Carolina Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular South Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1956

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1956.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in South Carolina was James. In total there were 30,747 boys born sharing 465 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1956 . 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 18 (5.6%)	1,723
2	John	1 in 29 (3.5%)	1,072
3	William	1 in 29 (3.5%)	1,063
4	Robert	1 in 29 (3.4%)	1,059
5	Michael	1 in 35 (2.9%)	884
6	David	1 in 36 (2.8%)	858
7	Charles	1 in 41 (2.4%)	750
8	Richard	1 in 51 (2%)	604
9	Larry	1 in 59 (1.7%)	523
10	Thomas	1 in 59 (1.7%)	520
11	Willie	1 in 61 (1.6%)	500
12	Kenneth	1 in 63 (1.6%)	488
13	Ronald	1 in 75 (1.3%)	412
14	Donald	1 in 80 (1.3%)	386
15	Joseph	1 in 82 (1.2%)	377
16	George	1 in 87 (1.2%)	355
17	Johnny	1 in 93 (1.1%)	329
18	Terry	1 in 103 (1%)	298
19	Steven	1 in 104 (1%)	295
20	Timothy	1 in 112 (0.9%)	274
21	Jerry	1 in 113 (0.9%)	272
22	Randy	1 in 113 (0.9%)	272
23	Edward	1 in 119 (0.8%)	259
24	Ronnie	1 in 120 (0.8%)	256
25	Bobby	1 in 128 (0.8%)	240
26	Henry	1 in 130 (0.8%)	237
27	Anthony	1 in 135 (0.7%)	228
28	Dennis	1 in 136 (0.7%)	226
29	Mark	1 in 139 (0.7%)	222
30	Danny	1 in 140 (0.7%)	220
31	Paul	1 in 140 (0.7%)	219
32	Jimmy	1 in 142 (0.7%)	217
33	Ricky	1 in 144 (0.7%)	213
34	Stephen	1 in 145 (0.7%)	212
35	Gary	1 in 150 (0.7%)	205
36	Harold	1 in 154 (0.7%)	200
37	Roger	1 in 164 (0.6%)	187
38	Samuel	1 in 172 (0.6%)	179
39	Leroy	1 in 172 (0.6%)	179
40	Billy	1 in 173 (0.6%)	178
41	Daniel	1 in 177 (0.6%)	174
42	Walter	1 in 179 (0.6%)	172
43	Carl	1 in 184 (0.5%)	167
44	Gregory	1 in 187 (0.5%)	164
45	Joe	1 in 190 (0.5%)	162
46	Eddie	1 in 196 (0.5%)	157
47	Stanley	1 in 196 (0.5%)	157
48	Steve	1 in 196 (0.5%)	157
49	Harry	1 in 200 (0.5%)	154
50	Tony	1 in 200 (0.5%)	154
51	Frank	1 in 206 (0.5%)	149
52	Melvin	1 in 211 (0.5%)	146
53	Curtis	1 in 228 (0.4%)	135
54	Nathaniel	1 in 231 (0.4%)	133
55	Calvin	1 in 238 (0.4%)	129
56	Wayne	1 in 238 (0.4%)	129
57	Roy	1 in 240 (0.4%)	128
58	Eugene	1 in 242 (0.4%)	127
59	Arthur	1 in 242 (0.4%)	127
60	Ernest	1 in 248 (0.4%)	124
61	Douglas	1 in 250 (0.4%)	123
62	Tommy	1 in 250 (0.4%)	123
63	Herbert	1 in 252 (0.4%)	122
64	Marvin	1 in 252 (0.4%)	122
65	Raymond	1 in 252 (0.4%)	122
66	Jerome	1 in 258 (0.4%)	119
67	Albert	1 in 263 (0.4%)	117
68	Clarence	1 in 263 (0.4%)	117
69	Bruce	1 in 267 (0.4%)	115
70	Barry	1 in 272 (0.4%)	113
71	Gerald	1 in 277 (0.4%)	111
72	Ralph	1 in 285 (0.4%)	108
73	Allen	1 in 285 (0.4%)	108
74	Donnie	1 in 287 (0.3%)	107
75	Marion	1 in 293 (0.3%)	105
76	Benjamin	1 in 296 (0.3%)	104
77	Andrew	1 in 301 (0.3%)	102
78	Franklin	1 in 301 (0.3%)	102
79	Micheal	1 in 301 (0.3%)	102
80	Phillip	1 in 304 (0.3%)	101
81	Lawrence	1 in 314 (0.3%)	98
82	Leon	1 in 317 (0.3%)	97
83	Jeffrey	1 in 327 (0.3%)	94
84	Rickey	1 in 327 (0.3%)	94
85	Earl	1 in 334 (0.3%)	92
86	Glenn	1 in 338 (0.3%)	91
87	Ray	1 in 342 (0.3%)	90
88	Jack	1 in 349 (0.3%)	88
89	Howard	1 in 358 (0.3%)	86
90	Bernard	1 in 362 (0.3%)	85
91	Keith	1 in 366 (0.3%)	84
92	Russell	1 in 370 (0.3%)	83
93	Freddie	1 in 375 (0.3%)	82
94	Alvin	1 in 389 (0.3%)	79
95	Christopher	1 in 394 (0.3%)	78
96	Charlie	1 in 405 (0.2%)	76
97	Lee	1 in 410 (0.2%)	75
98	Rodney	1 in 416 (0.2%)	74
99	Louis	1 in 421 (0.2%)	73
100	Jackie	1 in 433 (0.2%)	71