Top 100 South Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1978

// These were the most popular boy baby names in South Carolina, in 1978.

The Most Popular South Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1978


You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in South Carolina was James. In total there were 20,485 boys born sharing 483 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . 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
1James1 in 24 (4.1%)847
2Michael1 in 26 (3.8%)782
3Christopher1 in 27 (3.7%)757
4Jason1 in 31 (3.3%)670
5William1 in 37 (2.7%)559
6Robert1 in 38 (2.6%)537
7John1 in 38 (2.6%)535
8David1 in 41 (2.4%)497
9Joseph1 in 55 (1.8%)370
10Kevin1 in 59 (1.7%)347
11Charles1 in 63 (1.6%)326
12Timothy1 in 65 (1.5%)316
13Brian1 in 71 (1.4%)287
14Joshua1 in 78 (1.3%)263
15Thomas1 in 78 (1.3%)262
16Jonathan1 in 79 (1.3%)260
17Matthew1 in 79 (1.3%)259
18Daniel1 in 85 (1.2%)241
19Anthony1 in 94 (1.1%)218
20Richard1 in 96 (1%)214
21Eric1 in 106 (0.9%)194
22Travis1 in 111 (0.9%)185
23Jeremy1 in 111 (0.9%)184
24Kenneth1 in 119 (0.8%)172
25Steven1 in 124 (0.8%)165
26Benjamin1 in 139 (0.7%)147
27Stephen1 in 140 (0.7%)146
28Andrew1 in 144 (0.7%)142
29Derrick1 in 144 (0.7%)142
30Mark1 in 161 (0.6%)127
31Patrick1 in 163 (0.6%)126
32Paul1 in 165 (0.6%)124
33Jeffrey1 in 165 (0.6%)124
34Antonio1 in 169 (0.6%)121
35Marcus1 in 174 (0.6%)118
36Shawn1 in 175 (0.6%)117
37Larry1 in 178 (0.6%)115
38George1 in 180 (0.6%)114
39Adam1 in 181 (0.6%)113
40Samuel1 in 195 (0.5%)105
41Ryan1 in 197 (0.5%)104
42Gregory1 in 199 (0.5%)103
43Corey1 in 203 (0.5%)101
44Justin1 in 203 (0.5%)101
45Brandon1 in 205 (0.5%)100
46Chad1 in 205 (0.5%)100
47Bryan1 in 209 (0.5%)98
48Ronald1 in 211 (0.5%)97
49Jamie1 in 218 (0.5%)94
50Donald1 in 220 (0.5%)93
51Phillip1 in 220 (0.5%)93
52Nicholas1 in 228 (0.4%)90
53Edward1 in 233 (0.4%)88
54Willie1 in 238 (0.4%)86
55Aaron1 in 263 (0.4%)78
56Rodney1 in 266 (0.4%)77
57Bradley1 in 270 (0.4%)76
58Terry1 in 273 (0.4%)75
59Bobby1 in 289 (0.3%)71
60Maurice1 in 289 (0.3%)71
61Shaun1 in 293 (0.3%)70
62Keith1 in 301 (0.3%)68
63Gary1 in 301 (0.3%)68
64Douglas1 in 320 (0.3%)64
65Jerry1 in 320 (0.3%)64
66Nathan1 in 336 (0.3%)61
67Scott1 in 341 (0.3%)60
68Henry1 in 353 (0.3%)58
69Johnny1 in 353 (0.3%)58
70Tony1 in 366 (0.3%)56
71Russell1 in 366 (0.3%)56
72Reginald1 in 366 (0.3%)56
73Dennis1 in 366 (0.3%)56
74Billy1 in 366 (0.3%)56
75Curtis1 in 372 (0.3%)55
76Carl1 in 379 (0.3%)54
77Wesley1 in 387 (0.3%)53
78Shannon1 in 387 (0.3%)53
79Raymond1 in 387 (0.3%)53
80Kelvin1 in 387 (0.3%)53
81Jimmy1 in 387 (0.3%)53
82Terrance1 in 394 (0.3%)52
83Dwayne1 in 410 (0.2%)50
84Randy1 in 410 (0.2%)50
85Frank1 in 418 (0.2%)49
86Walter1 in 427 (0.2%)48
87Adrian1 in 436 (0.2%)47
88Jermaine1 in 436 (0.2%)47
89Cory1 in 445 (0.2%)46
90Tyrone1 in 455 (0.2%)45
91Troy1 in 455 (0.2%)45
92Ronnie1 in 455 (0.2%)45
93Micheal1 in 455 (0.2%)45
94Harold1 in 466 (0.2%)44
95Jacob1 in 466 (0.2%)44
96Carlos1 in 476 (0.2%)43
97Frederick1 in 476 (0.2%)43
98Roger1 in 476 (0.2%)43
99Nathaniel1 in 488 (0.2%)42
100Joel1 in 488 (0.2%)42


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