Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	465
2	John	385
3	Willie	377
4	William	259
5	Robert	254
6	George	201
7	Henry	158
8	Frank	105
9	Charlie	103
9	Sam	103
11	Walter	102
12	Joe	91
13	Charles	86
14	Albert	85
15	Thomas	82
16	Fred	72
16	Jessie	72
18	Eddie	71
19	Johnnie	66
20	Jack	59
20	Joseph	59
22	Edward	55
22	Leroy	55
24	Andrew	49
24	Lee	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	48
27	Ernest	47
27	Jim	47
29	Tom	46
30	Louis	45
30	Roosevelt	45
32	Arthur	43
32	David	43
34	Richard	41
35	Percy	40
36	Will	39
37	Jimmie	38
38	Clarence	37
38	Ed	37
38	Howard	37
41	Jesse	35
42	Curtis	34
43	Ben	33
43	Earl	33
43	Tommie	33
46	Mack	31
47	Leon	30
47	Luther	30
47	Roy	30
50	Charley	29
51	Lawrence	28
51	Samuel	28
53	Clyde	27
54	Paul	26
55	Oscar	25
56	Booker	24
56	Nathaniel	24
58	Bill	23
58	Otis	23
60	Claude	22
60	Edgar	22
62	Alfred	21
62	Bennie	21
62	Earnest	21
62	Herman	21
66	Alex	20
66	Archie	20
66	Elmer	20
66	Harry	20
70	Cleveland	19
70	Dan	19
72	Allen	18
72	Floyd	18
72	Homer	18
72	Johnie	18
72	Johnny	18
72	Leonard	18
72	Marvin	18
72	Rufus	18
80	Cecil	17
80	Dave	17
80	Grady	17
80	Ira	17
80	Lester	17
80	Lonnie	17
80	Oliver	17
87	Amos	16
87	Daniel	16
87	Elbert	16
87	Herbert	16
87	Jerry	16
87	Sidney	16
93	Chester	15
93	Guy	15
93	Lewis	15
93	Theodore	15
97	Clifton	14
97	Hugh	14
97	Isaac	14
97	Jake	14
97	Willis	14