Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	401
2	John	364
3	Willie	303
4	William	238
5	Robert	210
6	George	193
7	Henry	138
8	Joe	101
9	Frank	100
10	Charles	83
10	Thomas	83
12	Walter	81
13	Sam	79
14	Albert	77
15	Charlie	75
16	Eddie	64
16	Edward	64
18	Fred	62
18	Jessie	62
20	Jack	55
21	Joseph	50
22	Johnnie	48
23	Earl	47
24	Louis	44
25	Lee	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	42
27	Andrew	41
27	Clarence	41
27	Percy	41
27	Samuel	41
31	David	40
31	Roosevelt	40
31	Will	40
34	Oscar	38
34	Richard	38
34	Tom	38
37	Jimmie	36
37	Leroy	36
39	Arthur	35
40	Howard	33
41	Eugene	31
41	Leon	31
41	Roy	31
44	Jesse	30
45	Jim	29
46	Bill	28
46	Herman	28
46	Johnie	28
46	Tommie	28
50	Curtis	27
51	Earnest	26
51	Paul	26
53	Ben	25
53	Booker	25
53	Luther	25
56	Ed	24
56	Otis	24
58	Lewis	23
59	Claude	22
59	Nathaniel	22
61	Herbert	21
61	Theodore	21
63	Aaron	20
63	Bennie	20
63	Elbert	20
63	Hubert	20
63	Lonnie	20
63	Mack	20
69	Harry	19
69	Milton	19
71	Alex	18
71	Alfred	18
71	Allen	18
71	Carl	18
71	Harvey	18
71	Melvin	18
77	Buster	17
77	Chester	17
77	Rufus	17
80	Charley	16
80	Marvin	16
82	Clyde	15
82	Daniel	15
82	Edgar	15
82	Floyd	15
82	Johnny	15
82	Lawrence	15
82	Oliver	15
89	Archie	14
89	Grady	14
89	Jake	14
89	Nathan	14
89	Ollie	14
89	Ralph	14
89	Sidney	14
96	Elmer	13
96	Harold	13
96	Isaac	13
96	Jerry	13
96	Peter	13
96	Vernon	13