Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	662
2	John	529
3	Willie	414
4	William	411
5	Robert	400
6	George	220
7	Henry	207
8	Charles	159
9	Joe	148
10	Thomas	142
11	Frank	137
12	Walter	133
13	Albert	118
14	Joseph	109
15	Charlie	93
15	Jack	93
17	Sam	90
18	Edward	87
19	Eddie	84
20	Jessie	82
21	Richard	78
22	Fred	75
23	Ernest	74
24	Clarence	70
25	Earl	67

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lee	66
27	David	65
28	Johnnie	63
28	Leroy	63
28	Roy	63
31	Louis	61
32	Woodrow	60
33	Arthur	59
34	Samuel	58
35	Jesse	52
36	Oscar	51
37	Andrew	50
38	Howard	48
38	Percy	48
40	Curtis	47
41	Tom	46
42	Roosevelt	41
43	Earnest	40
43	Eugene	40
43	Jimmie	40
46	Claude	37
46	Jim	37
48	Leon	36
48	Luther	36
48	Otis	36
48	Will	36
52	Ben	35
53	Herman	34
53	Paul	34
55	Carl	33
55	Harry	33
55	Johnie	33
58	Bennie	31
59	Mack	30
60	Cecil	29
60	Homer	29
60	Leonard	29
60	Lewis	29
64	Alfred	28
64	Edgar	28
64	Milton	28
64	Ralph	28
68	Clyde	27
68	Hubert	27
70	Harvey	26
70	Herbert	26
70	Sylvester	26
73	Lawrence	25
74	Allen	24
74	Chester	24
74	Rufus	24
74	Sidney	24
78	Bill	23
78	Cleveland	23
78	Harold	23
78	Lester	23
78	Tommie	23
83	Clifton	22
83	Marshall	22
83	Vernon	22
86	Daniel	21
86	Floyd	21
86	Troy	21
89	Archie	20
89	Dan	20
89	Dave	20
89	Monroe	20
89	Ray	20
94	Alex	19
94	Alvin	19
94	Horace	19
94	Marion	19
94	Oliver	19
99	Calvin	18
99	Charley	18
99	Ed	18
99	Marvin	18
99	Raymond	18