Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	716
2	John	523
3	Willie	452
4	William	450
5	Robert	414
6	George	270
7	Henry	204
8	Charles	169
9	Walter	164
10	Thomas	150
11	Frank	142
12	Joe	129
13	Joseph	125
14	Charlie	124
15	Albert	111
15	Jessie	111
17	Sam	102
18	Eddie	101
19	Jack	98
20	Edward	97
20	Fred	97
22	Richard	83
23	Earl	78
24	Woodrow	77
25	Arthur	72

Rank	Name	Babies
25	David	72
25	Johnnie	72
25	Lee	72
29	Leroy	71
30	Andrew	69
31	Louis	66
32	Ernest	65
33	Clarence	62
34	Eugene	58
35	Roy	55
36	Howard	54
36	Paul	54
38	Samuel	52
38	Tom	52
40	Jesse	50
41	Percy	49
42	Clyde	46
43	Benjamin	45
44	Claude	44
44	Tommie	44
46	Jimmie	42
46	Oscar	42
48	Earnest	41
48	Roosevelt	41
50	Homer	40
50	Jim	40
50	Will	40
53	Curtis	39
53	Herman	39
53	Johnie	39
53	Luther	39
53	Ralph	39
58	Hugh	38
58	Leon	38
58	Otis	38
61	Lewis	37
61	Lonnie	37
63	Bill	36
64	Floyd	33
64	Harry	33
66	Ben	32
67	Bennie	31
67	Cecil	31
69	Archie	30
69	Carl	30
69	Elmer	30
69	Lester	30
73	Allen	29
73	Clifton	29
73	Herbert	29
73	Marvin	29
77	Alex	28
77	Grady	28
77	Rufus	28
80	Harold	27
80	Moses	27
82	Amos	26
82	Leo	26
82	Sylvester	26
85	Alfred	25
85	Ed	25
85	Edwin	25
85	Mack	25
85	Raymond	25
85	Theodore	25
91	Chester	24
91	Daniel	24
91	Elbert	24
91	Harvey	24
91	Leonard	24
91	Ollie	24
91	Ray	24
98	Aaron	23
98	Dan	23
98	Horace	23
98	Lawrence	23