Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	960
2	John	665
3	William	589
4	Willie	550
5	Robert	539
6	George	311
7	Henry	276
8	Charles	209
9	Frank	189
10	Thomas	184
11	Joe	175
12	Charlie	161
12	Walter	161
14	Albert	146
15	Joseph	144
16	Jessie	140
17	Fred	123
18	Eddie	122
18	Sam	122
20	Edward	119
21	Clarence	102
22	David	100
23	Earl	93
23	Lee	93
25	Woodrow	91

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	89
26	Louis	89
28	Eugene	88
28	Jack	88
28	Leroy	88
31	Arthur	78
32	Andrew	77
33	Jesse	72
34	Richard	71
35	Samuel	70
36	Ernest	67
36	Herman	67
38	Oscar	62
39	Percy	60
40	Clyde	59
40	Jim	59
40	Paul	59
43	Roy	58
44	Jimmie	57
45	Harry	55
45	Luther	55
47	Curtis	54
48	Ben	53
49	Johnie	52
50	Floyd	50
50	Howard	50
52	Carl	49
52	Tommie	49
54	Earnest	47
54	Leon	47
56	Herbert	46
57	Roosevelt	45
58	Homer	44
59	Claude	43
59	Harold	43
59	Raymond	43
62	Alfred	42
62	Bennie	42
62	Clifton	42
65	Tom	41
66	Booker	40
67	Allen	39
67	Otis	39
67	Sylvester	39
70	Will	38
71	Edgar	37
71	Lawrence	37
71	Lewis	37
74	Grady	36
74	Marvin	36
76	Melvin	35
76	Ralph	35
78	Ellis	34
78	Elmer	34
78	Isaac	34
78	Theodore	34
82	Cecil	33
82	Chester	33
82	Oliver	33
85	Daniel	32
85	Grover	32
85	Harvey	32
85	Jerry	32
85	Wilson	32
90	Archie	31
91	Benjamin	30
91	Bill	30
91	Ed	30
91	Hugh	30
95	Alex	29
95	Nathaniel	29
97	Charley	28
98	Dan	27
98	Johnny	27
98	Milton	27
98	Vernon	27