Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,108
2	John	802
3	William	700
4	Robert	632
5	Willie	610
6	George	381
7	Henry	308
8	Thomas	252
9	Charles	232
10	Walter	229
11	Joe	216
12	Joseph	193
13	Frank	190
14	Charlie	178
15	Albert	161
15	Edward	161
17	Fred	154
18	Jessie	140
19	Eddie	135
20	Jack	134
21	Sam	128
22	Richard	115
23	Clarence	113
24	Earl	108
25	David	103

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Johnnie	103
27	Leroy	101
28	Louis	97
29	Lee	96
30	Andrew	93
31	Roy	91
32	Howard	90
33	Arthur	85
34	Samuel	83
35	Woodrow	78
36	Clyde	75
36	Eugene	75
36	Herman	75
39	Jimmie	74
40	Ernest	73
41	Luther	70
42	Jesse	69
43	Harold	67
44	Leon	63
45	Paul	62
45	Tommie	62
47	Harry	61
47	Lewis	61
49	Johnie	60
49	Percy	60
51	Otis	58
52	Carl	57
53	Curtis	56
53	Oscar	56
55	Earnest	55
55	Oliver	55
55	Will	55
58	Ben	54
58	Cecil	54
60	Herbert	53
60	Tom	53
62	Claude	51
62	Lawrence	51
62	Roosevelt	51
65	Edgar	50
65	Leonard	50
67	Bill	49
67	Homer	49
69	Jim	46
70	Allen	45
71	Clifton	44
72	Nathaniel	42
72	Sidney	42
72	Wilson	42
75	Floyd	41
75	Hugh	41
77	Archie	40
77	Marion	40
79	Booker	39
79	Horace	39
79	Leo	39
79	Lester	39
83	Lonnie	38
83	Rufus	38
85	Alfred	37
85	Milton	37
87	Daniel	36
87	Harvey	36
87	Hubert	36
87	Melvin	36
87	Ralph	36
92	Monroe	35
92	Vernon	35
94	Troy	34
95	Bennie	33
95	Chester	33
95	Ellis	33
98	Cleveland	32
99	Ira	31
99	Julius	31
99	Mack	31
99	Russell	31