Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,155
2	John	843
3	William	812
4	Willie	675
5	Robert	663
6	George	410
7	Henry	317
8	Thomas	263
9	Charles	243
10	Joe	220
11	Frank	210
12	Joseph	205
13	Walter	204
14	Charlie	183
15	Edward	174
16	Albert	168
17	Jessie	156
18	Fred	137
19	Eddie	135
20	Sam	132
21	Richard	129
22	Clarence	126
23	Jack	121
24	David	120
25	Woodrow	118

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	117
26	Louis	117
28	Arthur	116
29	Lee	110
30	Samuel	109
31	Earl	102
32	Jesse	98
33	Paul	93
34	Eugene	92
35	Ernest	87
36	Andrew	85
37	Howard	83
37	Leroy	83
37	Roy	83
40	Herman	79
41	Percy	75
42	Curtis	74
42	Tom	74
44	Leon	69
45	Clyde	67
45	Jim	67
47	Hubert	61
48	Jimmie	60
48	Oscar	60
48	Tommie	60
51	Ben	59
51	Harry	59
51	Herbert	59
51	Will	59
55	Carl	58
55	Johnie	58
55	Otis	58
58	Roosevelt	57
59	Bennie	55
60	Luther	53
61	Cecil	52
61	Harold	52
61	Lewis	52
64	Edgar	51
65	Bill	50
65	Hugh	50
67	Allen	48
67	Earnest	48
69	Claude	47
69	Floyd	47
69	Ralph	47
72	Homer	45
73	Archie	44
73	Lester	44
75	Charley	42
75	Oliver	42
77	Booker	41
77	Raymond	41
79	Chester	40
79	Milton	40
79	Sylvester	40
82	Daniel	39
82	Wilson	39
84	Dan	38
84	Lawrence	38
86	Clifton	37
86	Marion	37
86	Nathaniel	37
89	Clinton	36
89	Ellis	36
89	Elmer	36
89	Leonard	36
89	Lonnie	36
89	Mack	36
95	Grady	35
95	Marvin	35
97	Benjamin	34
97	Horace	34
97	Jerry	34
97	Julius	34
97	Sidney	34