Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,230
2	John	758
3	William	741
4	Willie	662
5	Robert	633
6	George	461
7	Henry	305
8	Charles	271
9	Thomas	261
10	Walter	229
11	Joe	215
12	Charlie	206
13	Frank	198
14	Joseph	196
15	Edward	175
16	Eddie	156
17	Albert	155
18	Jessie	143
19	Sam	138
20	David	137
20	Fred	137
22	Clarence	128
23	Johnnie	126
24	Richard	122
25	Jack	118

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	107
27	Arthur	101
28	Lee	100
28	Samuel	100
30	Roy	99
31	Woodrow	98
32	Howard	97
33	Earl	96
34	Paul	90
35	Ernest	88
36	Eugene	87
37	Leroy	85
38	Curtis	81
39	Tom	76
40	Percy	74
41	Earnest	73
42	Andrew	70
42	Jim	70
42	Jimmie	70
45	Jesse	69
45	Tommie	69
47	Herman	68
48	Clyde	65
49	Johnie	64
50	Cecil	60
51	Leon	56
52	Harold	55
52	Herbert	55
52	Lewis	55
52	Oscar	55
56	Luther	54
56	Ralph	54
58	Bennie	53
58	Carl	53
58	Clifton	53
61	Otis	51
61	Will	51
63	Claude	50
63	Harry	50
65	Edgar	48
65	Lawrence	48
67	Roosevelt	46
68	Alfred	45
68	Leonard	45
70	Milton	44
71	Ben	43
71	Homer	43
73	Bill	42
74	Allen	41
74	Floyd	41
74	Harvey	41
74	Hubert	41
74	Rufus	41
79	Daniel	40
79	Hugh	40
79	Leo	40
79	Lonnie	40
83	Nathaniel	39
83	Sidney	39
85	Booker	38
85	Elmer	38
85	Johnny	38
85	Oliver	38
89	Horace	37
89	Julius	37
89	Ray	37
92	Chester	36
92	Ellis	36
92	Marvin	36
92	Sylvester	36
96	Vernon	35
97	Calvin	34
98	Dan	33
98	Melvin	33
98	Moses	33
98	Raymond	33