Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,379
2	John	914
3	William	783
4	Willie	748
5	Robert	722
6	George	434
7	Charles	355
8	Henry	350
9	Joe	274
9	Thomas	274
11	Walter	267
12	Joseph	223
13	Charlie	205
14	Edward	193
15	Frank	178
16	Albert	174
17	Woodrow	170
18	Eddie	159
19	Jessie	154
20	Fred	146
20	Johnnie	146
22	Jack	136
23	Louis	132
24	David	129
25	Arthur	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leroy	124
27	Clarence	122
28	Richard	120
29	Lee	119
30	Sam	112
31	Roy	111
32	Samuel	108
33	Eugene	105
34	Andrew	103
35	Earl	99
36	Ernest	93
37	Jimmie	92
38	Howard	91
39	Curtis	87
40	Herman	85
41	Paul	81
42	Luther	78
43	Clyde	75
44	Herbert	73
45	Percy	72
46	Claude	70
47	Jesse	69
47	Johnie	69
49	Earnest	68
49	Wilson	68
51	Cecil	66
51	Clifton	66
51	Harold	66
54	Tom	65
54	Tommie	65
56	Harry	63
57	Leon	61
58	Ben	58
58	Rufus	58
60	Jim	57
61	Bennie	56
61	Carl	56
63	Raymond	54
63	Will	54
65	Bill	53
66	Daniel	52
66	Homer	52
66	Oscar	52
66	Roosevelt	52
70	Edgar	50
70	Floyd	50
70	Lewis	50
73	Alfred	49
73	Ralph	49
75	Allen	48
75	Grady	48
75	Hubert	48
78	Benjamin	47
78	Marvin	47
78	Otis	47
81	Sidney	46
82	Lawrence	45
83	Lloyd	44
84	Ray	43
85	Alex	42
85	Dan	42
85	Julius	42
85	Vernon	42
89	Lester	40
89	Lonnie	40
89	Melvin	40
92	Charley	39
92	Harvey	39
92	Oliver	39
95	Booker	37
95	Chester	37
95	Leonard	37
95	Nathaniel	37
99	Ed	36
99	Ellis	36
99	Milton	36
99	Russell	36