Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,591
2	John	938
3	William	906
4	Willie	870
5	Robert	777
6	George	486
7	Henry	376
8	Charles	373
9	Thomas	295
10	Walter	275
11	Joe	262
12	Charlie	238
13	Joseph	236
14	Eddie	221
15	Frank	217
16	Edward	208
17	Albert	191
18	Jessie	186
19	Richard	165
20	David	157
21	Fred	155
22	Sam	147
23	Jack	142
23	Johnnie	142
25	Samuel	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leroy	133
27	Clarence	130
27	Ernest	130
29	Andrew	129
30	Lee	127
31	Arthur	123
32	Louis	118
33	Earl	110
33	Eugene	110
35	Woodrow	98
36	Howard	96
36	Jimmie	96
36	Roy	96
39	Paul	95
40	Jesse	91
41	Curtis	88
41	Tom	88
43	Tommie	84
44	Luther	83
44	Percy	83
46	Harry	81
47	Cecil	80
47	Clyde	80
47	Floyd	80
47	Johnie	80
51	Clifton	75
52	Carl	74
52	Earnest	74
54	Raymond	70
55	Oscar	68
56	Lawrence	67
57	Herman	65
58	Harold	63
58	Ralph	63
60	Leon	62
61	Jim	61
61	Leonard	61
63	Edgar	59
64	Claude	57
64	Herbert	57
64	Hubert	57
64	Marvin	57
64	Melvin	57
69	Ben	56
70	Bennie	54
70	Ray	54
70	Roosevelt	54
73	Mack	53
73	Sylvester	53
75	Allen	52
75	Daniel	52
75	Hugh	52
75	Lewis	52
79	Lester	51
79	Oliver	51
79	Otis	51
79	Sidney	51
79	Will	51
84	Homer	49
84	Milton	49
86	Alfred	48
87	Dan	47
88	Leo	46
88	Vernon	46
90	Nathaniel	45
91	Archie	44
91	Benjamin	44
91	Wilson	44
94	Elbert	43
94	Ellis	43
94	Johnny	43
94	Ollie	43
98	Harvey	42
99	Wallace	40
100	Bill	39
100	Charley	39
100	Lonnie	39