Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,574
2	John	981
3	William	879
4	Willie	829
5	Robert	799
6	George	481
7	Charles	399
8	Henry	328
9	Thomas	314
10	Joe	265
11	Walter	252
12	Frank	225
13	Albert	204
13	Charlie	204
15	Eddie	202
16	Joseph	195
17	Edward	193
18	Jessie	176
19	Jack	161
20	Johnnie	159
21	Clarence	140
21	David	140
23	Arthur	137
24	Fred	132
25	Samuel	129

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	128
27	Richard	127
28	Lee	126
29	Sam	122
30	Roy	118
31	Louis	116
31	Paul	116
33	Leroy	114
34	Eugene	113
35	Howard	107
36	Harold	96
36	Jimmie	96
38	Herman	95
39	Jesse	93
40	Curtis	89
40	Ernest	89
42	Johnie	85
43	Cecil	81
44	Earnest	79
45	Andrew	78
46	Tommie	77
47	Clifton	76
47	Clyde	76
49	Leon	74
50	Oscar	72
50	Percy	72
52	Lawrence	68
52	Ralph	68
52	Tom	68
55	Luther	67
56	Raymond	66
56	Roosevelt	66
58	Carl	64
58	Daniel	64
58	Sylvester	64
61	Bennie	63
62	Edgar	61
62	Will	61
64	Alfred	60
64	Jim	60
66	Harry	59
67	Julius	56
67	Vernon	56
69	Otis	55
69	Ray	55
71	Archie	54
72	Allen	52
72	Floyd	52
72	Herbert	52
72	Horace	52
76	Warren	51
77	Claude	50
77	Hubert	50
77	Johnny	50
80	Dan	49
80	Nathaniel	49
82	Lewis	48
83	Isaac	47
83	Rufus	47
85	Douglas	46
85	Hugh	46
85	Leonard	46
85	Milton	46
89	Ben	45
89	Chester	45
89	Marvin	45
89	Melvin	45
93	Elbert	44
93	Elmer	44
93	Homer	44
93	Troy	44
97	Calvin	43
97	Leo	43
97	Oliver	43
97	Woodrow	43