Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,537
2	John	956
3	William	895
4	Robert	761
5	Willie	747
6	Charles	442
7	George	431
8	Henry	343
9	Thomas	275
10	Joe	252
11	Walter	249
12	Joseph	238
13	Frank	221
14	Edward	216
15	Jessie	196
16	Charlie	178
17	Eddie	176
18	Albert	172
19	Fred	168
20	Jack	167
21	David	166
22	Clarence	145
23	Earl	129
23	Richard	129
25	Sam	124

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lee	121
26	Paul	121
26	Samuel	121
29	Arthur	119
30	Johnnie	117
31	Eugene	115
32	Louis	114
33	Roy	106
34	Howard	105
35	Leroy	103
36	Andrew	102
37	Herman	94
38	Ernest	87
39	Harold	86
40	Curtis	82
41	Clyde	77
41	Harry	77
43	Jesse	75
43	Jimmie	75
45	Carl	73
45	Luther	73
47	Cecil	70
48	Otis	69
49	Marvin	68
50	Leon	67
50	Roosevelt	67
52	Alfred	65
52	Ralph	65
54	Bennie	64
54	Floyd	64
54	Oscar	64
54	Warren	64
58	Tommie	61
59	Will	60
60	Earnest	59
60	Johnie	59
60	Ray	59
60	Tom	59
64	Percy	58
65	Raymond	56
66	Daniel	55
66	Herbert	55
66	Vernon	55
69	Claude	54
69	Horace	54
69	Hubert	54
72	Clifton	53
72	Leonard	53
72	Nathaniel	53
75	Milton	52
76	Allen	51
77	Bill	50
77	Harvey	50
79	Sidney	49
80	Calvin	48
80	Edgar	48
82	Ben	47
83	Lewis	46
84	Johnny	45
85	Archie	44
85	Edwin	44
87	Chester	43
88	Homer	42
89	Hugh	41
89	Sylvester	41
91	Julius	40
91	Lester	40
93	Jim	39
93	Lawrence	39
93	Mack	39
93	Oliver	39
97	Ellis	38
97	Melvin	38
97	Wesley	38
100	Elbert	37
100	Woodrow	37