Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,598
2	John	931
3	William	885
4	Willie	841
5	Robert	810
6	George	513
7	Charles	449
8	Henry	393
9	Thomas	303
10	Joe	275
11	Walter	266
12	Frank	243
13	Albert	215
13	Joseph	215
15	Edward	201
16	Charlie	200
17	Jessie	181
18	Eddie	171
19	Johnnie	169
20	Richard	163
21	David	159
22	Sam	144
23	Louis	142
24	Lee	135
25	Fred	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	129
27	Eugene	126
28	Leroy	125
29	Ernest	122
30	Howard	120
31	Earl	118
32	Samuel	115
33	Paul	114
34	Arthur	108
35	Jimmie	106
36	Clarence	99
37	Roy	96
38	Andrew	93
39	Harold	89
40	Clyde	87
41	Percy	84
42	Cecil	82
43	Jesse	81
44	Hubert	80
45	Curtis	79
46	Leon	75
46	Luther	75
48	Herman	73
48	Raymond	73
50	Johnie	69
50	Lawrence	69
52	Carl	68
53	Earnest	67
53	Oscar	67
55	Ralph	65
56	Tommie	64
57	Herbert	63
58	Tom	61
59	Clifton	60
60	Lewis	59
60	Ray	59
60	Roosevelt	59
63	Floyd	58
64	Ben	57
64	Bennie	57
64	Jim	57
67	Will	56
68	Daniel	54
69	Allen	53
69	Harry	53
69	Milton	53
69	Rufus	53
73	Harvey	52
73	Marvin	52
75	Homer	51
75	Lester	51
75	Melvin	51
78	Chester	50
79	Otis	49
79	Sidney	49
81	Leonard	48
82	Elbert	47
82	Leo	47
82	Lonnie	47
82	Sylvester	47
82	Wallace	47
87	Horace	46
88	Alfred	45
88	Mack	45
90	Claude	44
91	Dan	43
91	Kenneth	43
91	Vernon	43
94	Elmer	42
94	Johnny	42
96	Nathaniel	41
96	Warren	41
98	Billy	40
99	Elijah	39
99	Grady	39
99	Isaac	39