Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,547
2	John	969
3	William	877
4	Willie	811
5	Robert	790
6	George	450
7	Charles	430
8	Henry	334
9	Thomas	276
10	Walter	251
11	Joe	222
12	Joseph	205
13	Albert	204
13	Frank	204
15	Edward	202
16	Charlie	189
17	Jessie	182
18	Johnnie	167
19	Eddie	166
20	Fred	164
21	David	160
22	Jack	151
23	Sam	140
24	Clarence	131
24	Richard	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	127
27	Lee	123
27	Louis	123
29	Earl	122
30	Arthur	119
30	Howard	119
32	Eugene	114
33	Paul	111
34	Roy	110
35	Andrew	109
36	Leroy	107
37	Curtis	101
38	Harold	100
39	Jimmie	96
40	Ernest	90
40	Herman	90
42	Luther	84
43	Leon	82
44	Carl	76
45	Clyde	73
46	Percy	72
47	Clifton	71
47	Ray	71
49	Oscar	70
50	Earnest	69
51	Cecil	67
51	Hubert	67
53	Tommie	66
54	Ralph	65
55	Jesse	63
56	Harry	62
57	Bennie	61
57	Billy	61
57	Roosevelt	61
60	Ben	60
60	Herbert	60
60	Lawrence	60
63	Floyd	59
63	Lester	59
65	Alfred	58
65	Jim	58
67	Kenneth	57
67	Will	57
69	Calvin	56
69	Johnie	56
69	Lewis	56
72	Allen	54
73	Homer	53
73	Otis	53
75	Johnny	52
76	Raymond	51
77	Chester	50
77	Oliver	50
77	Tom	50
80	Claude	49
80	Edgar	49
80	Milton	49
83	Harvey	48
83	Leonard	48
83	Melvin	48
83	Sidney	48
87	Dan	47
87	Marvin	47
87	Warren	47
90	Elbert	45
91	Sylvester	42
92	Benjamin	41
92	Julius	41
94	Daniel	40
94	Ellis	40
94	Lonnie	40
94	Wallace	40
98	Hugh	38
98	Willard	38
100	Cleveland	37
100	Rufus	37
100	Sammie	37