Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,646
2	John	941
3	William	872
4	Robert	820
5	Willie	762
6	Charles	447
7	George	425
8	Henry	356
9	Thomas	277
10	Walter	249
11	Joe	234
12	Charlie	204
13	Frank	203
14	Edward	199
15	Joseph	197
16	Johnnie	195
17	Albert	181
18	Fred	166
19	Jessie	165
20	David	159
21	Eddie	158
22	Clarence	152
23	Louis	134
24	Jack	131
25	Richard	129

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lee	126
27	Eugene	120
27	Roy	120
29	Leroy	117
30	Samuel	116
31	Howard	112
31	Jimmie	112
33	Earl	110
34	Arthur	107
35	Harold	106
36	Paul	101
37	Calvin	98
38	Sam	95
39	Andrew	92
40	Earnest	83
41	Billy	81
41	Roosevelt	81
43	Clyde	79
43	Curtis	79
43	Ernest	79
43	Leon	79
47	Luther	76
48	Percy	74
49	Ralph	71
50	Herman	69
50	Jesse	69
52	Cecil	68
53	Oscar	63
54	Floyd	62
55	Johnie	61
55	Kenneth	61
57	Herbert	60
58	Carl	59
58	Tom	59
60	Lawrence	58
60	Lester	58
62	Marvin	57
62	Tommie	57
64	Jim	56
65	Raymond	55
66	Chester	54
66	Lewis	54
66	Otis	54
66	Ray	54
70	Ben	53
70	Melvin	53
72	Harry	52
73	Will	51
74	Clifton	50
74	Rufus	50
76	Homer	49
76	Sylvester	49
78	Bennie	48
78	Claude	48
80	Daniel	47
81	Grady	46
81	Hugh	46
81	Nathaniel	46
84	Hubert	45
84	Sidney	45
86	Leonard	44
87	Archie	43
87	Edgar	43
87	Elbert	43
87	Johnny	43
87	Milton	43
87	Vernon	43
93	Dan	42
94	Allen	41
94	Harvey	41
96	Jerry	40
97	Freddie	39
98	Alfred	38
98	Ellis	38
100	Horace	37
100	Leo	37
100	Tommy	37