Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,659
2	John	976
3	William	877
4	Willie	855
5	Robert	843
6	Charles	513
7	George	458
8	Henry	371
9	Thomas	309
10	Walter	251
11	Joe	223
12	Joseph	221
13	Charlie	213
14	Edward	196
15	Albert	189
16	Eddie	185
17	Frank	182
18	Jessie	177
19	Johnnie	166
20	Jack	165
21	David	163
22	Clarence	159
23	Richard	155
24	Arthur	138
25	Fred	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leroy	132
27	Eugene	131
28	Jimmie	124
28	Lee	124
30	Samuel	113
31	Earl	111
32	Paul	109
33	Louis	108
34	Roy	107
35	Harold	104
36	Andrew	103
37	Howard	102
38	Sam	101
39	Ernest	95
40	Billy	93
41	Tommie	89
42	Floyd	87
42	Jesse	87
44	Carl	85
45	Herman	84
45	Johnie	84
47	Calvin	83
48	Earnest	80
49	Harry	79
50	Ralph	78
51	Clyde	77
51	Roosevelt	77
53	Cecil	67
54	Lawrence	66
55	Clifton	65
55	Curtis	65
55	Leon	65
55	Percy	65
59	Marvin	62
60	Herbert	61
61	Daniel	59
61	Milton	59
63	Oscar	58
64	Allen	56
64	Bennie	56
64	Harvey	56
64	Ray	56
68	Marion	55
68	Raymond	55
70	Will	54
71	Otis	52
71	Vernon	52
73	Isaac	51
74	Billie	48
74	Johnny	48
74	Luther	48
77	Alfred	47
77	Melvin	47
77	Tom	47
80	Hubert	46
80	Lewis	46
82	Ben	45
82	Claude	45
82	Nathaniel	45
85	Kenneth	44
85	Sammie	44
87	Donald	43
87	Horace	43
87	Oliver	43
87	Willis	43
91	Alvin	42
91	Jim	42
91	Lester	42
94	Bill	41
94	Edgar	41
94	Leonard	41
97	Homer	40
98	Aaron	39
98	Julius	39
100	Elbert	38
100	Elmer	38
100	Mack	38