Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,854
2	John	1,083
3	William	942
4	Robert	886
5	Willie	868
6	Charles	498
7	George	425
8	Henry	337
9	Thomas	309
10	Walter	285
11	Joe	259
12	Edward	238
13	Frank	228
13	Joseph	228
15	Jessie	219
16	Charlie	198
17	David	195
18	Eddie	193
19	Johnnie	178
20	Richard	165
21	Albert	162
22	Fred	160
23	Clarence	153
24	Jack	152
25	Paul	140

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	140
27	Billy	131
28	Eugene	126
29	Leroy	122
30	Ernest	118
30	Sam	118
32	Samuel	117
33	Louis	116
34	Earl	115
34	Jimmie	115
36	Lee	110
37	Harold	107
38	Howard	105
39	Arthur	94
40	Curtis	92
41	Earnest	91
41	Herman	91
43	Andrew	85
44	Tommie	84
45	Johnie	83
46	Floyd	82
46	Jesse	82
48	Calvin	81
48	Leon	81
50	Cecil	78
51	Carl	77
52	Raymond	76
53	Melvin	74
54	Clyde	71
54	Percy	71
56	Harry	70
56	Luther	70
58	Lawrence	69
59	Ray	68
60	Roosevelt	67
61	Chester	64
62	Bennie	63
62	Herbert	63
62	Oscar	63
65	Marvin	61
65	Milton	61
67	Otis	60
68	Clifton	59
68	Tom	59
70	Oliver	58
71	Kenneth	57
72	Daniel	56
73	Allen	55
73	Johnny	55
75	Ralph	52
76	Claude	51
76	Elmer	51
76	Hubert	51
76	Rufus	51
80	Ben	50
81	Freddie	49
81	Jim	49
83	Alfred	48
83	Homer	48
83	Will	48
86	Horace	47
87	Lewis	46
87	Nathaniel	46
87	Ollie	46
87	Sammie	46
87	Sylvester	46
92	Donald	45
93	Hugh	44
93	Mack	44
95	Billie	42
95	Edwin	42
95	Elbert	42
95	Gerald	42
95	Junior	42
95	Leonard	42