Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,793
2	John	970
3	Robert	932
4	William	889
5	Willie	835
6	Charles	545
7	George	469
8	Henry	345
9	Thomas	316
10	Joe	279
11	Walter	269
12	Frank	247
13	Joseph	232
14	Edward	228
15	Eddie	221
16	Jessie	179
17	Jack	177
18	Charlie	176
19	Albert	174
20	Billy	167
20	David	167
22	Fred	166
23	Richard	165
24	Johnnie	159
25	Samuel	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	141
27	Howard	140
28	Louis	132
29	Jimmie	128
30	Eugene	127
31	Earl	121
31	Roy	121
33	Curtis	118
34	Leroy	115
34	Sam	115
36	Paul	113
37	Harold	111
37	Lee	111
39	Andrew	108
40	Floyd	103
41	Arthur	101
42	Carl	97
43	Jesse	93
44	Ernest	91
45	Leon	89
45	Percy	89
47	Tommie	88
48	Clyde	87
49	Earnest	83
50	Roosevelt	78
51	Herbert	77
52	Luther	76
53	Johnie	74
54	Calvin	71
55	Oscar	70
56	Cecil	69
56	Herman	69
58	Ralph	65
59	Harry	63
59	Lawrence	63
61	Chester	61
62	Kenneth	60
63	Bobby	59
63	Nathaniel	59
65	Marvin	58
65	Ray	58
67	Raymond	57
68	Ben	56
68	Donald	56
70	Allen	55
70	Daniel	55
70	Melvin	55
73	Bennie	54
73	Jim	54
73	Milton	54
73	Tom	54
77	Clifton	53
77	Otis	53
79	Alfred	52
79	Leonard	52
79	Marion	52
79	Rufus	52
79	Sammie	52
84	Junior	51
84	Sidney	51
86	Edgar	50
86	Will	50
88	Lewis	49
88	Vernon	49
90	Dennis	48
90	Sylvester	48
92	Oliver	47
93	Claude	46
93	Hubert	46
95	Hugh	45
96	Horace	44
97	Bill	43
97	Freddie	43
97	Johnny	43
97	Leo	43