Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,690
2	John	937
3	William	928
4	Willie	859
5	Robert	839
6	Charles	592
7	George	471
8	Henry	357
9	Thomas	304
10	Joe	264
11	Walter	260
12	Charlie	229
13	Edward	215
14	Joseph	210
15	Jessie	196
16	Frank	195
17	Albert	194
18	Eddie	187
19	Billy	176
19	Jack	176
21	Richard	170
22	Jimmie	165
23	Johnnie	163
24	David	158
25	Fred	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	135
27	Leroy	132
27	Louis	132
29	Eugene	129
30	Howard	126
31	Paul	125
32	Roy	123
33	Harold	118
33	Lee	118
35	Herbert	110
36	Earl	105
37	Curtis	103
37	Samuel	103
39	Ernest	99
40	Andrew	98
41	Sam	97
42	Arthur	91
43	Percy	82
44	Jesse	81
44	Roosevelt	81
46	Earnest	80
47	Herman	76
48	Floyd	73
49	Leon	71
50	Bobby	68
50	Carl	68
50	Cecil	68
50	Oscar	68
50	Tommie	68
55	Johnie	67
55	Raymond	67
57	Hubert	66
58	Otis	65
59	Alfred	64
60	Clyde	63
60	Kenneth	63
60	Ray	63
63	Lawrence	62
63	Luther	62
63	Milton	62
63	Will	62
67	Johnny	61
67	Tom	61
69	Clifton	60
70	Bennie	59
71	Billie	57
71	Donald	57
71	Harry	57
74	Marvin	56
75	Chester	54
75	Mack	54
75	Melvin	54
75	Oliver	54
79	Alton	53
79	Calvin	53
81	Leonard	50
81	Lester	50
81	Ralph	50
81	Vernon	50
85	Allen	49
86	Ben	48
86	Daniel	48
86	Sidney	48
89	Dan	47
90	Lewis	46
91	Harvey	45
92	Edgar	44
92	Marion	44
94	Grady	43
95	Claude	42
95	Jerry	42
95	Lonnie	42
98	Ellis	40
98	Sammie	40
100	Lloyd	39
100	Norman	39