Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,594
2	John	914
3	Willie	830
4	William	820
5	Robert	771
6	Charles	571
7	George	424
8	Henry	328
9	Thomas	321
10	Joe	277
11	Billy	225
12	Walter	223
13	Edward	211
14	Frank	203
15	Charlie	192
16	David	175
17	Eddie	169
18	Jessie	165
18	Joseph	165
20	Albert	161
21	Johnnie	159
22	Jimmie	148
23	Richard	147
24	Clarence	143
25	Fred	139

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	138
27	Louis	129
28	Herbert	128
29	Leroy	122
30	Roy	119
31	Bobby	115
32	Eugene	114
33	Earl	113
33	Lee	113
35	Curtis	110
36	Harold	103
37	Sam	102
38	Paul	98
39	Arthur	97
39	Howard	97
41	Andrew	95
42	Roosevelt	92
43	Ernest	91
43	Floyd	91
45	Samuel	90
46	Carl	88
47	Luther	85
48	Herman	82
48	Percy	82
50	Earnest	77
50	Melvin	77
52	Johnie	73
53	Ray	72
54	Bennie	70
55	Kenneth	69
56	Clyde	68
56	Harry	68
58	Raymond	67
59	Jesse	66
59	Leon	66
61	Clifton	65
61	Harvey	65
61	Lewis	65
61	Oscar	65
65	Billie	64
65	Johnny	64
67	Marvin	63
68	Alfred	61
69	Lawrence	58
70	Tommie	57
71	Cecil	54
71	Jerry	54
73	Ben	53
74	Allen	51
74	Donald	51
76	Lonnie	49
76	Otis	49
76	Ralph	49
79	Daniel	48
80	Mack	47
80	Milton	47
82	Claude	46
82	Hubert	46
84	Jim	45
84	Leonard	45
86	Freddie	44
86	Will	44
88	Sammie	43
89	Homer	42
89	Tom	42
89	Vernon	42
92	Marion	41
92	Tommy	41
94	Clinton	39
94	Elbert	39
96	Alvin	38
96	Julius	38
96	Lester	38
99	Calvin	37
99	Wallace	37