Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,737
2	John	923
3	Willie	913
4	Robert	901
5	William	807
6	Charles	628
7	George	438
8	Billy	312
9	Thomas	304
10	Joe	301
11	Henry	297
12	Walter	263
13	Eddie	222
14	Edward	217
15	Joseph	199
16	Frank	191
17	Jessie	190
18	Albert	182
19	Johnnie	181
20	David	179
21	Charlie	176
22	Bobby	173
22	Jimmie	173
24	Richard	156
25	Jack	154

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Louis	154
27	Eugene	141
28	Clarence	130
28	Roy	130
30	Lee	129
31	Fred	125
32	Howard	119
33	Paul	118
34	Arthur	117
35	Earl	116
36	Andrew	109
37	Leroy	108
38	Herbert	105
39	Curtis	104
40	Samuel	103
41	Sam	102
42	Harold	101
43	Tommie	95
44	Ernest	92
45	Roosevelt	91
46	Kenneth	90
47	Leon	88
48	Carl	85
49	Clyde	80
49	Johnny	80
51	Raymond	79
52	Herman	78
53	Floyd	76
54	Earnest	75
55	Jerry	74
56	Luther	72
57	Jesse	71
57	Percy	71
59	Bennie	70
60	Milton	68
61	Cecil	65
62	Marvin	64
63	Billie	62
63	Melvin	62
65	Lawrence	61
66	Donald	60
66	Hugh	60
68	Harry	59
69	Jimmy	58
69	Johnie	58
69	Ray	58
72	Ben	55
72	Ralph	55
74	Calvin	54
75	Alfred	53
75	Clifton	53
75	Gerald	53
75	Otis	53
75	Tom	53
80	Allen	52
80	Lonnie	52
82	Lewis	51
83	Oscar	50
83	Sidney	50
85	Lester	49
86	Chester	48
87	Archie	46
87	Junior	46
87	Nathaniel	46
87	Sammie	46
91	Dan	45
91	Freddie	45
93	Hubert	44
93	Will	44
95	Booker	43
96	Daniel	42
96	Jim	42
96	Sylvester	42
96	Tommy	42
96	Vernon	42