Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,520
2	Robert	888
3	John	789
4	Willie	738
5	William	693
6	Charles	602
7	George	389
8	Henry	327
9	Billy	304
10	Joe	273
11	Walter	268
12	Thomas	261
13	Bobby	187
14	David	181
15	Edward	180
16	Eddie	178
17	Jessie	172
18	Albert	161
19	Joseph	160
20	Charlie	154
20	Richard	154
22	Frank	153
23	Paul	142
24	Johnnie	140
25	Jimmie	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	134
27	Louis	128
28	Jack	124
29	Roy	121
30	Leroy	118
31	Howard	105
32	Arthur	104
33	Clarence	103
34	Harold	102
34	Lee	102
36	Samuel	100
37	Eugene	99
38	Earl	95
39	Curtis	92
39	Sam	92
41	Carl	90
42	Donald	89
43	Ernest	86
44	Johnny	84
45	Kenneth	80
46	Andrew	78
47	Clyde	76
48	Earnest	74
49	Tommie	73
50	Jimmy	71
51	Billie	70
52	Melvin	69
53	Jerry	68
54	Herman	67
54	Leon	67
54	Raymond	67
54	Roosevelt	67
58	Jesse	65
58	Johnie	65
58	Luther	65
61	Herbert	62
62	Percy	61
63	Harry	58
64	Oscar	56
65	Otis	55
66	Lawrence	54
66	Milton	54
68	Hugh	53
68	Ralph	53
70	Floyd	51
71	Cecil	50
72	Daniel	49
73	Gerald	48
74	Alfred	47
74	Edgar	47
76	Claude	46
76	Junior	46
76	Tommy	46
79	Bennie	45
79	Hubert	45
79	Marvin	45
82	Freddie	44
83	Douglas	43
83	Nathaniel	43
85	Calvin	42
85	Clifton	42
87	Lester	41
87	Marion	41
87	Norman	41
87	Sammie	41
91	Jim	40
91	Leo	40
91	Lonnie	40
91	Sidney	40
95	Ray	39
95	Wayne	39
97	Ben	38
97	Harvey	38
97	Mack	38
97	Rufus	38