Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,633
2	Robert	934
3	John	855
4	Willie	823
5	Charles	716
6	William	704
7	George	444
8	Billy	353
9	Thomas	314
10	Henry	311
11	Joe	281
12	Bobby	241
13	Walter	224
14	Frank	211
15	Eddie	204
16	Charlie	182
17	Edward	180
18	Albert	179
19	Johnnie	171
19	Joseph	171
21	Richard	170
22	David	162
22	Jessie	162
24	Jimmie	155
25	Jack	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	137
27	Clarence	130
28	Fred	127
29	Eugene	125
30	Roy	121
31	Earl	118
32	Leroy	117
33	Curtis	116
34	Harold	115
35	Arthur	114
35	Louis	114
37	Donald	109
38	Lee	108
39	Jerry	106
40	Johnny	105
40	Roosevelt	105
42	Ernest	102
43	Sam	93
44	Samuel	91
45	Carl	87
46	Herbert	85
47	Howard	84
47	Jimmy	84
49	Kenneth	82
50	Tommie	79
51	Earnest	78
51	Leon	78
53	Andrew	77
53	Herman	77
55	Percy	76
56	Clyde	71
57	Lawrence	69
57	Tommy	69
59	Bennie	67
59	Luther	67
61	Floyd	66
62	Ralph	65
63	Milton	64
64	Melvin	63
64	Raymond	63
66	Allen	62
66	Billie	62
68	Calvin	58
68	Oscar	58
70	Harry	56
70	Will	56
72	Sammie	55
73	Mack	54
73	Marvin	54
75	Alfred	53
75	Cecil	53
75	Johnie	53
75	Otis	53
75	Sylvester	53
80	Ben	51
80	Freddie	51
80	Jesse	51
83	Daniel	50
83	Lester	50
83	Ray	50
86	Clifton	49
87	Lonnie	48
88	Hugh	47
88	Nathaniel	47
90	Chester	46
91	Jim	45
92	Harvey	43
92	Leonard	43
94	Hubert	42
94	Marion	42
96	Bobbie	41
96	Gerald	41
96	Homer	41
96	Leo	41
96	Lewis	41