Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	Robert	855
3	John	771
4	Willie	748
5	William	719
6	Charles	682
7	George	364
8	Billy	341
9	Joe	308
10	Thomas	275
11	Henry	268
12	Bobby	219
13	Edward	216
14	David	210
14	Walter	210
16	Frank	185
17	Eddie	179
18	Charlie	173
19	Albert	166
20	Roosevelt	162
21	Jimmie	159
22	Joseph	158
23	Richard	153
24	Jessie	135
25	Paul	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	127
26	Johnnie	127
28	Roy	126
29	Lee	123
30	Harold	117
31	Jerry	114
32	Eugene	113
33	Fred	110
34	Leroy	109
35	Johnny	105
36	Clarence	103
37	Louis	100
38	Curtis	98
39	Jimmy	97
40	Howard	93
41	Earl	92
41	Samuel	92
43	Earnest	91
44	Leon	90
45	Arthur	86
45	Donald	86
45	Franklin	86
48	Bennie	84
48	Kenneth	84
50	Ernest	83
51	Tommie	79
52	Sam	75
53	Tommy	74
54	Percy	73
55	Andrew	72
55	Herman	72
55	Jesse	72
58	Carl	68
59	Clyde	67
59	Herbert	67
59	Raymond	67
62	Marvin	61
63	Oscar	60
64	Melvin	59
64	Otis	59
66	Floyd	58
66	Milton	58
68	Nathaniel	57
69	Alfred	55
69	Lawrence	55
71	Luther	54
71	Ralph	54
71	Will	54
74	Harry	53
75	Clifton	51
75	Lewis	51
75	Lonnie	51
75	Ray	51
75	Sammie	51
80	Cecil	48
81	Billie	47
81	Freddie	47
83	Calvin	46
84	Tom	45
85	Harvey	44
85	Hubert	44
87	Larry	42
88	Archie	41
88	Gerald	41
90	Ben	40
91	Allen	39
91	Daniel	39
91	Edgar	39
91	Gene	39
91	Sidney	39
96	Horace	38
96	Johnie	38
96	Lester	38
99	Homer	37
100	Chester	36
100	Hugh	36