Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,601
2	Robert	892
3	John	873
4	Willie	799
5	William	728
6	Charles	715
7	Billy	449
8	George	396
9	Joe	323
10	Bobby	314
11	Thomas	308
12	Henry	293
13	Walter	216
14	David	195
15	Frank	192
16	Edward	169
16	Richard	169
18	Eddie	167
19	Joseph	164
20	Jimmie	159
21	Roosevelt	156
22	Albert	148
22	Charlie	148
24	Johnnie	139
25	Jack	135

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lee	134
27	Jessie	131
28	Jerry	129
28	Paul	129
30	Eugene	125
30	Louis	125
32	Harold	124
33	Clarence	119
34	Fred	117
35	Jimmy	113
36	Roy	112
37	Leroy	109
38	Earl	108
39	Arthur	107
40	Carl	101
40	Howard	101
42	Donald	100
43	Curtis	99
44	Samuel	98
45	Johnny	97
46	Tommy	89
47	Kenneth	87
47	Melvin	87
49	Earnest	86
50	Tommie	85
51	Andrew	84
52	Ernest	80
53	Sam	79
54	Leon	72
54	Raymond	72
56	Bennie	71
57	Lawrence	67
57	Percy	67
59	Oscar	66
60	Herman	64
60	Jesse	64
62	Gerald	63
62	Ray	63
64	Floyd	62
65	Otis	61
66	Cecil	60
67	Daniel	59
68	Franklin	58
69	Alfred	56
69	Clyde	56
71	Harvey	55
71	Nathaniel	55
73	Herbert	54
73	Luther	54
75	Allen	53
75	Harry	53
75	Milton	53
78	Billie	49
78	Claude	49
78	Freddie	49
78	Johnie	49
82	Gene	48
82	Ralph	48
84	Marvin	47
84	Wayne	47
86	Mack	46
86	Sylvester	46
88	Calvin	45
88	Clifton	45
90	Will	44
91	Alvin	43
92	Jim	42
92	Lonnie	42
94	Hubert	40
94	Larry	40
94	Lewis	40
94	Vernon	40
98	Ben	39
98	Rufus	39
100	Bill	38
100	Tom	38