Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,638
2	Robert	934
3	Willie	893
4	John	884
5	William	769
6	Charles	744
7	George	451
8	Billy	421
9	Joe	385
10	Bobby	359
11	Henry	297
12	Thomas	282
13	Walter	233
14	Eddie	205
15	David	201
16	Edward	184
16	Frank	184
16	Jimmie	184
19	Charlie	176
20	Albert	173
21	Richard	172
22	Paul	171
23	Jerry	170
24	Joseph	169
25	Johnnie	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	144
27	Jessie	142
28	Jimmy	133
29	Donald	127
29	Leroy	127
31	Johnny	125
31	Lee	125
33	Eugene	122
34	Roosevelt	119
35	Arthur	115
36	Clarence	113
36	Earl	113
38	Jack	112
38	Roy	112
40	Howard	105
41	Harold	104
42	Curtis	103
43	Samuel	101
44	Sam	94
45	Kenneth	93
45	Louis	93
47	Carl	90
48	Ernest	87
49	Andrew	84
50	Jesse	81
51	Tommie	80
52	Earnest	78
53	Ray	77
54	Harry	69
54	Hugh	69
54	Tommy	69
57	Bennie	68
57	Clyde	68
57	Percy	68
60	Floyd	66
60	Leon	66
62	Gerald	65
62	Herbert	65
64	Oscar	64
65	Ralph	62
66	Luther	61
67	Cecil	60
67	Raymond	60
67	Sylvester	60
70	Lawrence	59
71	Melvin	57
72	Freddie	56
72	Marvin	56
74	Calvin	55
74	Harvey	55
74	Larry	55
74	Sammie	55
78	Ben	54
79	Otis	53
80	Huey	52
81	Dan	51
81	Jim	51
83	Herman	50
83	Wayne	50
83	Will	50
86	Alfred	48
86	Sidney	48
88	Daniel	47
88	Lonnie	47
88	Milton	47
91	Franklin	46
91	Nathaniel	46
93	Hubert	45
93	Tom	45
95	Elbert	43
96	Lewis	42
97	Alvin	41
97	Bill	41
97	Billie	41
97	Mack	41