Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,582
2	John	946
3	Robert	862
4	Willie	789
5	William	778
6	Charles	655
7	Joe	427
8	George	421
9	Billy	420
10	Bobby	329
11	Thomas	292
12	Henry	281
13	Walter	228
14	Eddie	200
15	Jimmie	199
16	Joseph	190
17	Edward	184
17	Frank	184
19	Charlie	179
20	Richard	176
21	David	172
22	Jimmy	171
23	Jerry	170
24	Albert	159
25	Lee	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	146
27	Jessie	136
28	Johnny	128
29	Johnnie	124
29	Louis	124
31	Roy	121
32	Leroy	118
33	Curtis	116
33	Fred	116
35	Roosevelt	115
36	Paul	114
37	Eugene	113
38	Clarence	111
39	Jack	104
40	Harold	102
40	Sam	102
42	Earl	101
43	Carl	98
44	Howard	95
45	Arthur	94
46	Kenneth	92
47	Melvin	90
48	Andrew	80
49	Percy	79
49	Samuel	79
51	Clyde	76
51	Tommy	76
53	Gerald	74
54	Bennie	73
54	Earnest	73
54	Tommie	73
57	Ernest	71
57	Freddie	71
57	Leon	71
60	Jesse	70
61	Raymond	68
62	Marvin	66
63	Cecil	63
63	Larry	63
65	Lawrence	60
66	Otis	59
67	Allen	58
67	Harry	58
67	Herman	58
70	Floyd	56
70	Luther	56
72	Wayne	54
73	Hugh	52
73	Ralph	52
75	Herbert	51
75	Sammie	51
77	Ben	50
78	Clifton	49
78	Gene	49
78	Mack	49
78	Oscar	49
82	Alfred	48
82	Calvin	48
82	Daniel	48
85	Franklin	47
85	Lonnie	47
87	Harvey	46
88	Archie	45
88	Billie	45
88	Edgar	45
88	Johnie	45
92	Hubert	43
92	Sidney	43
94	Milton	42
94	Ray	42
96	Vernon	41
97	Douglas	39
97	Huey	39
97	Lewis	39
97	Roger	39
97	Sylvester	39