Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,698
2	John	957
3	Robert	934
4	Willie	797
5	William	761
6	Charles	743
7	Joe	459
8	Billy	407
9	George	394
10	Bobby	344
11	Thomas	296
12	Henry	281
13	Eddie	223
13	Jimmie	223
13	Jimmy	223
16	Walter	213
17	David	209
18	Joseph	204
19	Edward	193
20	Jerry	188
21	Richard	180
22	Frank	175
23	Charlie	168
24	Johnnie	162
25	Albert	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jessie	144
26	Johnny	144
28	Donald	143
28	Harold	143
30	Eugene	140
31	Lee	139
31	Roy	139
33	Paul	134
34	Fred	120
35	Clarence	118
36	Louis	116
37	Roosevelt	113
38	Arthur	112
38	Kenneth	112
40	Leroy	111
41	Jack	108
42	Howard	106
43	Tommie	103
44	Earl	101
45	Carl	99
46	Jesse	96
47	Larry	95
47	Samuel	95
49	Ernest	94
50	Curtis	93
51	Tommy	92
52	Floyd	82
53	Leon	79
54	Cecil	78
54	Raymond	78
56	Freddie	77
57	Gerald	76
57	Percy	76
59	Oscar	73
60	Andrew	72
61	Sam	71
62	Bennie	68
63	Herman	66
63	Lawrence	66
65	Alfred	63
66	Melvin	61
67	Lonnie	57
68	Clyde	56
68	Marvin	56
68	Ralph	56
71	Sylvester	52
72	Alvin	51
72	Ray	51
72	Sammie	51
75	Claude	50
75	Harry	50
75	Milton	50
78	Clifton	49
78	Johnie	49
78	Lewis	49
81	Allen	48
81	Billie	48
81	Earnest	48
81	Franklin	48
81	Luther	48
86	Calvin	47
86	Gene	47
86	Herbert	47
86	Marion	47
90	Bobbie	45
91	Harvey	43
91	Otis	43
93	Ben	42
93	Mack	42
93	Oliver	42
96	Don	41
96	Leo	41
96	Sidney	41
99	Bill	40
99	Lester	40
99	Nathaniel	40
99	Norman	40
99	Will	40