Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,720
2	Robert	996
3	John	947
4	Willie	879
5	Charles	771
6	William	752
7	Billy	438
8	George	393
8	Joe	393
10	Thomas	354
11	Bobby	351
12	Henry	268
13	Jimmy	259
14	Walter	253
15	David	242
16	Jerry	229
17	Edward	223
18	Eddie	218
19	Jimmie	216
20	Richard	198
21	Charlie	185
21	Joseph	185
23	Frank	168
24	Albert	166
25	Johnnie	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lee	151
27	Leroy	147
28	Donald	146
29	Paul	144
30	Johnny	140
31	Fred	139
32	Roosevelt	135
33	Arthur	130
34	Louis	127
35	Harold	124
36	Samuel	122
37	Roy	121
38	Kenneth	120
39	Clarence	119
39	Jessie	119
39	Tommy	119
42	Curtis	116
43	Eugene	108
44	Earl	106
45	Larry	103
46	Howard	101
47	Tommie	96
48	Carl	92
49	Raymond	89
50	Jack	88
51	Bennie	86
52	Earnest	85
52	Jesse	85
54	Melvin	84
55	Ernest	82
56	Andrew	80
57	Clyde	78
58	Leon	75
58	Percy	75
60	Freddie	72
60	Sam	72
62	Gerald	71
63	Ralph	69
64	Wayne	68
65	Gene	66
65	Herman	66
67	Harry	61
68	Lawrence	60
69	Ray	59
70	Luther	58
71	Otis	57
72	Marvin	56
72	Oscar	56
74	Allen	55
74	Harvey	55
76	Lewis	53
77	Alfred	52
77	Claude	52
77	Herbert	52
80	Floyd	51
80	Mack	51
82	Lonnie	49
82	Milton	49
84	Nathaniel	48
84	Sammie	48
86	Alvin	46
86	Sylvester	46
88	Calvin	45
88	Clifton	45
88	Daniel	45
88	Sidney	45
92	Billie	43
92	Jim	43
92	Leonard	43
95	Cecil	42
95	Edwin	42
95	Tom	42
95	Will	42
99	Ben	41
100	Don	40
100	Elbert	40