Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,758
2	Robert	1,011
3	John	932
4	Willie	860
5	William	805
6	Charles	802
7	Joe	425
8	George	413
9	Billy	403
10	Bobby	356
11	Thomas	344
12	Henry	330
13	Jimmy	256
14	David	238
15	Walter	234
16	Jerry	220
17	Eddie	218
18	Frank	206
19	Edward	199
20	Jimmie	197
21	Richard	196
22	Joseph	177
23	Paul	164
24	Donald	156
25	Albert	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	149
27	Jessie	148
28	Roy	145
29	Johnny	143
30	Arthur	138
31	Johnnie	131
32	Fred	127
32	Kenneth	127
34	Larry	120
34	Lee	120
36	Harold	115
37	Eugene	113
38	Roosevelt	112
39	Carl	109
40	Samuel	108
41	Howard	106
42	Leroy	103
43	Jack	102
44	Louis	101
45	Clarence	99
46	Tommy	96
47	Earl	95
47	Gerald	95
49	Curtis	89
49	Sam	89
51	Jesse	88
52	Bennie	83
53	Melvin	82
53	Tommie	82
55	Marvin	75
56	Lawrence	74
57	Ernest	73
58	Andrew	72
59	Earnest	71
59	Floyd	71
59	Leon	71
62	Herman	68
62	Percy	68
64	Raymond	67
64	Wayne	67
66	Ralph	65
67	Gene	62
68	Allen	61
69	Herbert	60
70	Clyde	59
70	Sammie	59
72	Lewis	58
73	Freddie	57
74	Alfred	55
74	Harry	55
76	Luther	54
76	Milton	54
76	Oscar	54
79	Clifton	52
79	Otis	52
81	Calvin	49
81	Nathaniel	49
83	Daniel	48
83	Ray	48
85	Cecil	47
86	Bobbie	45
87	Alvin	43
87	Ronald	43
89	Don	41
89	Douglas	41
89	Harvey	41
89	Lester	41
89	Lonnie	41
94	Chester	40
95	Archie	39
95	Oliver	39
95	Sylvester	39
95	Troy	39
95	Will	39
100	Johnie	38
100	Sidney	38
100	Tom	38
100	Vernon	38