Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,780
2	Robert	1,026
3	John	917
4	Charles	853
5	Willie	824
6	William	806
7	George	417
8	Billy	401
9	Thomas	390
10	Bobby	387
11	Joe	385
12	Henry	333
13	Jerry	306
14	Walter	263
15	David	261
16	Jimmy	229
17	Eddie	225
18	Richard	213
19	Jimmie	211
20	Frank	207
21	Joseph	205
22	Johnny	199
23	Charlie	190
23	Edward	190
25	Paul	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	172
27	Jessie	164
28	Donald	163
29	Albert	160
30	Johnnie	149
31	Larry	140
32	Arthur	130
32	Eugene	130
34	Kenneth	129
35	Roosevelt	128
36	Fred	124
37	Lee	123
38	Earl	119
39	Tommy	117
40	Leroy	116
41	Samuel	112
42	Curtis	109
42	Harold	109
44	Jesse	107
45	Melvin	104
46	Clarence	98
47	Howard	96
48	Tommie	94
49	Louis	93
50	Carl	90
50	Jack	90
52	Ernest	84
53	Gerald	82
54	Earnest	79
55	Leon	77
55	Sammie	77
57	Andrew	76
57	Sam	76
59	Freddie	72
60	Percy	69
61	Raymond	68
61	Wayne	68
63	Clyde	65
64	Bennie	64
65	Lawrence	61
65	Oscar	61
67	Herman	59
68	Herbert	57
69	Milton	56
70	Ralph	55
71	Ben	54
71	Gene	54
73	Alfred	52
73	Floyd	52
73	Lewis	52
76	Clifton	51
77	Daniel	50
77	Lonnie	50
77	Otis	50
80	Allen	49
80	Lester	49
82	Don	48
82	Gary	48
82	Sidney	48
85	Chester	47
85	Claude	47
85	Marvin	47
88	Nathaniel	46
89	Hugh	45
89	Luther	45
89	Ronald	45
92	Calvin	44
92	Harvey	44
92	Ray	44
92	Tom	44
96	Dennis	43
96	Harry	43
98	Cecil	42
98	Sylvester	42
100	Jim	41
100	Marion	41