Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,879
2	Robert	1,074
3	John	973
4	Willie	893
5	William	868
6	Charles	789
7	George	433
8	Thomas	410
9	Billy	396
10	Joe	363
11	Jerry	350
12	Bobby	302
13	Henry	296
14	Walter	267
15	David	263
16	Jimmy	256
17	Eddie	245
18	Edward	223
19	Jimmie	206
20	Richard	197
21	Larry	194
22	Joseph	189
23	Jessie	176
24	Charlie	166
25	Tommy	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	163
27	Albert	162
28	Paul	159
29	Donald	158
30	Roy	156
31	Frank	155
32	Fred	142
32	Kenneth	142
34	Leroy	136
35	Roosevelt	131
36	Lee	125
37	Johnnie	123
38	Eugene	122
39	Arthur	114
40	Tommie	113
41	Howard	112
42	Jesse	110
42	Melvin	110
44	Samuel	109
45	Harold	108
46	Carl	106
46	Louis	106
48	Clarence	103
49	Earl	101
50	Curtis	97
51	Earnest	87
52	Freddie	86
52	Gerald	86
54	Bennie	83
55	Andrew	80
56	Ernest	78
57	Jack	77
58	Leon	76
59	Percy	75
59	Raymond	75
59	Sam	75
59	Wayne	75
63	Floyd	68
64	Marvin	65
64	Ralph	65
64	Sammie	65
67	Herbert	64
67	Herman	64
69	Gene	63
70	Clyde	62
71	Daniel	61
71	Lawrence	61
73	Otis	58
74	Cecil	56
75	Douglas	53
75	Lonnie	53
77	Harry	52
78	Alfred	51
79	Dennis	48
79	Franklin	48
79	Luther	48
79	Mack	48
83	Oscar	47
83	Ray	47
83	Ronald	47
83	Sidney	47
87	Claude	46
87	Sylvester	46
89	Nathaniel	44
90	Calvin	43
90	Don	43
92	Chester	42
92	Leonard	42
94	Bill	41
94	Edwin	41
94	Vernon	41
97	Milton	40
97	Will	40
99	Allen	39
99	Ben	39
99	Benjamin	39
99	Hugh	39