Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,983
2	Robert	1,137
3	John	1,011
4	Willie	966
5	Charles	840
6	William	832
7	George	484
8	Joe	381
9	Thomas	367
10	Billy	366
11	Henry	334
12	David	333
13	Bobby	323
14	Jerry	319
15	Jimmy	285
16	Richard	250
17	Larry	236
17	Walter	236
19	Johnny	231
20	Eddie	223
21	Edward	207
22	Joseph	201
23	Frank	200
24	Jimmie	196
25	Roy	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	168
26	Charlie	168
26	Douglas	168
29	Johnnie	166
30	Jessie	158
31	Paul	157
32	Lee	152
33	Donald	151
34	Kenneth	146
35	Tommy	143
36	Leroy	140
37	Samuel	138
38	Eugene	134
39	Clarence	130
40	Fred	126
41	Arthur	125
42	Tommie	124
43	Curtis	121
44	Louis	117
45	Jesse	113
46	Harold	112
47	Roosevelt	106
48	Gerald	102
49	Earl	98
50	Howard	95
51	Leon	87
51	Percy	87
53	Andrew	86
53	Melvin	86
55	Wayne	83
56	Ernest	82
57	Raymond	80
57	Sam	80
59	Carl	79
59	Freddie	79
59	Michael	79
62	Sammie	78
63	Earnest	77
63	Jack	77
63	Lawrence	77
66	Mack	76
67	Alfred	73
67	Herman	73
69	Harvey	70
69	Ronald	70
71	Bennie	69
72	Daniel	64
72	Lonnie	64
72	Ralph	64
75	Oscar	63
76	Otis	61
77	Clyde	60
77	Harry	60
79	Floyd	59
79	Herbert	59
81	Claude	56
82	Milton	55
83	Gene	54
83	Luther	54
85	Chester	52
85	Don	52
85	Hugh	52
85	Sylvester	52
89	Bill	51
90	Marvin	50
91	Clifton	49
91	Leonard	49
91	Tom	49
94	Cecil	48
94	Lewis	48
96	Nathaniel	47
97	Terry	46
98	Sammy	45
99	Calvin	44
99	Hubert	44
99	Will	44