Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,073
2	Robert	1,145
3	John	1,086
4	Willie	1,005
5	Charles	933
6	William	930
7	George	547
8	Thomas	414
9	Billy	399
10	David	359
11	Jerry	355
12	Joe	342
13	Henry	340
14	Jimmy	329
15	Bobby	307
16	Richard	267
17	Eddie	260
18	Larry	255
19	Walter	253
20	Joseph	249
21	Edward	238
22	Johnny	233
23	Jimmie	213
24	Frank	210
25	Charlie	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	188
27	Johnnie	185
28	Albert	181
29	Roy	177
30	Paul	172
31	Kenneth	170
32	Lee	161
33	Jessie	154
34	Leroy	149
35	Tommy	145
36	Fred	143
37	Samuel	136
38	Douglas	133
39	Clarence	132
40	Eugene	131
41	Howard	125
42	Curtis	123
43	Arthur	116
44	Harold	114
45	Roosevelt	113
46	Louis	111
47	Jesse	110
48	Earl	106
49	Tommie	102
50	Ernest	100
51	Andrew	98
51	Carl	98
53	Melvin	97
54	Michael	94
55	Freddie	93
56	Earnest	92
57	Raymond	89
58	Jack	85
59	Wayne	84
60	Sammie	83
61	Leon	81
61	Sam	81
63	Roger	80
63	Ronald	80
65	Gerald	79
66	Harry	78
66	Percy	78
68	Clyde	75
68	Herman	75
70	Bennie	74
71	Daniel	71
72	Dennis	69
72	Lawrence	69
72	Marvin	69
75	Ralph	67
76	Alfred	65
77	Gary	63
77	Lonnie	63
79	Herbert	62
80	Mack	60
81	Oscar	58
81	Ray	58
81	Sylvester	58
84	Otis	57
85	Claude	54
85	Leonard	54
85	Luther	54
88	Floyd	53
88	Lewis	53
90	Allen	51
90	Bill	51
90	Gene	51
93	Cecil	50
93	Clifton	50
95	Archie	49
96	Don	47
96	Milton	47
96	Terry	47
99	Sammy	46
100	Harvey	44
100	Lester	44
100	Sidney	44