Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,915
2	Robert	1,148
3	John	1,087
4	Willie	1,004
5	William	848
6	Charles	823
7	George	470
8	Thomas	398
9	Jerry	376
10	Billy	351
11	David	334
12	Joe	333
13	Jimmy	317
14	Henry	312
15	Richard	280
16	Larry	270
17	Johnny	269
18	Walter	268
19	Eddie	263
20	Bobby	256
21	Edward	214
22	Joseph	213
23	Albert	193
23	Jimmie	193
25	Frank	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	176
26	Roy	176
28	Johnnie	174
29	Charlie	169
30	Kenneth	165
31	Jessie	162
32	Lee	151
32	Tommy	151
34	Paul	150
35	Curtis	139
36	Leroy	135
37	Arthur	129
38	Clarence	128
39	Louis	125
40	Samuel	118
41	Fred	116
42	Michael	114
42	Ronald	114
44	Andrew	108
45	Ernest	104
45	Eugene	104
45	Harold	104
48	Tommie	103
49	Gary	102
50	Roger	98
51	Carl	97
51	Jack	97
51	Roosevelt	97
54	Douglas	95
55	Jesse	94
56	Howard	91
57	Raymond	90
58	Earnest	89
59	Earl	88
60	Melvin	86
61	Clyde	83
61	Gerald	83
63	Leon	81
64	Harry	76
65	Danny	74
65	Herman	74
67	Sam	72
67	Sammie	72
69	Allen	68
69	Lawrence	68
71	Freddie	66
71	Wayne	66
73	Daniel	65
74	Terry	64
75	Percy	63
76	Marvin	62
76	Oscar	62
78	Herbert	61
79	Luther	60
80	Bennie	59
81	Lewis	58
82	Ralph	57
83	Lonnie	55
83	Milton	55
85	Clifton	54
86	Bill	53
86	Sylvester	53
88	Claude	52
88	Dennis	52
88	Floyd	52
88	Otis	52
92	Don	51
92	Gene	51
94	Chester	50
94	Mack	50
94	Nathaniel	50
97	Calvin	49
98	Leonard	48
98	Ray	48
98	Ronnie	48
98	Sammy	48