Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,907
2	Robert	1,106
3	Willie	973
4	John	921
5	William	809
6	Charles	807
7	George	433
8	Thomas	404
9	Jerry	358
10	Henry	321
11	Johnny	317
12	David	311
13	Jimmy	307
14	Larry	297
15	Joe	294
16	Billy	285
17	Richard	275
18	Bobby	256
19	Eddie	249
20	Walter	233
21	Joseph	222
22	Edward	220
23	Jimmie	206
24	Frank	191
25	Roy	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	168
27	Kenneth	160
27	Lee	160
29	Paul	159
30	Albert	156
30	Johnnie	156
32	Michael	155
33	Charlie	145
34	Tommy	144
35	Jessie	137
36	Arthur	136
37	Ronald	125
38	Eugene	122
38	Louis	122
40	Samuel	116
41	Curtis	113
41	Harold	113
43	Clarence	112
44	Howard	111
45	Leroy	110
46	Tommie	109
47	Ernest	108
47	Fred	108
49	Gary	107
50	Jesse	104
51	Douglas	98
52	Melvin	96
53	Harry	93
54	Earnest	89
55	Earl	88
55	Roosevelt	88
57	Carl	87
57	Roger	87
59	Jack	86
60	Andrew	84
61	Raymond	83
62	Gerald	78
62	Sam	78
64	Freddie	77
65	Leon	76
66	Daniel	75
67	Sammie	74
68	Danny	71
68	Herman	71
70	Lawrence	70
70	Wayne	70
72	Marvin	67
72	Percy	67
74	Bennie	64
74	Clyde	64
76	Lonnie	63
77	Ray	62
78	Ralph	60
79	Floyd	56
79	Terry	56
81	Calvin	55
81	Sylvester	55
83	Clifton	54
83	Herbert	54
83	Ronnie	54
86	Leonard	53
87	Dennis	52
88	Don	51
89	Alfred	50
89	Harvey	50
89	Nathaniel	50
92	Oscar	48
93	Lester	47
93	Milton	47
93	Sammy	47
96	Chester	46
96	Otis	46
98	Cecil	43
99	Allen	42
99	Lewis	42