Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,138
2	Robert	1,278
3	John	1,171
4	Willie	1,043
5	William	1,004
6	Charles	954
7	George	472
8	Larry	434
9	Thomas	433
10	David	423
11	Jerry	422
12	Billy	404
13	Richard	375
14	Joe	362
15	Johnny	360
16	Jimmy	359
17	Henry	337
18	Bobby	318
19	Walter	285
20	Eddie	277
21	Edward	261
22	Donald	257
23	Jimmie	233
24	Joseph	229
25	Michael	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	217
27	Tommy	204
28	Kenneth	196
29	Paul	182
30	Johnnie	175
31	Roy	168
32	Albert	161
33	Danny	160
34	Ronald	159
35	Charlie	158
36	Gary	156
37	Curtis	152
37	Jessie	152
39	Lee	149
40	Arthur	139
40	Harold	139
42	Leroy	138
43	Fred	135
44	Eugene	129
45	Clarence	122
46	Melvin	120
47	Tommie	113
48	Earl	109
49	Samuel	108
50	Louis	107
51	Terry	106
52	Howard	102
53	Harry	100
54	Ernest	99
55	Jack	98
56	Carl	96
57	Freddie	95
57	Jesse	95
59	Raymond	94
60	Andrew	93
61	Roger	91
62	Earnest	88
63	Lawrence	86
63	Leon	86
65	Ronnie	85
66	Gerald	84
67	Bennie	79
68	Percy	78
68	Roosevelt	78
70	Douglas	77
71	Allen	75
72	Ralph	74
73	Daniel	73
74	Don	71
74	Herman	71
74	Sammie	71
74	Wayne	71
78	Calvin	70
78	Lonnie	70
80	Clifton	68
80	Floyd	68
80	Sammy	68
83	Dennis	67
84	Clyde	62
84	Otis	62
86	Sam	60
87	Sylvester	58
88	Harvey	57
89	Marvin	56
89	Oscar	56
91	Alvin	55
91	Jackie	55
93	Alfred	54
94	Leonard	53
94	Phillip	53
96	Chester	52
97	Tom	51
98	Nathaniel	50
99	Herbert	49
100	Cecil	48
100	Luther	48
100	Ray	48
100	Sidney	48
100	Stephen	48