Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,277
2	Robert	1,322
3	John	1,219
4	Willie	1,091
5	William	1,055
6	Charles	1,024
7	Larry	586
8	David	530
9	Jerry	500
10	Thomas	498
11	George	489
12	Jimmy	430
13	Billy	420
14	Richard	397
15	Johnny	372
16	Joe	355
17	Henry	354
18	Bobby	328
19	Eddie	325
20	Donald	284
21	Walter	278
22	Edward	258
23	Joseph	246
24	Michael	242
25	Ronald	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	227
27	Kenneth	225
28	Roy	214
29	Danny	205
29	Jimmie	205
29	Tommy	205
32	Paul	203
33	Albert	181
34	Charlie	171
35	Lee	167
36	Johnnie	163
37	Jessie	158
38	Arthur	149
38	Samuel	149
40	Gary	146
41	Harold	137
42	Leroy	132
43	Eugene	129
44	Clarence	126
45	Melvin	125
46	Fred	124
47	Curtis	120
47	Louis	120
49	Terry	117
50	Earl	112
50	Raymond	112
52	Ernest	109
52	Harry	109
54	Ronnie	108
55	Wayne	107
56	Carl	106
57	Andrew	105
57	Tommie	105
59	Lawrence	104
60	Roosevelt	103
61	Jack	102
62	Jesse	101
62	Roger	101
64	Freddie	99
64	Sammie	99
66	Gerald	98
67	Howard	97
68	Daniel	95
69	Earnest	94
70	Dennis	92
70	Leon	92
72	Douglas	91
73	Lonnie	89
74	Bennie	79
74	Ralph	79
76	Marvin	73
77	Herman	71
78	Calvin	70
79	Floyd	69
79	Percy	69
81	Phillip	68
82	Herbert	67
83	Milton	65
84	Glenn	64
84	Otis	64
84	Ray	64
87	Sam	62
87	Steve	62
89	Clifton	60
90	Allen	59
90	Lewis	59
90	Sammy	59
90	Stanley	59
90	Stephen	59
95	Alvin	57
96	Harvey	56
96	Luther	56
96	Sylvester	56
99	Clyde	55
99	Don	55