Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1948

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	1,264
3	John	1,147
4	Willie	1,090
5	Charles	966
6	William	941
7	Larry	569
8	David	542
9	Jerry	507
10	Thomas	495
11	George	482
12	Jimmy	402
13	Richard	360
14	Johnny	359
15	Joe	352
16	Billy	340
17	Eddie	323
18	Henry	318
19	Bobby	317
20	Michael	307
21	Walter	275
22	Donald	258
22	Edward	258
24	Joseph	256
25	Ronald	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmie	232
27	Kenneth	204
28	Frank	203
29	Danny	199
30	Roy	189
31	Tommy	186
32	Paul	185
33	Albert	165
34	Johnnie	159
35	Charlie	158
36	Jessie	154
37	Arthur	152
38	Samuel	151
38	Terry	151
40	Curtis	149
41	Clarence	147
41	Lee	147
43	Gary	146
44	Leroy	145
45	Eugene	141
46	Howard	131
47	Louis	130
48	Harold	127
49	Carl	124
49	Roger	124
51	Dennis	120
52	Ronnie	118
53	Fred	114
54	Earnest	110
54	Jesse	110
56	Melvin	106
56	Tommie	106
58	Freddie	102
59	Earl	101
60	Harry	99
61	Jack	95
62	Daniel	94
62	Raymond	94
64	Leon	93
65	Andrew	92
65	Roosevelt	92
67	Ernest	90
68	Bennie	87
69	Douglas	83
70	Sammie	82
71	Allen	81
71	Wayne	81
73	Phillip	80
74	Gerald	79
75	Clyde	76
75	Lawrence	76
77	Nathaniel	73
77	Percy	73
79	Milton	72
79	Otis	72
81	Herman	71
81	Ralph	71
83	Alfred	69
83	Clifton	69
83	Lonnie	69
86	Lewis	68
87	Sam	65
88	Harvey	63
89	Marvin	61
89	Sylvester	61
91	Floyd	60
92	Ray	59
93	Alvin	58
93	Calvin	58
95	Don	57
95	Leonard	57
95	Stanley	57
95	Stephen	57
99	Sammy	56
100	Mack	55
100	Steve	55