Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,997
2	Robert	1,322
3	Willie	1,130
4	John	1,106
5	Charles	1,014
6	William	976
7	Larry	641
8	David	541
9	Jerry	470
10	Thomas	468
11	George	464
12	Johnny	383
13	Eddie	377
14	Henry	372
15	Richard	359
16	Michael	353
17	Jimmy	351
18	Billy	340
19	Joe	335
20	Bobby	312
21	Walter	288
22	Donald	276
23	Edward	259
24	Joseph	256
25	Kenneth	245

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	225
27	Tommy	213
28	Frank	203
28	Roy	203
30	Jimmie	202
31	Albert	198
32	Gary	194
33	Johnnie	189
34	Paul	188
35	Danny	184
36	Lee	177
37	Charlie	169
38	Terry	168
39	Samuel	159
40	Curtis	156
41	Roger	155
42	Jessie	152
43	Arthur	147
44	Clarence	139
44	Jesse	139
46	Harold	132
47	Leroy	125
47	Louis	125
49	Melvin	124
50	Fred	123
51	Ronnie	122
52	Howard	120
53	Carl	117
54	Tommie	116
55	Dennis	115
56	Roosevelt	111
57	Andrew	110
58	Freddie	106
59	Eugene	105
60	Daniel	103
60	Earl	103
62	Earnest	101
62	Wayne	101
64	Lawrence	95
64	Raymond	95
66	Jack	94
67	Harry	93
67	Leon	93
69	Gerald	92
70	Calvin	91
71	Sammie	89
72	Stephen	87
73	Herman	86
73	Percy	86
75	Marvin	84
76	Floyd	82
77	Douglas	77
77	Phillip	77
79	Bennie	74
80	Allen	73
80	Ralph	73
82	Sam	72
83	Herbert	71
84	Ernest	70
85	Clifton	69
85	Milton	69
87	Harvey	68
88	Nathaniel	67
89	Otis	66
90	Alfred	64
90	Jackie	64
92	Clyde	62
93	Glenn	60
94	Stanley	59
95	Lewis	58
96	Gene	57
96	Lonnie	57
96	Sammy	57
99	Sylvester	56
100	Cecil	54