Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,978
2	Robert	1,392
3	Willie	1,143
4	John	1,090
5	Charles	1,012
6	William	969
7	Larry	813
8	David	605
9	George	476
10	Jerry	474
11	Thomas	453
12	Michael	407
13	Johnny	390
14	Billy	374
15	Eddie	358
16	Jimmy	356
17	Richard	343
18	Henry	330
19	Joe	310
20	Bobby	304
21	Kenneth	271
22	Donald	265
23	Walter	262
24	Edward	242
25	Joseph	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	238
27	Tommy	205
28	Roy	198
29	Frank	196
30	Jimmie	189
31	Danny	181
32	Albert	180
33	Gary	174
33	Paul	174
35	Lee	173
36	Jessie	166
36	Johnnie	166
38	Melvin	160
39	Charlie	159
40	Arthur	158
41	Curtis	155
42	Terry	149
43	Samuel	147
44	Roger	133
45	Carl	129
46	Leroy	127
47	Clarence	125
48	Dennis	124
48	Eugene	124
50	Tommie	117
51	Andrew	116
51	Harry	116
53	Howard	111
54	Douglas	108
55	Fred	107
55	Harold	107
55	Roosevelt	107
58	Ronnie	106
59	Ernest	105
60	Leon	104
61	Daniel	103
62	Louis	101
63	Earnest	98
64	Raymond	95
65	Freddie	92
66	Calvin	89
67	Jesse	88
67	Lawrence	88
69	Percy	87
70	Earl	84
71	Marvin	83
71	Sammie	83
73	Stephen	82
74	Gerald	78
74	Herman	78
74	Milton	78
77	Lonnie	77
78	Jack	76
78	Phillip	76
80	Bennie	75
80	Jackie	75
80	Sylvester	75
83	Allen	72
83	Wayne	72
85	Ray	70
86	Anthony	69
86	Clyde	69
88	Glenn	68
88	Nathaniel	68
90	Alfred	66
91	Floyd	65
92	Herbert	64
93	Alvin	62
93	Ralph	62
95	Mark	61
96	Sam	60
97	Gene	59
97	Otis	59
97	Sammy	59
100	Clifton	58