Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,986
2	Robert	1,302
3	John	1,088
4	Willie	1,037
5	Charles	1,033
6	William	898
7	Larry	778
8	David	625
9	Jerry	523
10	George	464
11	Michael	448
12	Johnny	429
13	Thomas	415
14	Richard	375
15	Billy	364
16	Henry	344
17	Eddie	316
18	Jimmy	313
19	Joe	299
20	Edward	296
21	Donald	293
22	Kenneth	283
23	Joseph	279
24	Bobby	273
25	Ronald	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	239
27	Gary	220
28	Roy	208
29	Jimmie	198
30	Frank	196
31	Albert	193
32	Danny	191
33	Tommy	189
34	Johnnie	177
35	Curtis	173
36	Paul	166
37	Arthur	164
38	Jessie	159
39	Lee	157
40	Charlie	156
41	Dennis	140
42	Clarence	133
42	Terry	133
44	Louis	131
45	Carl	127
46	Douglas	124
46	Leroy	124
46	Roger	124
49	Harold	123
50	Andrew	120
51	Daniel	115
52	Eugene	114
52	Samuel	114
54	Melvin	110
55	Tommie	107
56	Harry	106
57	Jesse	104
58	Calvin	103
59	Freddie	102
60	Ronnie	101
61	Ernest	99
62	Leon	98
63	Earnest	96
64	Howard	94
65	Earl	93
65	Fred	93
67	Stephen	91
68	Raymond	87
69	Allen	86
69	Clyde	86
69	Steven	86
72	Roosevelt	85
73	Gregory	83
73	Lawrence	83
75	Ralph	81
76	Jackie	80
76	Phillip	80
78	Wayne	79
79	Jack	76
80	Anthony	74
80	Percy	74
82	Bennie	73
82	Sammie	73
84	Lonnie	72
84	Marvin	72
86	Gerald	71
86	Herman	71
86	Milton	71
89	Herbert	70
90	Otis	69
90	Sylvester	69
92	Bruce	66
93	Timothy	65
94	Stanley	64
95	Alvin	63
95	Floyd	63
97	Glenn	61
97	Ricky	61
99	Alfred	60
99	Mark	60
99	Sam	60