Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,838
2	Robert	1,204
3	Charles	1,029
4	John	1,012
5	Willie	961
6	William	846
7	Larry	828
8	David	689
9	Michael	480
10	Jerry	465
11	Thomas	437
12	Richard	419
13	George	410
14	Johnny	387
15	Eddie	332
16	Henry	329
17	Joe	302
18	Billy	286
19	Donald	285
19	Jimmy	285
21	Edward	278
22	Joseph	276
23	Kenneth	275
24	Bobby	269
25	Walter	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	232
27	Danny	220
28	Gary	199
28	Terry	199
30	Jimmie	194
31	Paul	185
32	Lee	184
33	Roy	179
34	Tommy	178
35	Curtis	171
36	Albert	165
37	Frank	163
37	Johnnie	163
39	Arthur	160
40	Charlie	157
41	Samuel	153
42	Carl	149
43	Dennis	146
44	Jessie	142
45	Ronnie	134
46	Roger	129
47	Melvin	128
48	Clarence	126
49	Eugene	123
49	Harold	123
51	Andrew	122
52	Daniel	120
53	Stephen	119
54	Leon	117
54	Leroy	117
56	Freddie	105
57	Howard	104
58	Roosevelt	101
59	Steven	99
59	Tommie	99
61	Earl	93
62	Calvin	92
63	Gerald	91
64	Fred	89
64	Louis	89
66	Jesse	88
66	Stanley	88
68	Douglas	87
69	Ernest	86
69	Glenn	86
69	Mark	86
69	Phillip	86
69	Ralph	86
74	Anthony	85
75	Percy	84
76	Harry	82
76	Jack	82
78	Raymond	81
79	Milton	80
80	Gregory	79
80	Herbert	79
80	Lawrence	79
83	Randy	77
83	Sylvester	77
85	Earnest	76
86	Alfred	75
86	Herman	75
88	Ricky	74
89	Bennie	72
90	Alvin	71
90	Lonnie	71
92	Bruce	70
92	Lewis	70
92	Sammie	70
95	Jackie	69
96	Clyde	68
96	Wayne	68
98	Marvin	67
99	Steve	64
100	Floyd	61