Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,844
2	Robert	1,202
3	John	1,049
4	Willie	981
5	Charles	971
6	William	887
7	Larry	785
8	David	669
9	Michael	594
10	Thomas	444
11	Jerry	436
12	George	418
13	Richard	412
14	Johnny	363
15	Henry	354
16	Billy	327
17	Donald	300
17	Eddie	300
19	Joe	287
20	Walter	280
21	Joseph	271
22	Bobby	270
23	Jimmy	269
24	Kenneth	263
25	Edward	260

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	235
27	Ronald	231
28	Danny	220
29	Tommy	205
30	Paul	198
31	Terry	195
32	Frank	178
33	Melvin	173
34	Dennis	171
35	Lee	170
36	Johnnie	169
37	Roy	167
38	Carl	161
39	Jessie	160
40	Jimmie	157
41	Roger	156
42	Albert	152
43	Charlie	148
44	Curtis	136
44	Samuel	136
46	Ronnie	134
47	Stephen	131
47	Steven	131
49	Arthur	128
50	Daniel	121
51	Leroy	118
52	Calvin	114
53	Leon	111
54	Andrew	109
55	Earl	108
55	Freddie	108
57	Clarence	106
58	Harold	104
59	Eugene	103
59	Randy	103
59	Tommie	103
62	Douglas	101
63	Mark	99
64	Louis	98
65	Jesse	97
66	Harry	91
67	Allen	89
67	Stanley	89
69	Herbert	87
69	Ralph	87
71	Raymond	86
72	Lawrence	85
73	Clyde	84
74	Earnest	83
75	Bennie	81
75	Gregory	81
77	Marvin	79
77	Ricky	79
77	Roosevelt	79
80	Howard	78
80	Milton	78
82	Fred	76
83	Anthony	75
83	Jack	75
83	Steve	75
83	Wayne	75
87	Jackie	74
87	Micheal	74
89	Timothy	73
90	Donnie	72
90	Sammie	72
92	Percy	71
93	Phillip	70
94	Gerald	69
95	Ernest	68
95	Ray	68
97	Rodney	67
98	Glenn	65
98	Sylvester	65
100	Alfred	64
100	Floyd	64