Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,743
2	Robert	1,143
3	John	981
4	Charles	881
5	Willie	876
6	William	826
7	Larry	796
8	David	781
9	Michael	615
10	Jerry	432
11	George	413
12	Richard	400
13	Thomas	375
14	Johnny	350
15	Kenneth	323
16	Billy	314
17	Eddie	298
18	Donald	294
19	Henry	275
20	Terry	274
21	Joseph	263
22	Joe	255
23	Bobby	250
24	Gary	238
24	Jimmy	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	236
27	Paul	233
28	Walter	231
29	Danny	229
30	Ronald	213
31	Randy	188
32	Roy	182
33	Melvin	181
34	Dennis	175
35	Carl	171
36	Curtis	167
37	Frank	164
38	Ricky	163
39	Tommy	160
40	Mark	159
41	Arthur	157
42	Lee	152
43	Albert	142
44	Stanley	141
45	Calvin	140
45	Daniel	140
47	Jimmie	136
48	Jessie	135
49	Ronnie	134
49	Steven	134
51	Anthony	133
52	Johnnie	130
53	Roger	129
54	Gregory	128
54	Samuel	128
54	Stephen	128
57	Clarence	126
57	Howard	126
59	Ray	122
60	Andrew	115
60	Timothy	115
62	Charlie	109
62	Leroy	109
64	Harold	108
65	Roosevelt	105
66	Freddie	101
67	Eugene	100
68	Gerald	98
69	Douglas	97
69	Ernest	97
71	Earnest	96
72	Louis	95
73	Lawrence	94
74	Raymond	92
75	Earl	88
76	Herbert	87
76	Leon	87
78	Micheal	86
79	Marvin	83
79	Wayne	83
81	Glenn	82
81	Jesse	82
83	Allen	81
83	Steve	81
85	Rickey	80
86	Tommie	79
87	Alvin	77
88	Harry	75
89	Bruce	74
90	Lonnie	72
91	Herman	71
91	Sammie	71
93	Fred	70
93	Ralph	70
95	Milton	68
96	Rodney	67
97	Jackie	66
97	Phillip	66
99	Tony	64
100	Barry	63