Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,634
2	Robert	1,146
3	John	927
4	Charles	875
5	Willie	853
6	William	796
7	Larry	716
8	David	705
8	Michael	705
10	Thomas	434
11	Jerry	388
12	Richard	380
13	Kenneth	348
14	Donald	329
15	Bobby	325
16	Johnny	320
17	George	319
18	Billy	301
19	Eddie	298
20	Joseph	283
21	Jimmy	279
22	Ronald	257
23	Terry	244
24	Edward	243
24	Henry	243

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Joe	243
27	Gary	222
28	Walter	213
29	Danny	202
30	Randy	188
31	Carl	183
32	Paul	182
33	Roy	169
34	Mark	165
34	Tommy	165
36	Steven	164
37	Ricky	163
38	Ronnie	162
39	Melvin	158
40	Dennis	157
41	Frank	154
41	Gregory	154
43	Anthony	146
44	Albert	144
44	Roger	144
46	Curtis	142
47	Timothy	141
48	Arthur	137
48	Jimmie	137
50	Jessie	136
51	Samuel	135
52	Stephen	134
53	Stanley	131
54	Andrew	123
55	Lee	115
56	Douglas	114
57	Charlie	113
58	Johnnie	111
58	Ray	111
60	Calvin	110
61	Eugene	107
62	Daniel	105
63	Marvin	104
64	Howard	100
65	Tommie	99
66	Louis	94
66	Micheal	94
66	Steve	94
69	Clarence	93
69	Rickey	93
71	Freddie	92
71	Harold	92
73	Leon	89
73	Leroy	89
75	Raymond	88
76	Fred	87
77	Earnest	83
78	Roosevelt	82
79	Alvin	81
79	Ralph	81
79	Wayne	81
82	Earl	80
83	Phillip	79
83	Tony	79
85	Bruce	78
85	Glenn	78
87	Bennie	76
87	Milton	76
89	Allen	75
90	Lawrence	72
91	Jackie	71
92	Keith	69
92	Lonnie	69
94	Ernest	68
95	Barry	67
95	Jesse	67
97	Gerald	65
98	Harry	64
98	Jeffery	64
100	Don	63