Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,619
2	Robert	1,089
3	John	844
4	Willie	801
5	Charles	780
6	Larry	749
7	Michael	742
8	William	741
9	David	713
10	Jerry	423
11	Thomas	417
12	Richard	414
13	Johnny	345
14	Kenneth	336
15	Billy	312
16	Bobby	302
17	Donald	300
18	George	289
19	Jimmy	287
20	Terry	275
21	Eddie	273
22	Henry	262
23	Joseph	258
24	Mark	235
25	Joe	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	225
27	Edward	223
27	Ronald	223
29	Ricky	210
30	Danny	201
31	Paul	197
32	Walter	189
33	Gregory	184
34	Roy	179
34	Steven	179
36	Randy	178
37	Anthony	175
38	Dennis	171
39	Melvin	168
40	Carl	165
41	Ronnie	160
42	Curtis	149
42	Tommy	149
44	Timothy	147
45	Calvin	144
46	Frank	142
46	Lee	142
48	Jimmie	136
49	Albert	135
50	Jessie	133
51	Tony	128
52	Stephen	123
53	Roger	122
54	Stanley	121
55	Daniel	115
55	Howard	115
55	Rickey	115
58	Charlie	112
58	Samuel	112
60	Ray	107
61	Micheal	106
62	Keith	101
63	Steve	99
64	Phillip	98
65	Louis	97
66	Arthur	95
67	Johnnie	94
68	Harold	93
69	Clarence	92
69	Raymond	92
71	Leon	91
71	Leroy	91
73	Alvin	89
73	Roosevelt	89
75	Andrew	86
75	Jeffery	86
75	Milton	86
78	Douglas	85
78	Earnest	85
80	Freddie	78
81	Tommie	77
82	Eugene	76
82	Marvin	76
84	Jeffrey	75
85	Wayne	73
86	Don	71
86	Earl	71
88	Ralph	70
89	Jack	69
90	Lawrence	68
90	Leonard	68
90	Sammie	68
93	Allen	67
93	Floyd	67
95	Bruce	66
96	Ernest	65
96	Glenn	65
96	Harry	65
99	Gerald	64
100	Fred	63