Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,471
2	Robert	944
3	John	833
4	David	812
5	Michael	735
6	Charles	721
7	William	677
8	Larry	603
9	Willie	601
10	Jerry	407
11	Kenneth	393
12	Richard	385
13	Thomas	371
14	Billy	335
15	Ricky	321
16	Johnny	316
17	George	302
18	Terry	301
19	Mark	298
20	Donald	276
21	Bobby	273
21	Eddie	273
21	Timothy	273
24	Jimmy	268
25	Henry	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	218
27	Dennis	215
27	Ronald	215
29	Joseph	212
30	Gary	203
31	Gregory	202
31	Paul	202
33	Joe	201
34	Curtis	200
35	Ronnie	194
36	Randy	192
37	Anthony	180
37	Danny	180
39	Melvin	173
40	Walter	166
41	Tommy	162
42	Steven	157
43	Carl	151
43	Tony	151
45	Rickey	150
46	Calvin	147
47	Lee	141
48	Roy	134
49	Frank	131
49	Stephen	131
51	Albert	128
52	Arthur	114
53	Steve	111
54	Jeffrey	109
55	Samuel	108
56	Jessie	105
56	Raymond	105
58	Douglas	104
58	Ray	104
60	Andrew	101
60	Mike	101
62	Jimmie	100
63	Roger	98
63	Stanley	98
65	Charlie	95
65	Johnnie	95
65	Micheal	95
68	Jeffery	93
69	Kevin	92
70	Clarence	90
71	Keith	89
72	Wayne	87
73	Bruce	84
73	Daniel	84
73	Perry	84
76	Howard	82
77	Eugene	80
78	Barry	79
79	Marvin	78
80	Phillip	76
81	Allen	75
82	Alvin	73
82	Leroy	73
82	Roosevelt	73
85	Fred	71
86	Earnest	69
87	Glenn	68
88	Gerald	67
89	Christopher	66
89	Freddie	66
89	Louis	66
92	Don	65
92	Russell	65
94	Earl	63
94	Harold	63
94	Sylvester	63
97	Clyde	62
97	Ernest	62
97	Tommie	62
100	Lonnie	59