Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,376
2	Robert	881
3	David	791
4	John	762
5	Michael	719
6	Charles	653
7	William	640
8	Willie	595
9	Larry	483
10	Kenneth	424
11	Jerry	388
12	Richard	374
13	Terry	351
14	Thomas	347
15	Mark	311
16	Bobby	284
17	Donald	282
18	Johnny	280
19	Timothy	274
20	Ricky	267
21	George	250
22	Billy	249
23	Jimmy	241
24	Joseph	228
25	Anthony	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	217
26	Henry	217
28	Gregory	216
29	Carl	206
30	Dennis	199
30	Joe	199
32	Steven	198
33	Gary	191
34	Danny	189
35	Paul	187
36	Curtis	178
36	Melvin	178
36	Randy	178
39	Edward	177
40	Ronald	174
40	Ronnie	174
42	Tommy	173
43	Tony	169
44	Walter	156
45	Micheal	134
46	Jeffery	132
47	Calvin	131
48	Frank	130
49	Douglas	124
50	Stephen	120
51	Jeffrey	119
52	Albert	117
53	Daniel	115
54	Roy	113
55	Mike	112
55	Samuel	112
57	Jimmie	111
57	Lee	111
57	Steve	111
60	Stanley	106
61	Kevin	104
62	Rickey	102
63	Jessie	99
63	Roger	99
65	Johnnie	98
66	Andrew	96
67	Keith	91
68	Marvin	90
69	Barry	89
70	Phillip	87
71	Harold	84
72	Arthur	81
72	Charlie	81
72	Raymond	81
75	Perry	80
76	Christopher	77
77	Clarence	76
77	Glenn	76
77	Ray	76
80	Howard	74
80	Lawrence	74
82	Wayne	73
83	Ernest	72
84	Bruce	68
85	Eugene	67
86	Alvin	65
86	Leroy	65
86	Russell	65
89	Frederick	64
90	Gerald	63
91	Louis	62
92	Earl	61
92	Earnest	61
94	Craig	60
95	Alan	59
95	Donnie	59
95	Dwight	59
95	Tim	59
99	Allen	58
99	Fred	58
99	Ralph	58
99	Sylvester	58
99	Tommie	58