Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,413
2	Robert	887
3	John	872
4	Michael	827
5	David	822
6	Charles	658
7	William	611
8	Willie	556
9	Larry	434
10	Jerry	377
11	Kenneth	365
12	Terry	353
13	Thomas	327
14	Mark	324
14	Richard	324
16	Bobby	287
16	Gregory	287
18	Johnny	282
19	Anthony	262
20	Donald	260
21	Billy	250
22	Timothy	246
23	Ricky	241
24	Jimmy	240
25	Joseph	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	228
27	Eddie	223
28	Gary	221
29	Paul	207
30	Ronald	195
31	Danny	194
32	Dennis	188
33	Tony	187
34	Randy	186
35	Joe	180
36	Curtis	178
37	Henry	176
38	Walter	169
39	Edward	167
40	Steven	164
41	Jeffery	160
42	Jeffrey	158
43	Tommy	146
44	Roy	142
45	Carl	141
45	Melvin	141
47	Roger	139
48	Calvin	136
49	Ronnie	133
50	Albert	127
51	Douglas	125
52	Jessie	123
52	Kevin	123
54	Lee	117
55	Daniel	116
55	Rickey	116
57	Stanley	115
58	Marvin	112
59	Steve	111
60	Stephen	109
61	Frank	108
62	Micheal	105
63	Jimmie	102
64	Raymond	100
64	Samuel	100
66	Keith	98
67	Arthur	97
68	Andrew	96
69	Barry	91
70	Bruce	89
70	Mike	89
72	Phillip	87
73	Christopher	86
74	Glenn	84
75	Johnnie	82
76	Howard	81
77	Ray	79
78	Charlie	74
79	Perry	73
80	Earnest	72
81	Clarence	70
82	Alvin	69
82	Lawrence	69
82	Wayne	69
85	Alan	68
86	Gerald	67
86	Jeff	67
86	Tommie	67
89	Earl	66
90	Eugene	65
91	Brian	64
91	Victor	64
93	Louis	62
94	Harold	61
95	Allen	60
95	Darryl	60
95	Scott	60
98	Freddie	59
98	Ralph	59
98	Roosevelt	59