Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,327
2	Robert	852
3	John	840
4	Michael	803
5	David	711
6	Charles	595
7	William	570
8	Willie	454
9	Kenneth	387
10	Richard	360
11	Terry	349
12	Larry	340
13	Jerry	334
14	Anthony	325
15	Mark	323
16	Thomas	312
17	Gregory	287
18	Timothy	266
19	Johnny	257
20	Joseph	248
21	Donald	241
22	George	231
23	Bobby	229
24	Jimmy	228
25	Ricky	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	190
27	Ronald	184
28	Paul	178
28	Tony	178
30	Gary	177
31	Eddie	174
32	Edward	170
32	Jeffrey	170
34	Tommy	169
35	Joe	167
35	Kevin	167
37	Carl	158
38	Steven	157
39	Jeffery	144
40	Calvin	143
40	Henry	143
42	Curtis	142
43	Danny	141
44	Randy	139
45	Walter	136
46	Melvin	133
47	Douglas	128
47	Lee	128
47	Ronnie	128
50	Christopher	126
50	Dennis	126
52	Steve	121
53	Stephen	119
54	Daniel	118
55	Micheal	117
55	Scott	117
57	Patrick	114
58	Marvin	112
59	Barry	110
60	Samuel	109
61	Keith	102
62	Jessie	101
62	Stanley	101
64	Roy	100
65	Rickey	99
66	Frank	95
66	Jimmie	95
66	Phillip	95
69	Roger	94
70	Andrew	89
71	Arthur	88
71	Bruce	88
73	Mike	85
74	Darrell	80
74	Eric	80
76	Darryl	79
76	Glenn	79
78	Johnnie	78
79	Allen	76
79	Perry	76
79	Russell	76
82	Howard	75
83	Gerald	74
83	Raymond	74
85	Vincent	73
86	Brian	71
87	Harold	70
87	Troy	70
89	Tommie	67
90	Clarence	66
90	Ray	66
92	Eugene	65
93	Jeff	64
93	Roosevelt	64
95	Albert	63
96	Alvin	62
96	Reginald	62
98	Jerome	61
99	Charlie	59
100	Alan	58
100	Ernest	58