Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1964

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,242
2	John	893
3	Robert	814
4	Michael	811
5	David	641
6	William	582
7	Charles	575
8	Willie	466
9	Kenneth	380
10	Richard	358
11	Terry	340
12	Thomas	317
13	Larry	316
14	Timothy	289
15	Jerry	285
16	Gregory	276
17	Anthony	268
18	Mark	263
19	George	240
20	Donald	239
21	Bobby	231
22	Billy	229
23	Joseph	227
24	Johnny	219
25	Ricky	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	200
27	Tony	199
28	Jimmy	198
29	Paul	197
30	Edward	187
31	Ronald	186
32	Jeffrey	184
32	Steven	184
34	Eddie	181
35	Kevin	179
36	Henry	171
37	Patrick	161
38	Jeffery	153
39	Dennis	150
40	Gary	149
41	Carl	148
41	Joe	148
43	Danny	146
44	Melvin	141
45	Curtis	140
46	Tommy	139
47	Lee	129
48	Christopher	125
49	Calvin	121
50	Daniel	119
51	Walter	118
52	Samuel	110
53	Frank	109
53	Ronnie	109
53	Stephen	109
56	Scott	108
57	Keith	106
57	Stanley	106
59	Marvin	104
60	Barry	101
60	Douglas	101
60	Phillip	101
63	Albert	100
63	Roger	100
65	Andrew	96
66	Micheal	95
66	Roy	95
68	Jessie	94
68	Steve	94
70	Eric	93
71	Bruce	89
72	Raymond	85
73	Rickey	84
74	Rodney	83
75	Arthur	81
76	Gerald	78
77	Allen	76
77	Howard	76
77	Johnnie	76
80	Darrell	73
81	Brian	72
82	Jimmie	71
83	Perry	68
84	Frederick	66
85	Glenn	65
85	Mike	65
87	Darryl	64
88	Charlie	62
89	Clarence	61
90	Reginald	60
90	Russell	60
90	Tommie	60
90	Vincent	60
94	Leonard	59
95	Alan	58
95	Earl	58
95	Jerome	58
95	Milton	58
95	Troy	58
100	Randall	57