Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,161
2	Robert	763
3	John	728
4	Michael	695
5	David	573
6	Charles	531
7	William	520
8	Willie	416
9	Kenneth	346
10	Richard	318
11	Anthony	290
12	Timothy	288
13	Thomas	276
14	Jerry	274
15	Terry	266
16	Larry	251
17	Gregory	236
18	Mark	229
19	Johnny	224
20	Joseph	216
21	Bobby	205
22	Billy	204
23	George	197
24	Donald	195
25	Jimmy	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tony	186
27	Christopher	175
28	Paul	167
28	Ronald	167
30	Ricky	164
31	Steven	158
32	Jeffrey	154
32	Randy	154
34	Gary	150
35	Kevin	138
36	Edward	137
37	Tommy	135
38	Eddie	134
39	Jeffery	131
39	Joe	131
41	Melvin	130
42	Danny	129
43	Patrick	127
44	Carl	121
44	Rodney	121
46	Curtis	119
47	Eric	117
48	Dennis	112
49	Daniel	109
50	Calvin	108
50	Henry	108
50	Walter	108
53	Roy	100
54	Douglas	98
55	Marvin	96
56	Frank	93
57	Keith	91
57	Lee	91
59	Brian	87
60	Samuel	85
61	Stephen	84
62	Ronnie	83
63	Albert	82
63	Darrell	82
63	Phillip	82
63	Roger	82
67	Stanley	81
68	Micheal	80
69	Scott	79
70	Reginald	77
71	Barry	76
71	Jimmie	76
73	Andrew	75
73	Darryl	75
75	Bruce	72
75	Jessie	72
77	Johnnie	71
77	Rickey	71
77	Steve	71
77	Vincent	71
81	Allen	70
82	Ray	68
82	Raymond	68
84	Derrick	66
85	Frederick	65
86	Alvin	62
87	Gerald	60
87	Glenn	60
89	Troy	58
90	Todd	57
91	Arthur	56
91	Harold	56
93	Charlie	55
94	Tracy	53
95	Mike	52
96	Eugene	50
96	Howard	50
96	Wayne	50
99	Earl	49
99	Leroy	49