Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,140
2	Michael	716
3	John	686
4	Robert	685
5	David	534
6	Charles	497
7	William	488
8	Willie	356
9	Kenneth	330
10	Richard	303
11	Anthony	288
12	Timothy	281
13	Terry	267
14	Jerry	259
15	Thomas	256
16	Mark	237
17	Gregory	230
18	Jimmy	212
19	Christopher	209
20	Joseph	206
21	Larry	201
22	Donald	193
22	Steven	193
24	Jeffrey	183
24	Tony	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	178
27	Johnny	176
28	Billy	173
29	Edward	170
30	Paul	167
31	Bobby	166
32	Eddie	155
33	Jeffery	154
34	Rodney	153
35	Ronald	143
36	Patrick	139
37	Ricky	126
38	Gary	123
39	Stephen	122
40	Keith	121
41	Dennis	119
41	Kevin	119
43	Daniel	116
43	Henry	116
43	Randy	116
46	Joe	115
47	Marvin	114
48	Curtis	112
48	Ronnie	112
50	Danny	110
51	Eric	102
51	Lee	102
53	Stanley	99
53	Walter	99
55	Roger	95
56	Andrew	93
57	Carl	92
57	Jessie	92
59	Brian	88
60	Calvin	87
61	Roy	86
61	Tommy	86
63	Darrell	83
63	Melvin	83
63	Samuel	83
63	Scott	83
67	Barry	80
68	Frank	79
69	Micheal	77
70	Douglas	75
71	Darryl	72
72	Bruce	66
72	Gerald	66
74	Tracy	64
75	Derrick	63
76	Jimmie	62
77	Vincent	61
78	Phillip	59
78	Reginald	59
80	Steve	58
80	Wayne	58
82	Darren	57
82	Johnnie	57
84	Frederick	56
85	Kelvin	55
85	Rickey	55
87	Raymond	53
88	Troy	52
89	Howard	51
89	Perry	51
91	Arthur	50
91	Craig	50
91	Todd	50
94	Albert	49
94	Mitchell	49
96	Chris	48
96	Clarence	48
96	Ernest	48
96	Lawrence	48
96	Matthew	48