Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	991
2	Michael	790
3	Robert	655
4	John	653
5	David	527
6	William	504
7	Charles	426
8	Anthony	318
9	Willie	316
10	Richard	315
11	Timothy	305
12	Christopher	289
13	Kenneth	283
14	Thomas	275
15	Mark	252
16	Joseph	217
17	Jerry	207
18	Jeffrey	205
19	Gregory	199
20	Larry	196
21	Terry	195
22	Steven	191
23	Tony	180
24	Kevin	172
25	Jimmy	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	162
27	Bobby	160
27	Donald	160
29	Johnny	156
29	Stephen	156
31	Paul	155
32	Patrick	154
33	Jeffery	140
34	Edward	137
35	Billy	136
36	George	131
36	Rodney	131
38	Eric	121
39	Brian	120
39	Curtis	120
39	Ricky	120
42	Randy	118
43	Daniel	116
44	Gary	115
45	Keith	104
46	Henry	103
47	Eddie	102
48	Darrell	100
49	Dennis	99
50	Scott	98
51	Joe	94
51	Samuel	94
53	Tommy	92
53	Walter	92
55	Carl	87
56	Reginald	85
56	Roy	85
58	Ronnie	81
59	Marvin	80
60	Calvin	78
60	Lee	78
60	Melvin	78
63	Micheal	74
64	Andrew	73
64	Douglas	73
66	Danny	70
67	Frank	69
68	Russell	67
69	Phillip	66
70	Dexter	65
70	Roger	65
72	Albert	64
73	Troy	61
74	Tracy	60
75	Barry	59
75	Stacy	59
77	Raymond	58
78	Matthew	57
79	Frederick	54
79	Gerald	54
81	Rickey	53
81	Steve	53
83	Arthur	52
83	Todd	52
85	Jonathan	51
85	Lawrence	51
87	Bryan	50
87	Sean	50
87	Stanley	50
90	Craig	49
91	Derrick	48
91	Harold	48
93	Joel	47
94	Jessie	46
94	Mitchell	46
96	Chris	45
97	Cedric	44
97	Howard	44
99	Earl	43
99	Jason	43
99	Johnnie	43
99	Marcus	43