Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	971
2	Michael	861
3	John	738
4	Robert	641
5	William	572
6	David	552
7	Charles	486
8	Christopher	459
9	Anthony	359
10	Timothy	303
11	Richard	302
12	Kenneth	279
13	Willie	273
14	Mark	248
15	Thomas	247
16	Joseph	245
16	Steven	245
18	Kevin	244
19	Jerry	221
20	Gregory	210
21	Terry	200
22	Jeffrey	191
23	Eric	187
24	Larry	180
25	Jason	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	172
27	Billy	164
28	Paul	163
29	Tony	160
30	Johnny	157
31	Stephen	153
32	Donald	152
33	Patrick	148
34	Jimmy	147
35	Ronald	139
36	Bobby	138
37	Scott	130
38	Edward	129
39	Gary	126
40	Jeffery	125
41	George	119
42	Tyrone	117
43	Marcus	112
44	Randy	106
45	Daniel	102
46	Joe	100
47	Eddie	99
48	Keith	98
49	Calvin	95
50	Rodney	94
51	Curtis	92
51	Ronnie	92
51	Walter	92
54	Dennis	88
54	Ricky	88
56	Micheal	84
57	Samuel	81
58	Douglas	80
58	Gerald	80
60	Derrick	79
60	Reginald	79
62	Henry	78
63	Darrell	76
63	Tommy	76
65	Lee	73
66	Danny	71
66	Matthew	71
68	Frank	70
68	Jonathan	70
70	Craig	68
71	Raymond	67
72	Marvin	66
73	Stanley	65
74	Bradley	64
74	Dexter	64
76	Carl	63
76	Roy	63
78	Andrew	60
78	Frederick	60
78	Roger	60
81	Phillip	57
82	Troy	56
83	Melvin	55
84	Albert	54
84	Fredrick	54
86	Bryan	53
86	Cedric	53
88	Antonio	52
89	Barry	50
89	Russell	50
91	Chad	47
91	Roderick	47
91	Todd	47
91	Vincent	47
95	Clifton	46
95	Shawn	46
97	Darren	45
97	Jessie	45
99	Carlos	44
99	Stacy	44