Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	967
2	Michael	841
3	John	661
4	Robert	660
5	Christopher	616
6	William	568
7	David	502
8	Charles	413
9	Anthony	342
10	Timothy	294
11	Willie	259
12	Jason	253
13	Thomas	251
14	Kenneth	250
15	Kevin	249
16	Richard	247
17	Joseph	237
18	Eric	226
19	Steven	218
20	Gregory	216
21	Larry	200
22	Terry	198
23	Jerry	197
24	Mark	194
25	Brian	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	180
27	Jeffrey	171
28	Tony	164
29	Johnny	161
30	Paul	159
31	Marcus	156
32	Bobby	154
33	Jimmy	152
34	Donald	150
35	Ronald	147
36	Billy	141
37	Stephen	135
38	Scott	134
39	George	133
40	Jeffery	128
41	Gary	118
42	Keith	116
42	Rodney	116
44	Daniel	114
45	Frederick	101
46	Curtis	97
46	Tracy	97
48	Edward	93
49	Dennis	92
49	Ricky	92
51	Henry	91
52	Eddie	90
52	Marvin	90
54	Danny	87
54	Tyrone	87
56	Derrick	85
57	Reginald	84
58	Jonathan	81
59	Fredrick	80
59	Joe	80
61	Randy	79
62	Bryan	78
62	Micheal	78
64	Andrew	76
64	Walter	76
66	Matthew	75
67	Calvin	73
68	Bradley	72
68	Chris	72
68	Samuel	72
71	Darrell	71
71	Gerald	71
71	Jeremy	71
74	Phillip	70
75	Roderick	69
76	Carl	68
77	Chad	67
77	Douglas	67
79	Craig	65
79	Melvin	65
81	Russell	61
81	Shannon	61
83	Ronnie	59
84	Raymond	58
84	Tommy	58
86	Frank	57
86	Shawn	57
88	Arthur	56
88	Cedric	56
88	Dexter	56
91	Allen	55
91	Lee	55
93	Antonio	52
93	Carlos	52
93	Kelvin	52
93	Roger	52
93	Sean	52
98	Albert	51
99	Jessie	50
100	Stacy	48