Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	904
2	Michael	810
3	Christopher	769
4	John	611
5	Robert	550
6	William	519
7	David	430
8	Charles	347
9	Jason	310
10	Anthony	306
11	Timothy	291
12	Brian	263
13	Kevin	247
14	Joseph	244
15	Thomas	228
16	Richard	225
17	Eric	220
18	Gregory	205
19	Willie	203
20	Kenneth	189
21	Steven	185
22	Larry	168
23	Jerry	166
24	Patrick	161
25	Mark	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	151
27	Daniel	148
28	Jeffrey	147
29	Johnny	146
30	Paul	137
31	Terry	136
32	Keith	134
33	Marcus	133
34	Jimmy	130
35	Donald	124
36	Tony	122
37	George	119
37	Jonathan	119
39	Billy	117
39	Edward	117
41	Scott	114
42	Bobby	110
43	Jeffery	108
44	Gary	106
45	Ronald	105
46	Rodney	100
47	Tracy	98
48	Derrick	97
49	Matthew	91
50	Chad	90
51	Cedric	85
52	Eddie	83
53	Tyrone	82
54	Frederick	79
54	Walter	79
56	Dennis	77
56	Micheal	77
58	Danny	76
59	Randy	75
59	Samuel	75
61	Craig	74
62	Reginald	73
63	Bryan	72
63	Curtis	72
65	Albert	70
66	Joe	69
67	Calvin	68
67	Jeremy	68
69	Tommy	67
70	Andrew	66
71	Henry	65
72	Darrell	64
72	Douglas	64
72	Ricky	64
72	Shawn	64
76	Fredrick	63
77	Antonio	60
77	Kelvin	60
79	Carl	59
79	Melvin	59
81	Lee	57
82	Carlos	56
82	Marvin	56
82	Phillip	56
82	Roy	56
86	Frank	55
87	Jamie	53
87	Roger	53
89	Maurice	52
89	Ronnie	52
89	Shannon	52
92	Chris	50
93	Bradley	49
93	Sean	49
95	Jerome	48
96	Allen	47
96	Arthur	47
96	Gerald	47
99	Marlon	45
100	Roderick	44