Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	792
2	Michael	740
3	Christopher	711
4	Robert	528
5	John	504
6	William	473
7	Jason	447
8	David	430
9	Charles	342
10	Anthony	282
11	Brian	272
12	Kevin	270
13	Timothy	243
14	Eric	224
14	Richard	224
16	Thomas	212
17	Joseph	210
18	Gregory	184
18	Mark	184
20	Steven	179
21	Willie	173
22	Jeffrey	171
23	Daniel	168
24	Larry	167
25	Kenneth	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marcus	165
27	Terry	146
28	Jerry	135
29	Patrick	133
30	Billy	131
31	Donald	130
32	Matthew	128
33	Jimmy	126
34	Jonathan	120
34	Rodney	120
34	Stephen	120
37	George	119
38	Jeffery	118
39	Johnny	117
40	Keith	115
41	Derrick	108
41	Paul	108
43	Bobby	104
44	Edward	102
45	Gary	99
45	Tony	99
47	Jeremy	96
48	Scott	93
49	Ronald	89
50	Tyrone	88
51	Samuel	86
52	Tommy	80
53	Reginald	78
54	Danny	76
55	Frederick	74
55	Joe	74
57	Bryan	73
57	Dennis	73
59	Henry	72
60	Bradley	70
60	Cedric	70
62	Curtis	69
63	Shawn	67
64	Chad	65
64	Marvin	65
66	Carlos	63
66	Shannon	63
68	Andrew	62
68	Antonio	62
70	Calvin	61
70	Kelvin	61
70	Tracy	61
73	Jamie	60
74	Douglas	58
75	Walter	57
76	Phillip	56
77	Micheal	55
78	Darrell	54
78	Sean	54
80	Carl	53
81	Craig	52
81	Eddie	52
81	Lee	52
81	Ricky	52
81	Ronnie	52
86	Melvin	50
86	Randy	50
86	Travis	50
89	Fredrick	49
89	Russell	49
91	Shane	48
92	Roderick	47
93	Albert	46
93	Benjamin	46
93	Chris	46
93	Jerome	46
93	Jessie	46
93	Ryan	46
99	Vincent	43
100	Adam	42
100	Derek	42
100	Dexter	42
100	Maurice	42