Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	792
2	James	773
3	Christopher	704
4	John	502
5	David	480
6	Robert	469
7	William	458
8	Jason	456
9	Charles	337
10	Timothy	283
11	Anthony	273
12	Kevin	270
13	Eric	244
14	Joseph	238
15	Brian	236
16	Richard	234
16	Thomas	234
18	Steven	185
19	Kenneth	172
20	Daniel	170
21	Marcus	169
22	Gregory	166
23	Larry	160
24	Jeffrey	144
25	Jerry	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	140
27	Matthew	137
28	Jonathan	133
29	Stephen	132
30	Terry	130
31	Patrick	128
32	Billy	119
33	Mark	117
34	Jeremy	116
35	George	112
36	Derrick	109
37	Rodney	106
38	Jeffery	105
38	Tony	105
40	Bobby	104
41	Jimmy	100
42	Johnny	99
43	Paul	98
44	Gary	96
45	Joshua	89
46	Donald	87
46	Keith	87
48	Edward	85
48	Ronald	85
48	Tyrone	85
51	Antonio	83
51	Micheal	83
53	Samuel	81
54	Chad	77
55	Henry	76
55	Scott	76
57	Shawn	75
58	Phillip	74
59	Cedric	73
59	Reginald	73
61	Bradley	72
62	Marvin	71
63	Benjamin	69
63	Tommy	69
65	Kelvin	68
66	Carlos	65
67	Andrew	64
67	Calvin	64
67	Eddie	64
70	Danny	63
70	Frederick	63
70	Randy	63
73	Tracy	60
73	Walter	60
75	Fredrick	58
76	Roderick	57
77	Douglas	56
78	Ryan	55
79	Dennis	54
79	Raymond	54
81	Curtis	53
82	Carl	52
82	Darrell	52
82	Gerald	52
82	Jamie	52
82	Joe	52
82	Lee	52
88	Justin	51
89	Shannon	49
90	Shane	48
91	Ricky	46
91	Ronnie	46
91	Russell	46
94	Brandon	45
94	Melvin	45
96	Sean	44
97	Roy	43
98	Clifton	42
98	Craig	42
100	Albert	41
100	Bryan	41