Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	782
2	James	741
3	Christopher	719
4	Robert	498
5	Jason	496
6	John	487
7	William	484
8	David	362
9	Charles	339
10	Anthony	264
11	Joseph	251
11	Timothy	251
13	Kevin	229
14	Brian	204
15	Steven	200
16	Thomas	199
17	Eric	187
17	Marcus	187
19	Richard	185
20	Daniel	173
21	Kenneth	161
22	Jeremy	154
23	Willie	151
24	Jeffrey	140
24	Larry	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	139
26	Jonathan	139
28	Matthew	138
29	Jerry	129
30	Stephen	123
31	Patrick	122
31	Terry	122
33	Tony	119
34	Derrick	117
34	Mark	117
36	Johnny	114
37	George	111
38	Benjamin	106
39	Paul	101
40	Donald	98
40	Rodney	98
42	Gary	96
43	Bobby	92
44	Jimmy	91
45	Ronald	90
46	Joshua	89
47	Antonio	88
47	Bradley	88
47	Jeffery	88
50	Edward	87
51	Billy	86
52	Keith	85
53	Cedric	81
54	Tyrone	73
55	Carlos	70
56	Frederick	68
57	Chad	66
57	Reginald	66
57	Tommy	66
60	Eddie	65
61	Andrew	64
62	Micheal	61
63	Curtis	60
63	Phillip	60
63	Scott	60
66	Dennis	59
67	Justin	58
68	Marvin	57
69	Fredrick	56
69	Jamie	56
69	Walter	56
72	Danny	55
72	Samuel	55
74	Douglas	54
74	Ryan	54
76	Clifton	53
77	Arthur	52
77	Brad	52
77	Randy	52
80	Brandon	51
80	Roderick	51
80	Roy	51
83	Henry	50
83	Kelvin	50
85	Bryan	48
86	Barry	47
86	Shannon	47
86	Shawn	47
89	Calvin	45
89	Frank	45
89	Joe	45
89	Stanley	45
93	Allen	44
93	Nathan	44
95	Ricky	43
96	Adam	42
97	Aaron	41
97	Chris	41
99	Darrell	40
100	Lee	39
100	Roger	39
100	Ronnie	39