Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	745
2	Michael	732
3	Christopher	704
4	Jason	487
5	Robert	476
6	John	467
7	William	416
8	David	385
9	Charles	293
10	Anthony	275
11	Joseph	251
12	Timothy	246
13	Eric	238
14	Brian	230
15	Kevin	215
16	Thomas	212
17	Jeremy	202
18	Daniel	180
19	Richard	179
20	Kenneth	178
21	Steven	173
22	Matthew	172
23	Marcus	161
24	Jonathan	160
25	Willie	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Derrick	139
27	Larry	127
28	Gregory	118
29	Jeffrey	117
30	Rodney	112
30	Stephen	112
32	Joshua	110
32	Patrick	110
34	Benjamin	106
35	Antonio	105
35	Terry	105
37	Paul	104
38	Jimmy	100
39	Mark	99
40	Bobby	97
40	Johnny	97
40	Samuel	97
43	Edward	95
44	Cedric	93
45	Bradley	92
46	George	91
47	Jeffery	87
48	Chad	86
48	Jerry	86
50	Gary	81
51	Billy	80
52	Tony	79
53	Keith	77
54	Andrew	75
54	Ronald	75
56	Justin	72
57	Walter	69
58	Brandon	68
58	Donald	68
58	Micheal	68
58	Scott	68
62	Phillip	67
63	Joe	65
63	Roderick	65
65	Curtis	64
66	Randy	63
67	Bryan	61
67	Marvin	61
67	Reginald	61
67	Tyrone	61
71	Carlos	60
71	Henry	60
71	Kelvin	60
74	Tommy	59
75	Fredrick	58
76	Ryan	57
77	Adam	56
77	Corey	56
77	Eddie	56
77	Jamie	56
81	Calvin	55
82	Nathan	54
82	Shawn	54
82	Terrance	54
82	Travis	54
86	Clifton	52
87	Frederick	49
87	Kendrick	49
87	Raymond	49
90	Carl	47
90	Dennis	47
92	Danny	44
93	Aaron	43
93	Darrell	43
93	Russell	43
93	Shannon	43
97	Melvin	42
97	Ricky	42
97	Ronnie	42
100	Douglas	41
100	Terrence	41