Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	728
2	Michael	678
3	Christopher	671
4	Jason	576
5	Robert	473
6	John	466
7	William	405
8	David	394
9	Charles	309
10	Timothy	270
11	Joseph	269
12	Kevin	266
13	Brian	263
14	Anthony	255
15	Jeremy	230
16	Eric	215
17	Richard	199
18	Marcus	197
19	Thomas	195
20	Jonathan	193
21	Steven	175
22	Derrick	171
23	Matthew	161
24	Kenneth	155
25	Daniel	152

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Larry	152
27	Patrick	150
28	Joshua	149
29	Willie	148
30	Benjamin	134
31	Corey	126
31	Mark	126
33	Gregory	121
34	Jeffrey	119
34	Terry	119
36	Jerry	114
37	Antonio	112
38	Justin	111
39	Jimmy	106
40	Stephen	103
41	Ryan	101
42	George	98
43	Gary	97
43	Jeffery	97
45	Johnny	96
45	Paul	96
47	Andrew	94
47	Billy	94
49	Bradley	93
50	Cedric	87
50	Donald	87
50	Edward	87
53	Brandon	83
54	Samuel	82
54	Tony	82
56	Ronald	81
57	Bryan	79
57	Chad	79
59	Bobby	78
59	Rodney	78
61	Tyrone	74
61	Wesley	74
63	Eddie	73
63	Keith	73
65	Calvin	72
66	Scott	68
67	Phillip	66
68	Curtis	65
68	Reginald	65
70	Frederick	64
70	Henry	64
70	Kelvin	64
73	Carlos	63
73	Jamie	63
73	Micheal	63
76	Kendrick	61
76	Nathan	61
78	Fredrick	60
78	Joe	60
78	Lee	60
81	Randy	56
82	Douglas	54
82	Travis	54
84	Dennis	53
84	Walter	53
86	Adam	52
86	Terrence	52
88	Marvin	50
88	Nicholas	50
88	Shawn	50
91	Derek	49
91	Melvin	49
91	Roderick	49
91	Tommy	49
95	Danny	48
96	Clifton	46
96	Roy	46
98	Cory	45
98	Terrance	45
100	Ronnie	44