Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	722
2	Christopher	675
3	Michael	628
4	Jason	549
5	John	462
6	William	448
7	Robert	427
8	David	354
9	Charles	310
10	Timothy	296
11	Joseph	286
12	Kevin	256
13	Anthony	240
14	Jeremy	229
15	Brian	218
16	Eric	208
17	Derrick	199
18	Joshua	197
19	Marcus	195
20	Thomas	187
21	Jonathan	184
22	Richard	177
23	Daniel	175
24	Kenneth	168
24	Matthew	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	156
27	Willie	144
28	Jeffrey	138
29	Patrick	132
30	Justin	130
31	Nicholas	123
32	Larry	121
33	Antonio	118
33	Stephen	118
35	Gregory	113
36	Mark	110
37	Billy	109
37	Samuel	109
39	Benjamin	107
40	Bradley	103
41	Paul	98
42	George	97
43	Corey	96
44	Jerry	89
45	Brandon	87
45	Edward	87
47	Andrew	83
48	Gary	82
48	Reginald	82
50	Adam	81
50	Terry	81
52	Bobby	80
52	Tony	80
54	Jeffery	78
54	Kelvin	78
56	Chad	77
56	Ryan	77
58	Aaron	76
59	Rodney	75
60	Ronald	74
61	Bryan	73
62	Keith	68
63	Curtis	66
63	Donald	66
63	Johnny	66
63	Phillip	66
67	Kendrick	65
67	Shaun	65
69	Jimmy	64
69	Micheal	64
71	Nathan	62
71	Roderick	62
73	Tommy	60
74	Cedric	59
74	Henry	59
76	Cory	58
76	Terrance	58
78	Shawn	57
79	Carlos	56
79	Walter	56
81	Eddie	55
82	Fredrick	54
83	Jamie	52
83	Scott	52
85	Douglas	50
86	Danny	48
86	Joe	48
88	Casey	47
89	Calvin	46
89	Frederick	46
89	Lee	46
89	Terrence	46
89	Wesley	46
94	Adrian	45
94	Jessie	45
94	Randy	45
97	Dennis	44
98	Derek	42
98	Travis	42
100	Darrell	40
100	Jacob	40
100	Raymond	40