Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	727
2	Christopher	700
3	Michael	622
4	Jason	526
5	John	491
6	Robert	460
7	William	457
8	David	355
9	Charles	301
10	Jeremy	285
11	Joshua	277
12	Joseph	264
13	Anthony	247
14	Kevin	239
15	Daniel	233
15	Timothy	233
17	Eric	201
17	Marcus	201
19	Brian	200
19	Matthew	200
21	Jonathan	192
22	Derrick	187
23	Thomas	181
24	Richard	176
25	Willie	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Justin	158
27	Kenneth	150
28	Patrick	149
29	Nicholas	137
30	Steven	135
31	Jeffrey	130
32	Antonio	128
33	Larry	127
34	Benjamin	120
35	Stephen	113
36	Travis	111
37	Adam	108
38	Andrew	102
38	Mark	102
40	Gregory	100
41	Brandon	95
42	Billy	93
43	Terry	92
44	Jerry	90
45	George	88
46	Bradley	86
46	Edward	86
46	Ryan	86
49	Reginald	84
50	Kendrick	83
50	Nathan	83
52	Donald	81
53	Corey	79
54	Samuel	78
55	Paul	76
56	Cedric	75
57	Jimmy	74
58	Chad	73
58	Jeffery	73
60	Aaron	72
60	Gary	72
60	Phillip	72
63	Bobby	71
63	Fredrick	71
63	Tony	71
66	Rodney	68
67	Carlos	67
68	Bryan	66
69	Frederick	65
70	Mario	64
71	Keith	62
71	Randy	62
73	Johnny	60
73	Ronald	60
73	Terrance	60
73	Wesley	60
77	Lee	59
78	Eddie	58
78	Jamie	58
78	Roderick	58
81	Curtis	57
81	Henry	57
81	Kelvin	57
84	Tommy	56
85	Calvin	55
85	Ricky	55
87	Micheal	54
88	Scott	53
89	Walter	51
90	Derek	50
91	Carl	49
92	Cory	48
92	Maurice	48
94	Douglas	45
94	Dustin	45
94	Joe	45
97	Shawn	44
98	Shaun	43
98	Terrence	43
100	Adrian	42
100	Albert	42
100	Allen	42
100	Frank	42