Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	721
2	Christopher	695
3	Michael	619
4	Jason	513
5	John	501
6	William	489
7	Robert	481
8	David	431
9	Joshua	397
10	Joseph	345
11	Charles	290
12	Jonathan	273
13	Justin	271
14	Timothy	266
15	Jeremy	261
16	Anthony	239
17	Eric	237
18	Daniel	232
18	Marcus	232
20	Brian	227
21	Matthew	221
22	Thomas	216
23	Derrick	186
23	Kevin	186
25	Richard	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	177
27	Steven	147
28	Patrick	141
29	Antonio	139
29	Larry	139
29	Nicholas	139
32	Kenneth	136
33	Benjamin	122
34	Brandon	115
34	Stephen	115
36	Adam	114
36	Jeffrey	114
38	Travis	112
39	Andrew	111
40	Ryan	104
41	Jerry	103
42	Gregory	101
43	Donald	99
44	Mark	98
45	Mario	97
46	Johnny	96
47	Edward	95
47	Samuel	95
49	Billy	92
50	George	91
51	Dustin	86
52	Corey	85
52	Jimmy	85
52	Paul	85
55	Keith	84
55	Nathan	84
57	Bradley	82
58	Chad	80
59	Aaron	79
59	Bobby	79
59	Gary	79
59	Terry	79
63	Kendrick	78
64	Jeffery	75
65	Derek	74
65	Reginald	74
67	Cedric	72
67	Rodney	72
69	Wesley	71
70	Terrance	70
71	Phillip	69
71	Roderick	69
73	Tony	68
74	Ronald	66
75	Jamie	64
75	Walter	64
77	Eddie	63
78	Douglas	62
79	Curtis	61
80	Micheal	60
81	Randy	58
82	Fredrick	57
83	Joe	56
84	Carlos	55
85	Bryan	54
85	Frederick	54
85	Scott	54
88	Dennis	52
88	Jacob	52
90	Kelvin	51
91	Cory	50
91	Lee	50
91	Marvin	50
94	Jermaine	49
94	Ricky	49
96	Raymond	48
97	Carl	46
98	Byron	45
98	Tyrone	45
100	Clifton	43
100	Jessie	43
100	Maurice	43