Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	706
2	Christopher	627
3	Michael	566
4	Joshua	475
5	John	474
6	William	468
7	Jason	434
8	Robert	418
9	Jonathan	337
10	David	333
11	Joseph	330
12	Jeremy	299
13	Justin	298
14	Charles	289
15	Matthew	267
16	Anthony	247
17	Daniel	222
18	Marcus	218
18	Timothy	218
20	Eric	214
21	Brandon	208
22	Richard	201
23	Thomas	185
24	Brian	179
25	Derrick	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	171
27	Steven	156
28	Benjamin	149
29	Willie	141
30	Patrick	135
31	Andrew	134
32	Kenneth	132
33	Adam	130
34	Ryan	127
35	Nicholas	124
36	Larry	121
37	Stephen	118
38	Jeffrey	116
39	Gregory	108
40	Jerry	107
41	Antonio	104
42	Travis	103
43	Edward	102
44	Samuel	97
45	Dustin	96
46	Corey	93
47	Jeffery	88
48	Aaron	85
48	Paul	85
50	Johnny	84
51	Bobby	83
52	Cedric	81
53	Mark	79
54	Gary	78
54	George	78
54	Phillip	78
57	Bradley	77
57	Nathan	77
59	Jimmy	76
59	Wesley	76
61	Kendrick	75
62	Donald	72
62	Terry	72
64	Tony	71
65	Curtis	68
66	Billy	67
66	Chad	67
68	Roderick	65
69	Reginald	61
70	Mario	59
70	Randy	59
72	Jacob	58
72	Keith	58
72	Ronald	58
75	Derek	57
75	Rodney	57
75	Terrance	57
78	Jamie	56
79	Walter	55
80	Eddie	54
81	Jared	53
81	Micheal	53
83	Shawn	52
84	Dennis	50
85	Adrian	49
85	Bryan	49
85	Kelvin	49
88	Joe	48
89	Fredrick	47
89	Jermaine	47
91	Henry	46
91	Lee	46
91	Maurice	46
94	Carlos	44
94	Cory	44
94	Joel	44
97	Scott	43
97	Tommy	43
99	Frederick	42
99	Jesse	42