Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	774
2	James	643
3	Michael	569
4	John	476
5	Joshua	441
5	William	441
7	Jason	425
8	Robert	402
9	David	358
10	Matthew	349
11	Justin	335
12	Joseph	328
13	Jonathan	320
14	Charles	295
15	Thomas	263
16	Daniel	235
16	Jeremy	235
18	Marcus	230
19	Anthony	223
20	Brian	214
21	Brandon	210
22	Timothy	209
23	Eric	186
24	Steven	174
25	Richard	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	163
27	Nicholas	137
27	Willie	137
29	Kenneth	133
30	Ryan	131
31	Andrew	129
32	Derrick	128
33	Patrick	127
34	Gregory	123
35	Benjamin	120
36	Adam	115
36	Jeffrey	115
38	Antonio	114
39	Stephen	107
40	Travis	102
41	Johnny	99
42	Mark	98
43	Dustin	96
44	Edward	88
45	Cedric	87
46	Samuel	85
47	George	84
48	Donald	83
49	Corey	81
49	Jerry	81
51	Jeffery	80
51	Terry	80
53	Nathan	79
54	Gary	78
54	Paul	78
56	Jimmy	77
56	Keith	77
58	Aaron	76
59	Billy	74
60	Bobby	73
61	Terrance	72
62	Larry	71
63	Wesley	70
64	Curtis	69
64	Derek	69
66	Bradley	68
66	Jacob	68
68	Kendrick	67
69	Carlos	65
70	Jermaine	63
71	Reginald	62
71	Walter	62
73	Ricky	61
74	Phillip	60
75	Rodney	59
76	Henry	58
76	Ronald	58
78	Jared	56
79	Bryan	55
79	Fredrick	55
81	Chad	54
81	Jessie	54
83	Roger	51
84	Calvin	50
84	Tony	50
86	Mario	49
87	Jesse	48
87	Joe	48
87	Roderick	48
87	Scott	48
91	Lee	46
91	Tommy	46
93	Dennis	45
93	Frederick	45
95	Eddie	44
95	Jamie	44
97	Kelvin	43
98	Russell	42
99	Casey	41
99	Randy	41