Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	745
2	James	600
3	Michael	557
4	Joshua	455
5	William	440
6	John	413
7	Robert	399
8	Matthew	367
9	David	359
10	Jonathan	330
11	Justin	300
12	Joseph	283
13	Marcus	274
14	Charles	271
15	Jason	267
16	Brandon	261
17	Anthony	244
18	Daniel	243
19	Jeremy	237
20	Brian	202
21	Thomas	193
22	Timothy	186
23	Kevin	185
24	Eric	165
25	Steven	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	160
27	Richard	155
28	Andrew	147
29	Stephen	136
30	Kenneth	132
31	Derrick	124
31	Patrick	124
33	Dustin	119
34	Nicholas	115
34	Ryan	115
36	Benjamin	113
37	Antonio	105
38	Jeffrey	103
39	Corey	100
40	Larry	96
40	Willie	96
42	Aaron	95
42	Gregory	95
44	Mark	92
45	Jacob	85
46	Travis	83
47	Samuel	77
47	Terry	77
49	Bryan	75
50	Jerry	74
51	Bobby	73
51	Johnny	73
53	Zachary	72
54	Jimmy	65
55	Cedric	64
55	Edward	64
55	Jermaine	64
58	Kendrick	63
59	Nathan	62
60	Jeffery	61
61	Paul	60
62	Billy	59
62	Bradley	59
62	Terrance	59
65	Derek	57
65	Lee	57
67	Donald	56
67	Johnathan	56
67	Micheal	56
70	Carlos	55
70	Gary	55
70	Tony	55
73	Wesley	54
74	Chad	51
74	Reginald	51
76	Calvin	50
76	Curtis	50
76	George	50
79	Jesse	48
79	Phillip	48
81	Henry	47
82	Jared	46
82	Tyler	46
84	Keith	45
84	Kyle	45
86	Cody	44
86	Kelvin	44
88	Jarvis	43
88	Scott	43
90	Adrian	42
91	Maurice	41
91	Rodney	41
91	Sean	41
94	Roderick	40
95	Cory	39
95	Jamie	39
97	Randy	38
97	Walter	38
99	Eddie	37
99	Jessie	37
99	Ricky	37
99	Russell	37