Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	679
2	James	565
3	Michael	493
4	Joshua	489
5	William	427
6	John	392
7	Brandon	380
8	Robert	378
9	Matthew	330
10	Jonathan	311
11	David	309
12	Justin	302
13	Joseph	290
14	Daniel	271
15	Jeremy	269
16	Jason	248
17	Charles	230
18	Anthony	226
19	Marcus	214
20	Timothy	191
21	Thomas	190
22	Eric	167
23	Andrew	162
24	Richard	161
25	Brian	155

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Steven	155
27	Kevin	152
28	Patrick	131
29	Derrick	123
30	Nicholas	118
31	Ryan	114
32	Stephen	113
33	Benjamin	111
33	Kenneth	111
35	Dustin	110
36	Adam	109
37	Jacob	104
38	Antonio	103
39	Zachary	99
40	Willie	96
41	Travis	87
42	Corey	86
43	Aaron	81
43	Jeffrey	81
43	Mark	81
46	Samuel	78
47	Gregory	74
48	Larry	73
49	Nathan	72
50	Bradley	70
50	Tyler	70
52	Cody	67
53	Johnny	64
54	Cedric	63
54	Wesley	63
56	Kyle	62
56	Paul	62
56	Phillip	62
59	Jeffery	61
60	George	60
61	Bobby	58
61	Jerry	58
61	Jimmy	58
61	Terry	58
65	Bryan	57
66	Jesse	56
66	Keith	56
66	Kendrick	56
69	Donald	55
70	Roderick	51
70	Ronald	51
70	Terrance	51
73	Derek	50
74	Chad	49
74	Gary	49
74	Walter	49
77	Curtis	48
77	Johnathan	48
79	Billy	47
79	Kelvin	47
79	Sean	47
82	Eddie	46
83	Henry	45
84	Casey	44
84	Jarvis	44
84	Reginald	44
84	Shawn	44
84	Tony	44
89	Jermaine	43
89	Mario	43
89	Micheal	43
89	Scott	43
93	Edward	42
93	Jessie	42
95	Calvin	41
95	Cory	41
95	Douglas	41
95	Marvin	41
95	Randy	41
100	Carlos	39