Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	676
2	James	537
3	Michael	499
4	William	455
5	Joshua	424
6	John	385
7	Brandon	376
8	Matthew	353
9	Jeremy	351
10	Robert	336
11	Justin	318
12	David	317
13	Jonathan	315
14	Charles	225
15	Joseph	222
16	Daniel	217
17	Andrew	212
18	Jason	211
19	Anthony	185
20	Timothy	173
21	Thomas	172
22	Marcus	171
23	Eric	167
24	Richard	154
25	Kevin	147

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	146
27	Patrick	135
28	Dustin	134
29	Brian	129
30	Antonio	123
31	Ryan	122
32	Benjamin	120
33	Kenneth	117
33	Stephen	117
35	Nicholas	110
36	Zachary	107
37	Willie	104
38	Corey	100
39	Adam	95
40	Derrick	94
40	Travis	94
42	Jeffrey	91
42	Mark	91
44	Aaron	88
44	Jacob	88
46	Nathan	86
47	Kyle	85
47	Larry	85
49	Gregory	84
50	Samuel	82
51	Bradley	71
51	Cody	71
51	Jeffery	71
51	Phillip	71
55	Tyler	61
56	Johnathan	60
57	Kendrick	59
58	Wesley	58
59	George	57
60	Jerry	56
61	Billy	55
62	Jimmy	54
63	Bryan	53
63	Edward	53
63	Terry	53
66	Calvin	52
67	Johnny	51
67	Paul	51
69	Cory	50
69	Donald	50
71	Jared	49
71	Jesse	49
73	Chad	47
74	Austin	46
74	Casey	46
76	Nathaniel	45
77	Derek	44
78	Curtis	43
78	Terrance	43
80	Adrian	42
80	Walter	42
82	Bobby	41
82	Ronald	41
82	Sean	41
82	Shane	41
82	Shawn	41
87	Cedric	40
87	Gary	40
87	Scott	40
87	Tony	40
91	Jordan	39
91	Keith	39
91	Micheal	39
91	Roderick	39
95	Alex	38
95	Alexander	38
95	Carl	38
95	Henry	38
95	Jessie	38
95	Reginald	38