Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	634
2	James	489
3	Michael	447
4	Justin	434
5	Joshua	431
6	William	386
7	John	339
8	Jeremy	331
9	Robert	310
10	Matthew	301
11	Brandon	297
12	Jonathan	275
13	David	263
14	Joseph	261
15	Daniel	222
16	Andrew	218
17	Timothy	194
18	Anthony	192
19	Charles	184
20	Thomas	175
21	Marcus	168
22	Eric	151
23	Kevin	144
24	Jason	143
25	Brian	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	136
27	Richard	122
28	Derrick	121
28	Ryan	121
30	Benjamin	117
30	Kenneth	117
32	Adam	112
33	Dustin	111
34	Zachary	109
35	Patrick	108
36	Corey	106
37	Jacob	103
38	Nicholas	102
39	Stephen	100
40	Travis	90
41	Willie	87
42	Jeffrey	85
43	Gregory	84
44	Phillip	82
45	Antonio	81
45	Bradley	81
45	Larry	81
48	Samuel	80
49	Mark	79
50	Kyle	76
51	Aaron	74
51	Cody	74
53	Tyler	68
54	Wesley	67
55	Kendrick	65
56	Nathan	64
57	Cory	62
58	Derek	59
59	Donald	58
59	Jerry	58
61	George	57
61	Terry	57
63	Bryan	56
63	Edward	56
65	Johnny	55
66	Johnathan	54
67	Chad	52
68	Austin	51
69	Billy	50
70	Paul	49
70	Sean	49
72	Curtis	47
72	Jeffery	47
72	Jimmy	47
72	Terrance	47
76	Casey	45
76	Jordan	45
78	Alexander	44
78	Reginald	44
78	Shawn	44
81	Jesse	41
81	Randy	41
83	Tony	40
84	Alex	39
84	Lee	39
86	Bobby	38
86	Dennis	38
86	Henry	38
86	Jared	38
86	Ricky	38
91	Clifton	37
91	Micheal	37
93	Desmond	36
93	Eddie	36
93	Keith	36
93	Melvin	36
93	Nathaniel	36
93	Roderick	36
93	Scott	36
100	Dexter	34
100	Russell	34