Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	573
2	Justin	527
3	James	497
4	Joshua	475
5	Michael	440
6	William	392
7	Matthew	337
8	John	327
9	Robert	302
10	Jonathan	287
11	David	284
12	Jeremy	277
13	Brandon	258
14	Charles	217
15	Joseph	212
16	Andrew	207
17	Anthony	192
18	Timothy	187
19	Daniel	180
20	Thomas	168
21	Marcus	150
22	Eric	140
22	Steven	140
24	Kevin	129
25	Benjamin	128

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	127
27	Dustin	125
28	Jacob	124
29	Kenneth	123
30	Corey	122
31	Jason	120
32	Zachary	119
33	Richard	107
34	Brian	106
34	Cody	106
36	Patrick	99
36	Stephen	99
38	Ryan	97
39	Samuel	94
40	Adam	93
40	Antonio	93
40	Tyler	93
40	Willie	93
44	Gregory	92
45	Travis	89
46	Kyle	86
47	Aaron	84
48	Derrick	75
49	Phillip	72
50	Johnny	69
51	Donald	68
51	Jerry	68
53	Austin	67
54	Cory	66
54	Mark	66
56	Jeffrey	62
57	Bradley	61
58	Nathan	60
59	Paul	59
60	Bobby	55
61	Cameron	54
61	Jeffery	54
61	Wesley	54
64	Casey	53
65	Larry	52
66	Sean	51
66	Terry	51
68	Roderick	50
69	Billy	49
69	Bryan	49
69	Edward	49
69	George	49
69	Jared	49
69	Jordan	49
75	Derek	47
75	Jesse	47
77	Chad	46
77	Jarvis	46
79	Curtis	45
79	Dennis	45
79	Jimmy	45
79	Keith	45
79	Kendrick	45
84	Alex	44
84	Johnathan	44
86	Terrance	42
86	Tommy	42
88	Alexander	40
88	Ricky	40
88	Scott	40
91	Mario	39
91	Shawn	39
93	Gary	38
93	Randy	38
93	Walter	38
96	Micheal	37
96	Tony	37
98	Courtney	36
98	Demarcus	36
98	Desmond	36
98	Terrence	36