Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	378
2	Christopher	375
3	Joshua	349
4	James	333
5	Austin	320
6	Michael	294
7	Justin	271
8	Brandon	263
9	John	258
10	Jacob	243
11	Matthew	238
12	Tyler	207
13	Robert	200
14	Joseph	197
15	Zachary	192
16	David	178
17	Jonathan	174
18	Nicholas	160
19	Charles	155
19	Hunter	155
21	Andrew	150
22	Cody	146
23	Thomas	136
24	Daniel	129
25	Anthony	128

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jordan	114
27	Christian	112
28	Dylan	108
28	Ryan	108
30	Samuel	107
31	Dustin	102
31	Timothy	102
33	Aaron	99
34	Caleb	97
35	Benjamin	89
35	Steven	89
37	Malik	88
37	Patrick	88
39	Eric	82
40	Jeremy	78
41	Kevin	77
42	Devin	75
42	Stephen	75
44	Cameron	74
45	Alexander	72
45	Richard	72
47	Dakota	71
47	Jason	71
47	Nathan	71
47	Taylor	71
51	Gregory	65
52	Dalton	63
53	Logan	62
54	Ethan	61
55	Antonio	60
55	Xavier	60
57	Marcus	58
58	Darius	57
58	Kenneth	57
60	Wesley	56
61	Adam	54
62	Elijah	53
63	Corey	52
64	Tristan	51
64	Willie	51
66	Mason	48
67	Alex	47
68	Brian	44
68	Demarcus	44
68	Garrett	44
68	Kyle	44
72	Blake	43
73	Ladarius	42
73	Terry	42
75	Bryan	40
75	Jesse	40
75	Johnathan	40
75	Johnny	40
79	Bradley	39
79	Chase	39
79	Dillon	39
79	George	39
79	Hayden	39
79	Trevor	39
85	Colton	38
85	Gabriel	38
85	Jared	38
85	Jarvis	38
89	Curtis	37
89	Derrick	37
89	Mark	37
92	Chandler	36
92	Kendrick	36
92	Peyton	36
95	Edward	35
95	Larry	35
97	Colby	34
97	Jeffrey	34
97	Noah	34
97	Tanner	34