Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1997

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	357
3	James	341
4	Joshua	336
5	John	305
6	Michael	290
7	Brandon	282
8	Tyler	253
9	Austin	248
10	Robert	238
11	Jacob	236
12	Matthew	232
13	Justin	221
14	Zachary	190
15	Joseph	186
16	Andrew	175
17	Jonathan	171
18	David	153
19	Nicholas	152
20	Anthony	141
21	Jordan	135
22	Hunter	130
23	Daniel	129
24	Charles	128
25	Thomas	127

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	123
27	Samuel	116
28	Timothy	114
29	Cody	113
30	Ryan	111
31	Christian	105
32	Caleb	103
33	Aaron	92
34	Dalton	89
34	Jeremy	89
36	Cameron	88
37	Steven	87
38	Benjamin	86
39	Eric	78
39	Malik	78
41	Kevin	77
42	Logan	75
42	Richard	75
44	Nathan	73
45	Noah	70
45	Patrick	70
47	Dustin	67
48	Alexander	65
49	Ethan	63
49	Kyle	63
51	Taylor	62
52	Jason	60
53	Darius	58
53	Stephen	58
55	Marcus	57
56	Kenneth	54
57	Isaiah	52
58	Antonio	51
58	Wesley	51
60	Devin	50
61	Corey	49
61	Gregory	49
61	Travis	49
64	Dakota	48
64	Johnathan	48
66	Adam	47
66	Demarcus	47
66	Peyton	47
69	Colby	46
70	Tanner	45
71	Brian	44
71	Jeremiah	44
73	Jared	43
73	Landon	43
73	Larry	43
73	Terry	43
77	Mark	42
78	Alex	40
78	Xavier	40
80	Blake	39
80	Bradley	39
80	Elijah	39
80	Jeffrey	39
80	Jesse	39
85	Mason	38
85	Willie	38
87	Curtis	37
87	George	37
87	Trevor	37
87	Tristan	37
91	Hayden	36
92	Bryan	35
92	Colton	35
92	Derrick	35
95	Chase	34
95	Donald	34
97	Bobby	33
97	Connor	33
97	Ian	33
97	Jalen	33
97	Luke	33