Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	383
2	William	380
3	Christopher	333
4	Austin	301
4	Joshua	301
6	Michael	297
7	John	269
8	Jacob	268
9	Brandon	260
10	Matthew	234
11	Robert	209
12	Tyler	208
13	Justin	204
14	Joseph	177
15	Nicholas	173
16	Hunter	163
17	Charles	159
18	Andrew	156
19	Jordan	153
20	Zachary	152
21	Jonathan	149
22	David	143
23	Dylan	141
24	Cameron	138
25	Thomas	133

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	121
27	Caleb	119
28	Christian	118
29	Samuel	114
30	Cody	107
31	Anthony	105
31	Ryan	105
33	Aaron	97
33	Timothy	97
35	Jeremy	88
35	Noah	88
37	Ethan	86
38	Steven	83
39	Benjamin	82
40	Devin	79
41	Eric	77
41	Jason	77
43	Richard	76
44	Dustin	75
45	Kenneth	73
46	Logan	71
46	Nathan	71
48	Dalton	68
49	Alexander	61
50	Patrick	60
50	Stephen	60
52	Taylor	59
53	Dakota	58
53	Kevin	58
55	Johnathan	55
56	Adam	54
56	Jared	54
58	Darius	53
58	Kyle	53
60	Xavier	52
61	Malik	51
62	Alex	50
63	Brian	49
63	Jeremiah	49
63	Marcus	49
66	Chandler	48
66	Corey	48
66	Isaiah	48
69	Colton	47
70	Elijah	46
70	Jalen	46
70	Peyton	46
73	Antonio	44
73	Blake	44
73	Jackson	44
73	Mason	44
73	Trevor	44
78	Bradley	43
78	Gregory	43
80	Tanner	42
81	Demarcus	41
81	Hayden	41
81	Jeffrey	41
81	Wesley	41
85	Bobby	40
85	Garrett	40
85	Ladarius	40
85	Nathaniel	40
85	Paul	40
85	Tristan	40
85	Willie	40
92	Chase	39
92	Colby	39
92	Connor	39
92	Gabriel	39
92	Parker	39
92	Terry	39
98	Edward	38
99	Kendrick	37
100	Johnny	36