Most popular boys’ names in Mississippi, 2000

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	391
2	James	326
3	Christopher	316
4	Michael	270
5	Jacob	269
6	John	267
7	Joshua	257
8	Tyler	217
9	Joseph	214
10	Austin	208
11	Matthew	206
12	Brandon	202
13	Justin	198
14	Cameron	182
15	Robert	178
16	Christian	164
17	Zachary	163
18	Hunter	162
19	Andrew	158
20	David	152
21	Charles	144
22	Ethan	141
23	Nicholas	139
24	Jordan	137
25	Thomas	135

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Caleb	126
27	Jonathan	123
28	Dylan	120
29	Daniel	118
30	Anthony	114
31	Nathan	104
32	Samuel	103
33	Noah	98
33	Timothy	98
35	Cody	94
36	Logan	92
37	Devin	90
38	Jason	89
39	Jalen	88
40	Ryan	85
41	Benjamin	82
41	Dalton	82
43	Elijah	75
44	Aaron	72
44	Eric	72
46	Xavier	71
47	Richard	70
48	Steven	68
49	Patrick	67
50	Seth	65
51	Alexander	64
52	Kevin	63
52	Landon	63
54	Jaylon	62
55	Garrett	61
55	Mason	61
57	Antonio	58
57	Hayden	58
59	Marcus	57
59	Tanner	57
61	Kenneth	56
62	Alex	55
62	Jackson	55
62	Peyton	55
62	Taylor	55
66	Gavin	54
66	Jared	54
68	Gregory	53
68	Isaiah	53
68	Kyle	53
71	Jeremy	52
71	Malik	52
73	Dakota	51
74	Wesley	50
75	Preston	49
76	Jaylen	48
77	Adam	47
77	Chase	47
77	Gabriel	47
77	Nathaniel	47
81	Dustin	44
82	Kaleb	43
82	Stephen	43
84	Blake	42
84	Brian	42
84	Colby	42
84	Corey	42
84	Jeremiah	42
89	Colton	40
89	Darius	40
91	Ashton	39
91	Bradley	39
93	Sean	38
93	Trevor	38
95	Derrick	37
96	Chandler	36
96	Connor	36
96	George	36
96	Isaac	36
96	Johnathan	36
96	Ladarius	36
96	Travis	36
96	Tristan	36