Popular Mississippi Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Mississippi Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Mississippi was James. In total there were 21,800 boys born sharing 434 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	James	1 in 12 (8.2%)	1,781
2	Robert	1 in 21 (4.7%)	1,026
3	John	1 in 24 (4.2%)	915
4	Charles	1 in 26 (3.9%)	852
5	Willie	1 in 27 (3.8%)	822
6	William	1 in 27 (3.7%)	807
7	George	1 in 52 (1.9%)	417
8	Billy	1 in 55 (1.8%)	399
9	Bobby	1 in 56 (1.8%)	387
10	Thomas	1 in 56 (1.8%)	386
11	Joe	1 in 57 (1.8%)	384
12	Henry	1 in 66 (1.5%)	332
13	Jerry	1 in 71 (1.4%)	306
14	Walter	1 in 83 (1.2%)	263
15	David	1 in 84 (1.2%)	261
16	Jimmy	1 in 95 (1.1%)	229
17	Eddie	1 in 97 (1%)	225
18	Richard	1 in 102 (1%)	213
19	Jimmie	1 in 103 (1%)	211
20	Frank	1 in 105 (0.9%)	207
21	Joseph	1 in 106 (0.9%)	205
22	Johnny	1 in 110 (0.9%)	198
23	Edward	1 in 114 (0.9%)	191
24	Charlie	1 in 115 (0.9%)	190
25	Paul	1 in 122 (0.8%)	178
26	Roy	1 in 127 (0.8%)	172
27	Jessie	1 in 131 (0.8%)	166
28	Donald	1 in 134 (0.7%)	163
29	Albert	1 in 136 (0.7%)	160
30	Johnnie	1 in 145 (0.7%)	150
31	Larry	1 in 155 (0.6%)	141
32	Eugene	1 in 168 (0.6%)	130
33	Arthur	1 in 169 (0.6%)	129
34	Kenneth	1 in 169 (0.6%)	129
35	Roosevelt	1 in 170 (0.6%)	128
36	Fred	1 in 177 (0.6%)	123
37	Lee	1 in 179 (0.6%)	122
38	Earl	1 in 183 (0.5%)	119
39	Leroy	1 in 188 (0.5%)	116
40	Tommy	1 in 188 (0.5%)	116
41	Samuel	1 in 195 (0.5%)	112
42	Harold	1 in 196 (0.5%)	111
43	Curtis	1 in 200 (0.5%)	109
44	Jesse	1 in 206 (0.5%)	106
45	Melvin	1 in 212 (0.5%)	103
46	Clarence	1 in 225 (0.4%)	97
47	Howard	1 in 229 (0.4%)	95
48	Tommie	1 in 234 (0.4%)	93
49	Louis	1 in 234 (0.4%)	93
50	Jack	1 in 240 (0.4%)	91
51	Carl	1 in 242 (0.4%)	90
52	Ernest	1 in 260 (0.4%)	84
53	Gerald	1 in 266 (0.4%)	82
54	Leon	1 in 279 (0.4%)	78
55	Earnest	1 in 279 (0.4%)	78
56	Sammie	1 in 283 (0.4%)	77
57	Andrew	1 in 287 (0.3%)	76
58	Sam	1 in 287 (0.3%)	76
59	Freddie	1 in 299 (0.3%)	73
60	Percy	1 in 316 (0.3%)	69
61	Wayne	1 in 321 (0.3%)	68
62	Raymond	1 in 321 (0.3%)	68
63	Clyde	1 in 335 (0.3%)	65
64	Bennie	1 in 341 (0.3%)	64
65	Lawrence	1 in 352 (0.3%)	62
66	Oscar	1 in 357 (0.3%)	61
67	Herman	1 in 376 (0.3%)	58
68	Herbert	1 in 382 (0.3%)	57
69	Milton	1 in 389 (0.3%)	56
70	Ralph	1 in 396 (0.3%)	55
71	Ben	1 in 404 (0.2%)	54
72	Gene	1 in 404 (0.2%)	54
73	Alfred	1 in 419 (0.2%)	52
74	Floyd	1 in 419 (0.2%)	52
75	Lewis	1 in 419 (0.2%)	52
76	Otis	1 in 427 (0.2%)	51
77	Clifton	1 in 436 (0.2%)	50
78	Daniel	1 in 436 (0.2%)	50
79	Lonnie	1 in 436 (0.2%)	50
80	Allen	1 in 445 (0.2%)	49
81	Lester	1 in 445 (0.2%)	49
82	Sidney	1 in 454 (0.2%)	48
83	Gary	1 in 454 (0.2%)	48
84	Don	1 in 454 (0.2%)	48
85	Chester	1 in 464 (0.2%)	47
86	Claude	1 in 464 (0.2%)	47
87	Marvin	1 in 464 (0.2%)	47
88	Nathaniel	1 in 474 (0.2%)	46
89	Ronald	1 in 484 (0.2%)	45
90	Luther	1 in 484 (0.2%)	45
91	Hugh	1 in 484 (0.2%)	45
92	Calvin	1 in 495 (0.2%)	44
93	Harvey	1 in 495 (0.2%)	44
94	Ray	1 in 495 (0.2%)	44
95	Tom	1 in 495 (0.2%)	44
96	Sylvester	1 in 507 (0.2%)	43
97	Harry	1 in 507 (0.2%)	43
98	Dennis	1 in 507 (0.2%)	43
99	Cecil	1 in 507 (0.2%)	43
100	Jim	1 in 532 (0.2%)	41