Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	407
2	James	357
3	Joseph	296
4	William	269
5	Willie	255
6	Robert	209
7	Henry	190
8	George	184
9	Charles	156
10	Edward	147
11	Frank	138
12	Louis	130
13	Clarence	123
14	Albert	118
14	Thomas	118
16	Walter	91
17	Joe	88
18	Arthur	87
19	Ernest	78
20	Fred	76
21	Earl	74
21	Sam	74
23	Charlie	73
24	Lawrence	71
25	Richard	65

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	65
27	Paul	62
28	Harry	53
28	Leon	53
30	Andrew	51
30	David	51
30	Eddie	51
33	Anthony	50
33	Herbert	50
33	Jack	50
36	Harold	49
37	Eugene	46
38	Alfred	44
38	Herman	44
38	Jessie	44
38	Percy	44
42	Samuel	43
42	Sidney	43
44	Alvin	42
45	Howard	41
45	Leroy	41
45	Peter	41
48	Johnnie	40
49	Milton	35
50	Lee	33
50	Raymond	33
50	Woodrow	33
53	Allen	32
53	Carl	32
53	Edgar	32
56	Daniel	31
56	Lloyd	31
58	Edwin	30
58	Francis	30
58	Leo	30
61	Charley	29
61	Morris	29
61	Tom	29
64	Claude	27
64	Jesse	27
64	Leonard	27
67	Ben	26
67	Chester	26
67	Clyde	26
67	Floyd	26
67	Jimmie	26
67	Theodore	26
73	Horace	25
73	Norman	25
75	Adam	24
75	Cleveland	24
75	Earnest	24
75	Isaac	24
75	Lester	24
75	Melvin	24
75	Oscar	24
82	Alex	23
82	Clifton	23
82	Freddie	23
82	Jim	23
82	Luther	23
82	Oliver	23
82	Philip	23
82	Ralph	23
90	Emile	22
90	Felix	22
90	Moses	22
93	Alton	21
93	Vincent	21
95	August	20
95	Curtis	20
95	Nathaniel	20
98	Preston	19
98	Wallace	19
100	Ellis	18
100	Harvey	18
100	Mack	18
100	Ray	18
100	Roosevelt	18
100	Warren	18
100	Will	18
100	Willis	18