Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	503
2	James	470
3	Joseph	434
4	William	328
5	Robert	297
6	Willie	267
7	George	262
8	Charles	215
9	Henry	211
10	Louis	194
11	Frank	176
12	Edward	161
13	Albert	154
14	Thomas	147
15	Clarence	137
15	Walter	137
17	Joe	106
18	Earl	104
19	Lawrence	97
20	Ernest	94
21	Arthur	92
22	Paul	86
23	Roy	82
24	Harry	81
25	Richard	76

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	73
27	Herman	72
28	Harold	71
29	Alfred	70
29	Andrew	70
29	Samuel	70
32	David	69
32	Herbert	69
34	Charlie	66
35	Sam	65
36	Eddie	63
36	Jack	63
36	Raymond	63
39	Sidney	60
40	Leon	59
41	Howard	58
42	Peter	57
43	Alvin	56
43	Lee	56
43	Leroy	56
46	Lloyd	54
47	Eugene	52
48	Anthony	51
48	Jessie	51
48	Woodrow	51
51	Clyde	50
52	Leonard	49
52	Percy	49
54	Johnnie	48
54	Leo	48
54	Oscar	48
57	Francis	45
58	Claude	44
58	Curtis	44
58	Philip	44
61	Clifton	43
62	Edwin	42
62	Wilbert	42
64	Allen	41
65	Carl	40
66	Jesse	39
67	Emile	38
67	Milton	38
67	Vincent	38
70	Lester	37
70	Melvin	37
70	Morris	37
73	Earnest	35
73	Horace	35
73	Isaac	35
73	Ralph	35
73	Wilson	35
78	Alex	34
78	Daniel	34
80	Felix	32
80	Jimmie	32
82	August	31
82	Chester	31
82	Freddie	31
82	Otis	31
86	Clifford	30
87	Edgar	29
87	Nelson	29
89	Roland	28
89	Wallace	28
91	Benjamin	27
91	Elmo	27
91	Johnny	27
91	Jules	27
91	Leslie	27
91	Oliver	27
91	Warren	27
98	Luther	26
98	Ray	26
100	Calvin	25
100	Floyd	25
100	Nathaniel	25
100	Theodore	25