Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	666
2	James	637
3	Joseph	604
4	William	410
5	Willie	377
6	Robert	364
7	George	318
8	Henry	279
9	Charles	265
10	Edward	249
11	Louis	237
12	Frank	213
13	Thomas	199
14	Albert	185
15	Walter	184
16	Clarence	172
17	Paul	149
18	Joe	128
19	Lawrence	122
20	Earl	120
21	Sam	119
22	Harold	116
23	Ernest	115
24	Arthur	112
24	Roy	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	110
27	Richard	109
28	Fred	104
29	Herman	102
29	Leroy	102
31	Leon	98
32	Andrew	97
33	Harry	96
34	Lloyd	92
35	Eddie	91
35	Jack	91
37	Woodrow	89
38	Herbert	80
38	Howard	80
40	Anthony	79
40	Samuel	79
42	Lee	78
43	Johnnie	77
43	Wilson	77
45	Alvin	75
45	Claude	75
45	Eugene	75
45	Jessie	75
49	Raymond	74
50	Charlie	72
50	Curtis	72
52	Sidney	70
53	Alfred	69
54	Leonard	67
55	Jesse	65
55	Peter	65
57	Daniel	62
57	Milton	62
57	Percy	62
60	Warren	60
60	Wilbert	60
62	Allen	59
63	Francis	58
63	Morris	58
65	Leo	57
66	Lester	56
67	Norman	55
68	Melvin	53
69	Oscar	52
70	Clyde	50
70	Tom	50
72	Vincent	49
73	Philip	48
74	Floyd	47
74	Freddie	47
74	Luther	47
77	Alton	46
77	Clifton	46
79	Gilbert	43
80	Charley	42
80	Edwin	42
80	Ralph	42
83	Willard	41
84	Edgar	40
84	Oliver	40
86	Isaac	39
87	Johnny	38
87	Julius	38
87	Otis	38
90	Carl	37
90	Earnest	37
90	Ellis	37
93	Roosevelt	36
94	Alex	35
94	Chester	35
94	Emile	35
94	Maurice	35
94	Theodore	35
99	Ben	34
99	Benjamin	34
99	Lionel	34