Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	859
2	John	834
3	Joseph	775
4	William	534
5	Robert	496
6	George	404
7	Charles	396
8	Willie	377
9	Louis	336
10	Edward	324
11	Henry	321
12	Albert	272
12	Frank	272
14	Thomas	256
15	Clarence	216
16	Walter	188
17	Paul	176
18	Earl	158
19	Roy	157
20	Raymond	151
21	Lawrence	150
22	Harold	149
22	Joe	149
24	Arthur	148
24	Warren	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herman	136
27	Richard	135
28	Ernest	131
29	Alvin	128
29	Fred	128
31	Harry	127
31	Leroy	127
33	David	126
34	Jack	124
35	Samuel	123
36	Lloyd	109
37	Leo	104
38	Alfred	102
38	Andrew	102
40	Herbert	100
41	Sidney	93
42	Allen	92
43	Eugene	91
44	Sam	89
45	Eddie	87
46	Charlie	86
46	Percy	86
48	Anthony	85
48	Howard	85
48	Leon	85
51	Jessie	83
52	Johnnie	82
52	Milton	82
54	Lee	78
55	Leonard	76
56	Ralph	72
57	Clifton	69
58	Claude	68
58	Clyde	68
60	Francis	67
61	Daniel	66
61	Melvin	66
61	Oscar	66
64	Wallace	65
65	Edwin	63
66	Curtis	62
66	Floyd	62
66	Horace	62
66	Peter	62
70	Freddie	61
70	Morris	61
72	Oliver	60
72	Ray	60
72	Wilbert	60
75	Lester	59
75	Norman	59
75	Wilson	59
78	Philip	58
79	Johnny	55
80	Clifford	52
80	Jesse	52
80	Roland	52
83	Alton	50
83	Jimmie	50
85	Carl	48
85	Chester	48
85	Edgar	48
88	Isaac	46
88	Vernon	46
90	Donald	45
90	Vincent	45
92	Emile	44
92	Julius	44
92	Lionel	44
92	Theodore	44
96	Douglas	43
96	Russell	43
96	Wilfred	43
99	Otis	42
100	Bernard	41
100	Earnest	41
100	Elmer	41