Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	952
2	John	877
3	Joseph	790
4	Robert	601
5	William	576
6	Charles	469
7	George	431
8	Willie	385
9	Henry	308
10	Edward	301
11	Frank	269
12	Louis	262
13	Thomas	259
14	Albert	241
15	Clarence	217
16	Paul	207
17	Walter	200
18	Raymond	185
19	Richard	184
19	Roy	184
21	Harold	173
22	Leroy	169
23	Lawrence	165
24	Earl	161
25	Jack	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	145
27	Joe	140
28	Alvin	137
29	David	136
30	Ernest	131
31	Lloyd	126
32	Floyd	125
33	Leon	120
34	Donald	116
34	Herman	116
36	Andrew	115
36	Eugene	115
38	Herbert	112
38	Samuel	112
40	Alfred	110
41	Calvin	108
42	Charlie	105
43	Melvin	104
44	Anthony	103
45	Fred	101
46	Harry	100
46	Jessie	100
48	Eddie	93
49	Milton	88
50	Sidney	87
51	Sam	86
52	Ralph	85
53	Curtis	83
54	Wilbert	82
55	Allen	81
56	Howard	80
57	Warren	79
58	Clifton	77
58	Johnnie	77
58	Lee	77
58	Leo	77
62	Jesse	76
62	Ray	76
64	Francis	74
65	Carl	72
66	Clyde	69
66	Daniel	69
66	Peter	69
69	Edwin	68
69	Stanley	68
71	Johnny	65
72	Alton	64
73	Freddie	63
73	Jimmie	63
75	Claude	60
76	Clifford	59
77	Billy	56
77	Oscar	56
79	Leonard	55
80	Lester	54
81	Kenneth	52
81	Norman	52
83	Percy	51
83	Wallace	51
85	Gerald	50
86	Roland	49
87	Jerry	48
87	Maurice	48
87	Willis	48
90	Marvin	47
90	Russell	47
92	Chester	46
92	Earnest	46
94	Isaac	45
94	Rudolph	45
96	Alex	44
96	Horace	44
98	Martin	43
98	Willard	43
100	Adam	42
100	Morris	42
100	Oliver	42
100	Vernon	42
100	Wilson	42