Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	901
2	John	829
3	Joseph	734
4	Robert	573
5	Charles	549
6	William	453
7	Willie	374
8	George	365
9	Edward	307
9	Henry	307
11	Louis	271
12	Thomas	240
13	Raymond	225
14	Albert	224
15	Frank	218
16	Clarence	202
17	Harold	191
18	Richard	187
19	Lawrence	181
20	Roy	167
21	Earl	162
22	Huey	160
23	Paul	157
24	Walter	155
25	Donald	150

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	149
27	Herbert	146
27	Joe	146
29	Alfred	134
30	Alvin	129
31	Ernest	128
32	Billy	123
32	Jack	123
34	David	116
35	Leroy	115
36	Eugene	114
37	Melvin	108
38	Herman	107
39	Lloyd	106
40	Johnnie	100
40	Leonard	100
42	Andrew	98
43	Harry	97
44	Calvin	96
45	Anthony	94
45	Johnny	94
47	Allen	92
48	Warren	91
49	Jessie	88
50	Samuel	87
51	Milton	86
52	Howard	85
52	Lee	85
52	Leon	85
55	Curtis	84
55	Eddie	84
55	Francis	84
58	Charlie	82
58	Sidney	82
60	Floyd	81
60	Fred	81
60	Ray	81
63	Carl	76
64	Leo	73
65	Ralph	72
65	Wilbert	72
67	Peter	70
68	Clyde	69
68	Norman	69
70	Daniel	67
71	Jimmie	65
72	Alton	63
72	Horace	63
72	Sam	63
75	Claude	61
75	Freddie	61
75	Roland	61
75	Wallace	61
79	Gerald	58
80	Lester	57
81	Kenneth	56
81	Oscar	56
83	Wilson	54
84	Jesse	53
85	Morris	52
86	Philip	51
87	Clifton	50
87	Edwin	50
87	Lionel	50
87	Percy	50
91	Jerry	49
92	Vernon	48
93	Cecil	47
94	Bobby	46
94	Marvin	46
96	Stanley	43
96	Vincent	43
98	Clifford	42
98	Earnest	42
98	Roosevelt	42