Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	861
2	John	814
3	Joseph	724
4	Robert	565
5	Charles	517
6	William	481
7	Willie	371
8	George	367
9	Edward	305
10	Henry	277
11	Louis	246
12	Raymond	235
13	Thomas	234
14	Albert	216
15	Clarence	207
16	Richard	200
17	Frank	199
18	Leroy	171
19	Walter	166
20	Paul	164
20	Roy	164
22	Harold	160
22	Lawrence	160
24	Earl	154
25	Arthur	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Huey	145
26	Jack	145
28	Donald	136
29	David	135
30	Herbert	132
31	Billy	130
32	Alvin	129
33	Ernest	127
34	Herman	115
35	Joe	110
36	Eugene	104
37	Floyd	103
38	Melvin	101
39	Andrew	99
39	Anthony	99
41	Harry	94
41	Lee	94
43	Alfred	92
43	Charlie	92
43	Milton	92
46	Samuel	91
47	Allen	90
47	Bobby	90
47	Ray	90
50	Fred	88
51	Eddie	87
52	Leon	86
53	Johnnie	85
54	Jessie	84
55	Clyde	83
56	Carl	82
57	Lloyd	80
57	Warren	80
59	Kenneth	78
60	Howard	77
61	Gerald	75
61	Lester	75
63	Leonard	72
64	Johnny	71
64	Leo	71
66	Francis	69
67	Curtis	68
68	Calvin	67
68	Ralph	67
70	Freddie	65
70	Jesse	65
72	Daniel	64
73	Norman	61
74	Peter	60
74	Wilbert	60
76	Alton	59
76	Jerry	59
76	Morris	59
76	Sidney	59
80	Clifton	57
80	Marvin	57
82	Jimmie	56
82	Philip	56
82	Wilfred	56
85	Sam	55
86	Oscar	54
87	Earnest	53
87	Percy	53
87	Roland	53
87	Wallace	53
91	Ronald	52
92	Vernon	49
93	Lionel	48
94	Chester	47
94	Douglas	47
96	Theodore	46
97	Claude	44
97	Horace	44
99	Cecil	42
99	Edgar	42
99	Edwin	42
99	Russell	42
99	Stanley	42