Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	884
2	John	828
3	Joseph	688
4	Robert	569
5	Charles	526
6	William	509
7	Willie	360
8	George	351
9	Edward	319
10	Henry	295
11	Thomas	235
12	Louis	230
13	Frank	214
14	Richard	200
15	Raymond	197
16	Donald	195
17	Albert	191
18	Harold	182
19	Paul	178
20	Clarence	173
21	Roy	171
22	Herbert	167
22	Leroy	167
24	Billy	165
25	Ernest	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	157
27	Lawrence	154
28	Walter	152
29	Earl	149
30	David	148
31	Arthur	135
32	Alvin	131
33	Bobby	130
34	Herman	125
35	Alfred	121
36	Jack	120
37	Huey	119
38	Eugene	118
39	Melvin	106
40	Anthony	103
41	Eddie	99
42	Gerald	97
43	Samuel	95
43	Sidney	95
45	Leonard	94
46	Andrew	92
47	Lloyd	90
48	Lee	88
49	Harry	87
50	Floyd	84
51	Jessie	83
51	Leon	83
51	Milton	83
54	Allen	82
55	Leo	81
56	Jesse	77
56	Johnny	77
58	Fred	75
58	Ray	75
60	Kenneth	73
61	Charlie	72
61	Jerry	72
61	Ralph	72
64	Howard	71
65	Carl	70
66	Sam	69
66	Wilbert	69
68	Calvin	68
69	Johnnie	67
70	Curtis	65
70	Roland	65
72	Daniel	64
73	Francis	63
73	Percy	63
75	Freddie	62
75	Oscar	62
75	Warren	62
78	Alton	60
79	Peter	57
80	Claude	56
80	Earnest	56
80	Norman	56
83	Wilfred	55
84	Lester	54
85	Clifton	53
86	Clyde	52
86	Marvin	52
88	Vernon	51
89	Clifford	50
89	Ronald	50
91	Horace	47
91	Jimmie	47
93	Russell	46
94	Wilson	45
95	Emile	44
96	Douglas	43
96	Morris	43
98	Otis	42
99	Jimmy	41
99	Lionel	41