Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	913
2	John	833
3	Joseph	651
4	Charles	611
5	Robert	587
6	William	419
7	Willie	326
8	George	307
9	Donald	294
10	Edward	268
11	Henry	256
12	Louis	216
13	Thomas	206
14	Richard	203
15	Frank	192
16	Billy	191
17	Bobby	180
18	Paul	173
19	Raymond	170
20	Clarence	169
20	Earl	169
20	Harold	169
23	Albert	164
24	Jerry	158
25	Lawrence	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	153
27	David	151
28	Leroy	140
29	Ronald	132
30	Roy	131
31	Alvin	130
32	Joe	128
33	Ernest	123
34	Gerald	111
35	Jack	109
36	Arthur	106
36	Eddie	106
36	Melvin	106
39	Anthony	104
40	Eugene	103
41	Alfred	102
42	Herbert	100
42	Kenneth	100
44	Leon	95
45	Andrew	94
46	Herman	92
46	Johnny	92
48	Huey	86
48	Ralph	86
50	Samuel	85
51	Harry	84
51	Jimmie	84
53	Clyde	82
53	Jimmy	82
55	Daniel	81
55	Fred	81
57	Alton	79
57	Floyd	79
57	Roosevelt	79
60	Lloyd	77
61	Howard	76
61	Milton	76
63	Carl	75
64	Jessie	73
65	Leonard	72
66	Lionel	71
66	Warren	71
68	Charlie	70
69	Allen	69
69	Lee	69
71	Curtis	68
71	Larry	68
73	Peter	67
73	Ray	67
75	Johnnie	66
76	Lester	64
77	Roland	63
78	Wilbert	62
79	Earnest	59
79	Sidney	59
81	Leo	58
81	Norman	58
83	Calvin	57
83	Oscar	57
85	Freddie	55
86	Francis	53
86	Jesse	53
88	Percy	50
89	Marvin	49
90	Vernon	48
91	Nathaniel	47
92	Chester	46
92	Claude	46
92	Clifford	46
92	Theodore	46
96	Don	45
96	Franklin	45
96	Nolan	45
99	Morris	44
99	Sam	44
99	Wallace	44