Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	996
2	John	739
3	Charles	630
4	Joseph	622
5	Robert	584
6	William	441
7	Willie	344
8	Donald	332
9	George	317
10	Henry	257
11	Edward	243
12	Richard	233
13	Thomas	225
14	Huey	202
14	Louis	202
16	Frank	200
17	Raymond	193
18	Paul	189
19	Albert	179
20	Jerry	175
20	Leroy	175
22	Billy	174
23	Earl	169
24	Bobby	165
24	Ronald	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	163
27	David	160
27	Walter	160
29	Harold	153
30	Roy	149
31	Gerald	147
31	Joe	147
33	Lawrence	146
34	Arthur	140
35	Alvin	113
36	Jimmy	108
36	Melvin	108
38	Eugene	107
39	Kenneth	106
40	Eddie	105
40	Ernest	105
42	Alfred	104
42	Larry	104
44	Floyd	103
45	Herbert	99
46	Harry	95
47	Jimmie	94
48	Carl	92
49	Allen	90
49	Johnny	90
51	Herman	88
51	Leon	88
53	Clyde	86
54	Samuel	82
55	Alton	80
55	Anthony	80
55	Ray	80
58	Jesse	79
59	Fred	78
59	Jack	78
61	Andrew	76
62	Jessie	75
63	Johnnie	72
63	Wilbert	72
65	Lee	71
65	Leo	71
65	Norman	71
68	Francis	68
68	Percy	68
70	Charlie	66
71	Calvin	65
71	Roland	65
73	Howard	64
73	Lloyd	64
73	Sidney	64
76	Curtis	63
76	Roosevelt	63
78	Leonard	62
79	Milton	60
80	Freddie	59
80	Peter	59
82	Marvin	58
83	Daniel	57
83	Ralph	57
85	Gene	55
86	Morris	53
87	Tommy	52
88	Claude	51
89	Lionel	49
89	Oscar	49
89	Warren	49
92	Sam	48
93	Douglas	47
94	Lester	46
95	Philip	45
95	Wayne	45
97	Gilbert	43
98	Stanley	41
98	Wallace	41
100	Carroll	40
100	Clifton	40
100	Nolan	40
100	Otis	40