Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	943
2	John	940
3	Robert	717
4	Joseph	688
5	Charles	633
6	William	435
7	Willie	364
8	George	328
9	Donald	327
10	Richard	279
11	Henry	262
12	Edward	248
13	Thomas	239
14	Louis	236
15	Frank	202
16	Bobby	196
17	Paul	194
18	Jerry	191
19	Joe	185
19	Raymond	185
21	Billy	182
22	Albert	181
23	Earl	175
24	Ronald	172
25	Clarence	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	158
27	Harold	157
28	Roy	155
29	David	154
30	Gerald	152
30	Walter	152
32	Leroy	135
33	Johnny	130
34	Kenneth	128
35	Larry	122
36	Ernest	119
36	Melvin	119
38	Eugene	115
39	Alvin	114
40	Arthur	110
40	Carl	110
40	Herman	110
43	Jimmy	106
44	Eddie	105
45	Allen	103
46	Alfred	99
46	Andrew	99
48	Anthony	96
48	Jimmie	96
50	Huey	95
50	Leon	95
52	Herbert	94
53	Jesse	93
54	Jack	89
55	Harry	88
56	Clyde	87
57	Lloyd	86
58	Floyd	85
59	Lee	84
60	Alton	82
61	Calvin	81
62	Fred	80
62	Howard	80
64	Ralph	79
65	Leonard	76
65	Milton	76
67	Norman	75
68	Roland	74
69	Samuel	70
70	Lester	69
70	Warren	69
70	Wilbert	69
73	Charlie	68
74	Curtis	67
74	Daniel	67
74	Russell	67
77	Gene	66
77	Johnnie	66
79	Peter	63
79	Sidney	63
81	Freddie	62
82	Jessie	60
82	Leo	60
84	Lionel	59
84	Roosevelt	59
86	Oscar	54
86	Ray	54
86	Sam	54
89	Francis	53
89	Wayne	53
91	Morris	52
92	Douglas	51
92	Earnest	51
94	Claude	50
94	Clifton	50
94	Marvin	50
97	Edgar	49
97	Gary	49
97	Philip	49
97	Rodney	49