Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,071
2	John	888
3	Robert	761
4	Charles	695
5	Joseph	669
6	William	508
7	Willie	391
8	Donald	370
9	George	366
10	Edward	279
11	Richard	278
12	Thomas	272
13	Henry	254
14	Louis	242
15	Jerry	240
16	David	212
17	Ronald	209
18	Raymond	207
19	Albert	203
20	Paul	200
21	Gerald	199
22	Billy	190
22	Bobby	190
22	Joe	190
25	Frank	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	175
27	Earl	174
28	Roy	164
29	Lawrence	156
30	Leroy	148
31	Arthur	141
31	Melvin	141
33	Clarence	140
33	Walter	140
35	Harold	139
36	Eddie	137
37	Johnny	134
38	Alvin	127
39	Ernest	124
40	Kenneth	122
41	Anthony	121
42	Eugene	115
43	Jimmy	114
44	Herman	111
45	Allen	106
46	Harry	102
47	Herbert	100
48	Leon	99
49	Carl	98
49	Leonard	98
51	Alfred	97
51	Samuel	97
53	Jimmie	92
54	Curtis	91
55	Andrew	87
56	Freddie	86
56	Jack	86
56	Milton	86
59	Leo	84
60	Calvin	81
60	Floyd	81
60	Sidney	81
60	Wilbert	81
64	Daniel	78
64	Fred	78
64	Warren	78
67	Clyde	77
68	Jesse	76
69	Howard	75
69	Jessie	75
71	Lloyd	74
71	Roland	74
73	Johnnie	72
74	Francis	71
74	Ralph	71
76	Michael	70
76	Wayne	70
78	Lee	69
78	Marvin	69
80	Charlie	68
80	Russell	68
82	Norman	67
83	Ray	66
84	Tommy	63
85	Gary	62
85	Gene	62
85	Philip	62
88	Alton	61
88	Douglas	61
88	Peter	61
88	Roosevelt	61
92	Lionel	60
93	Claude	58
94	Lester	57
95	Huey	55
96	Earnest	52
96	Terry	52
98	Patrick	51
98	Sam	51
100	Oscar	50
100	Percy	50