Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,150
2	John	972
3	Robert	769
4	Charles	724
5	Joseph	659
6	William	495
7	Willie	360
8	Donald	359
9	George	347
10	Thomas	313
11	Richard	299
12	Edward	269
13	Henry	254
14	Raymond	247
15	Jerry	241
16	Louis	235
17	David	220
18	Ronald	213
19	Paul	212
20	Harold	189
21	Frank	188
21	Roy	188
23	Albert	187
24	Billy	186
24	Gerald	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	181
27	Joe	176
28	Lawrence	175
29	Kenneth	172
30	Bobby	169
30	Earl	169
32	Larry	165
33	Clarence	153
33	Leroy	153
35	Arthur	150
36	Jimmy	148
37	Eugene	137
38	Melvin	131
39	Ernest	123
40	Johnny	121
41	Alvin	118
42	Herbert	113
42	Herman	113
44	Anthony	108
45	Eddie	101
45	Harry	101
45	Michael	101
48	Leon	100
49	Lee	98
50	Allen	94
50	Jack	94
52	Andrew	92
53	Daniel	91
54	Alfred	90
55	Carl	89
56	Samuel	88
56	Warren	88
58	Jessie	84
59	Floyd	82
59	Jesse	82
59	Jimmie	82
62	Wayne	80
63	Calvin	78
63	Lloyd	78
63	Ray	78
66	Freddie	75
67	Leonard	74
68	Clyde	73
69	Milton	71
70	Sidney	68
71	Curtis	66
71	Fred	66
71	Lester	66
74	Howard	65
74	Ralph	65
76	Charlie	64
76	Norman	64
78	Lionel	63
78	Roland	63
78	Tommy	63
81	Wilbert	62
82	Johnnie	61
82	Leo	61
84	Patrick	60
85	Philip	59
86	Don	58
86	Gene	58
88	Francis	57
88	Russell	57
90	Claude	56
90	Sam	56
92	Marvin	55
93	Alton	53
94	Percy	51
95	Morris	50
96	Stanley	49
97	Otis	48
98	Carroll	47
98	Chester	47
100	Earnest	46
100	Huey	46
100	Nelson	46