Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,166
2	John	940
3	Robert	795
4	Charles	736
5	Joseph	716
6	William	528
7	Willie	390
8	Donald	356
9	George	341
9	Richard	341
11	Jerry	313
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	268
14	Louis	255
15	Henry	249
16	Larry	244
17	David	242
18	Frank	235
19	Kenneth	223
20	Raymond	212
21	Billy	211
22	Paul	210
23	Ronald	204
24	Earl	197
25	Walter	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	186
27	Bobby	182
28	Clarence	180
29	Gerald	177
30	Johnny	173
31	Harold	168
32	Joe	163
33	Lawrence	156
34	Roy	154
35	Eugene	146
36	Leroy	145
37	Melvin	143
38	Arthur	142
39	Alvin	132
39	Jimmy	132
41	Anthony	119
42	Herbert	113
43	Ernest	112
44	Jimmie	106
44	Wayne	106
46	Daniel	103
47	Alfred	102
47	Eddie	102
47	Herman	102
47	Samuel	102
51	Carl	96
51	Jesse	96
51	Michael	96
54	Calvin	93
55	Allen	92
56	Leon	91
56	Sidney	91
58	Andrew	90
59	Floyd	88
60	Leonard	84
60	Lloyd	84
62	Tommy	82
63	Freddie	81
64	Curtis	80
64	Harry	80
66	Clyde	79
66	Warren	79
68	Francis	77
68	Lee	77
70	Jack	76
70	Jessie	76
70	Sam	76
73	Ralph	75
73	Ray	75
75	Howard	74
75	Norman	74
75	Russell	74
78	Gene	72
79	Alton	71
79	Milton	71
81	Fred	70
81	Wilbert	70
83	Lionel	69
84	Peter	66
85	Charlie	65
85	Roland	65
87	Leo	64
88	Clifford	63
89	Douglas	62
89	Philip	62
91	Terry	60
92	Don	59
92	Lester	59
94	Roosevelt	56
95	Gary	54
96	Glenn	53
96	Johnnie	53
98	Wilson	52
99	Cecil	50
100	Dennis	49
100	Gilbert	49