Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,398
2	John	1,178
3	Robert	1,053
4	Charles	812
5	Joseph	715
6	William	669
7	Richard	487
8	George	415
9	Ronald	409
10	Donald	405
11	Willie	392
12	Thomas	380
13	David	349
14	Jerry	338
15	Edward	325
16	Larry	310
17	Henry	299
18	Kenneth	280
19	Paul	274
20	Michael	273
21	Frank	257
22	Roy	251
23	Gerald	243
24	Louis	234
25	Raymond	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	220
27	Harold	209
27	Johnny	209
29	Walter	193
30	Jimmy	188
31	Lawrence	186
32	Arthur	183
33	Leroy	178
34	Joe	177
35	Billy	176
35	Bobby	176
35	Clarence	176
38	Earl	160
39	Alvin	158
40	Eugene	156
41	Ernest	143
42	Eddie	136
43	Harry	134
44	Melvin	132
45	Anthony	131
46	Carl	126
47	Douglas	122
48	Wayne	120
49	Daniel	116
49	Tommy	116
51	Allen	111
51	Curtis	111
53	Samuel	109
54	Alfred	108
55	Gary	107
56	Ralph	106
57	Herman	105
58	Andrew	104
58	Jimmie	104
60	Herbert	102
61	Lee	101
62	Fred	97
62	Leonard	97
64	Freddie	96
64	Warren	96
66	Howard	93
67	Sidney	90
68	Calvin	89
69	Claude	86
70	Don	85
70	Jack	85
70	Jessie	85
70	Lloyd	85
74	Clyde	83
74	Floyd	83
74	Terry	83
77	Jesse	81
77	Patrick	81
77	Ronnie	81
80	Leon	79
80	Roland	79
82	Roger	78
83	Dennis	77
83	Wilbert	77
85	Ray	75
86	Leo	74
87	Milton	72
88	Norman	71
88	Philip	71
90	Francis	69
90	Glenn	69
92	Stanley	68
93	Marvin	67
94	Gene	66
94	Peter	66
96	Russell	64
97	Sam	62
98	Alton	61
98	Clifton	61
98	Phillip	61