Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,379
2	John	1,234
3	Robert	1,025
4	Charles	871
5	Joseph	741
6	William	654
7	George	453
8	Richard	446
9	Donald	437
10	Willie	417
11	David	416
12	Thomas	405
13	Ronald	379
14	Jerry	353
15	Michael	332
16	Henry	331
17	Larry	329
18	Edward	324
19	Kenneth	284
20	Roy	245
21	Paul	244
22	Raymond	234
23	Gerald	230
24	Louis	228
25	Johnny	226

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	225
27	Albert	215
28	Bobby	199
28	Jimmy	199
30	Billy	197
31	Harold	191
32	Clarence	188
33	Walter	187
34	Lawrence	179
35	Arthur	169
36	Joe	158
37	Anthony	155
38	Alvin	154
39	Gary	151
40	Earl	150
41	Wayne	147
42	Eddie	146
43	Harry	145
43	Melvin	145
45	Daniel	144
46	Leroy	142
47	Ernest	141
48	Jimmie	120
49	Herman	118
50	Jack	114
51	Herbert	113
52	Allen	111
52	Eugene	111
54	Andrew	110
54	Carl	110
56	Terry	107
57	Curtis	106
58	Leonard	104
59	Howard	103
59	Samuel	103
59	Tommy	103
62	Lee	101
63	Alfred	100
64	Calvin	98
65	Ralph	97
66	Dennis	95
66	Douglas	95
68	Lloyd	94
68	Patrick	94
70	Fred	92
70	Wilbert	92
72	Jesse	91
73	Warren	90
74	Freddie	88
75	Roland	85
76	Ray	81
76	Roger	81
78	Jessie	80
79	Don	79
80	Leon	77
81	Ronnie	76
82	Claude	75
83	Charlie	74
83	Philip	74
85	Lionel	73
85	Peter	73
87	Alton	71
88	Milton	70
88	Norman	70
90	Clyde	69
90	Sidney	69
92	Floyd	67
92	Russell	67
94	Johnnie	63
95	Glenn	62
96	Lester	61
97	Danny	59
97	Leo	59
99	Stephen	57
100	Clifton	56