Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,490
2	John	1,413
3	Robert	1,264
4	Charles	955
5	Joseph	726
6	William	720
7	Richard	668
8	Michael	591
9	Ronald	522
10	Donald	491
11	Thomas	481
12	David	478
13	George	453
14	Larry	435
15	Willie	398
16	Kenneth	371
17	Jerry	361
18	Edward	340
19	Paul	306
20	Henry	300
21	Johnny	265
22	Louis	263
23	Raymond	255
24	Frank	252
24	Gary	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	247
27	Roy	246
28	Harold	222
29	Gerald	212
30	Wayne	209
31	Albert	204
31	Bobby	204
33	Clarence	202
34	Walter	199
35	Billy	188
36	Lawrence	187
37	Leroy	177
38	Arthur	174
39	Joe	168
40	Dennis	158
41	Allen	157
41	Alvin	157
41	Ernest	157
44	Daniel	156
45	Anthony	154
46	Earl	153
47	Terry	151
48	Melvin	148
49	Ronnie	147
50	Eugene	143
51	Eddie	133
52	Harry	131
53	Glenn	130
54	Carl	129
55	Jimmie	124
56	Lloyd	121
57	Roger	120
58	Herbert	119
58	Tommy	119
60	Andrew	116
61	Alfred	114
62	Leonard	113
63	Curtis	112
64	Samuel	111
65	Danny	106
65	Lee	106
65	Milton	106
68	Ray	105
69	Fred	104
69	Rodney	104
71	Patrick	102
71	Stephen	102
71	Warren	102
74	Herman	101
75	Calvin	98
75	Leon	98
75	Ralph	98
78	Douglas	97
79	Freddie	95
80	Don	94
80	Jack	94
82	Sidney	93
83	Wilbert	92
84	Russell	91
85	Jessie	90
86	Floyd	87
86	Howard	87
88	Clyde	86
88	Lionel	86
90	Jesse	83
91	Peter	77
91	Philip	77
91	Steve	77
94	Charlie	76
95	Roland	74
96	Alton	72
96	Bruce	72
96	Norman	72
99	Stanley	71
100	Johnnie	70