Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,579
2	John	1,522
3	Robert	1,240
4	Charles	1,001
5	Joseph	859
6	William	723
7	Michael	675
8	Ronald	658
9	Donald	596
10	Richard	585
11	Larry	582
12	David	548
13	Thomas	494
14	George	485
15	Willie	444
16	Kenneth	441
17	Jerry	360
18	Edward	331
19	Henry	323
20	Louis	305
21	Paul	302
22	Johnny	298
23	Gary	278
24	Frank	274
25	Roy	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	255
27	Wayne	247
28	Jimmy	242
29	Walter	237
30	Gerald	236
31	Harold	221
32	Albert	219
33	Billy	216
34	Bobby	207
34	Daniel	207
36	Lawrence	206
37	Clarence	204
38	Anthony	184
39	Earl	182
40	Arthur	180
41	Terry	177
42	Glenn	173
43	Eddie	172
44	Carl	170
44	Melvin	170
46	Ernest	164
47	Dennis	163
48	Leroy	162
49	Alvin	161
50	Harry	159
51	Joe	158
52	Samuel	154
53	Allen	153
54	Tommy	147
55	Ronnie	143
56	Alfred	142
57	Calvin	141
58	Stephen	138
59	Lloyd	129
60	Danny	128
60	Freddie	128
62	Douglas	124
62	Patrick	124
64	Leonard	123
65	Herbert	120
65	Herman	120
65	Russell	120
68	Eugene	119
68	Ralph	119
70	Jimmie	118
71	Jack	115
72	Curtis	114
73	Roger	113
74	Andrew	112
74	Howard	112
76	Rodney	108
77	Lee	106
78	Gregory	104
79	Ray	102
80	Warren	101
81	Bruce	99
81	Fred	99
83	Floyd	94
84	Don	93
84	Jesse	93
84	Leon	93
84	Steve	93
88	Barry	90
88	Milton	90
88	Wilbert	90
91	Norman	87
91	Sidney	87
93	Clyde	86
93	Lester	86
95	Stanley	84
96	Jessie	83
97	Francis	82
98	Philip	78
99	Peter	77
100	Clifford	76