Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,570
2	John	1,354
3	Robert	1,181
4	Charles	1,029
5	Joseph	827
6	Michael	760
7	William	756
8	David	672
9	Larry	635
10	Ronald	631
11	Donald	542
12	Richard	475
13	Thomas	470
14	Kenneth	462
15	George	455
16	Willie	413
17	Edward	384
18	Jerry	338
19	Henry	336
20	Paul	317
21	Gary	304
22	Louis	302
23	Johnny	287
24	Frank	283
25	Roy	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	238
27	Wayne	237
28	Albert	231
29	Gerald	230
30	Harold	223
31	Earl	219
32	Terry	217
33	Clarence	216
34	Raymond	215
35	Daniel	206
36	Billy	202
37	Jimmy	201
38	Russell	195
39	Bobby	194
40	Walter	191
41	Arthur	188
42	Dennis	187
43	Melvin	179
44	Eddie	178
45	Leroy	174
46	Alvin	173
47	Glenn	170
48	Anthony	168
49	Joe	165
50	Ernest	163
51	Danny	161
52	Stephen	153
53	Tommy	151
54	Ronnie	147
55	Eugene	146
55	Roger	146
57	Allen	143
58	Curtis	141
59	Harry	136
59	Patrick	136
61	Samuel	131
62	Carl	130
62	Leonard	130
64	Rodney	126
65	Lloyd	125
66	Gregory	118
67	Alfred	116
67	Herbert	116
69	Herman	114
69	Ralph	114
71	Calvin	111
71	Freddie	111
73	Warren	110
74	Jimmie	107
75	Howard	104
75	Jack	104
77	Douglas	102
77	Jessie	102
79	Milton	100
79	Ray	100
81	Andrew	99
82	Philip	98
83	Steven	97
84	Bruce	94
84	Wilbert	94
86	Leon	93
87	Jesse	92
88	Lionel	88
89	Lee	87
90	Clyde	83
90	Fred	83
90	Sidney	83
93	Steve	82
94	Peter	81
95	Don	80
96	Stanley	79
97	Barry	78
98	Alton	77
99	Charlie	76
99	Floyd	76