Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,576
2	John	1,393
3	Robert	1,231
4	Charles	1,049
5	Michael	933
6	Joseph	795
7	William	767
8	Larry	683
9	David	675
10	Ronald	672
11	Donald	584
12	Thomas	565
13	Richard	560
14	Kenneth	482
15	Willie	451
16	George	414
17	Edward	379
18	Jerry	349
19	Gary	331
19	Henry	331
21	Paul	289
22	Johnny	283
23	Albert	266
24	Louis	263
25	Gerald	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	239
27	Roy	238
28	Frank	237
29	Harold	233
30	Clarence	226
30	Daniel	226
32	Raymond	221
33	Walter	213
33	Wayne	213
35	Stephen	205
36	Glenn	203
37	Bobby	201
38	Anthony	199
39	Arthur	195
39	Terry	195
41	Dennis	193
42	Billy	187
43	Jimmy	185
44	Roger	177
45	Eddie	175
45	Samuel	175
47	Russell	165
48	Earl	164
49	Patrick	159
50	Leroy	158
51	Ronnie	155
52	Alvin	153
52	Danny	153
54	Carl	151
55	Ernest	150
55	Gregory	150
57	Melvin	149
58	Allen	148
59	Eugene	144
60	Joe	138
61	Bruce	136
62	Alfred	132
63	Leonard	130
64	Calvin	127
65	Andrew	125
66	Freddie	123
67	Herbert	122
68	Douglas	121
68	Ralph	121
70	Howard	114
71	Harry	113
72	Curtis	111
73	Tommy	108
74	Lloyd	106
75	Herman	105
75	Leon	105
75	Steven	105
78	Lee	103
79	Floyd	101
79	Jimmie	101
79	Lionel	101
82	Jack	98
82	Milton	98
84	Sidney	97
85	Jessie	95
85	Warren	95
87	Don	94
87	Jesse	94
87	Rodney	94
90	Mark	93
90	Peter	93
90	Stanley	93
93	Philip	90
94	Clyde	89
94	Ray	89
96	Steve	86
97	Frederick	85
97	Phillip	85
99	Fred	82
100	Wilbert	81