Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,534
2	John	1,339
3	Robert	1,237
4	Charles	1,054
5	Michael	1,041
6	Larry	791
7	William	765
8	Joseph	760
9	David	741
10	Donald	634
11	Ronald	606
12	Richard	576
13	Kenneth	526
13	Thomas	526
15	George	435
16	Willie	431
17	Gary	387
18	Jerry	377
19	Edward	364
20	Henry	297
21	Johnny	292
22	Paul	274
23	Frank	258
24	Gerald	256
24	Raymond	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	247
27	Daniel	240
28	Albert	233
29	Stephen	232
30	Bobby	229
31	Louis	219
32	Dennis	217
33	Roy	214
34	Terry	200
35	Lawrence	195
36	Clarence	192
37	Harold	191
38	Glenn	189
39	Jimmy	187
40	Danny	185
41	Alvin	183
42	Russell	181
43	Billy	180
44	Gregory	178
44	Melvin	178
44	Walter	178
47	Earl	176
48	Eddie	175
49	Anthony	170
50	Allen	164
51	Leroy	159
52	Steven	158
53	Carl	156
54	Arthur	155
55	Bruce	148
56	Ronnie	146
57	Patrick	140
58	Roger	139
58	Samuel	139
60	Eugene	138
61	Ernest	134
62	Alfred	130
63	Calvin	127
63	Mark	127
65	Lloyd	125
66	Freddie	123
67	Tommy	120
68	Joe	119
69	Herbert	116
69	Ralph	116
71	Leon	115
72	Andrew	110
72	Harry	110
74	Don	109
74	Rodney	109
76	Leonard	107
77	Douglas	105
77	Lee	105
79	Lionel	102
80	Stanley	101
81	Philip	100
82	Jimmie	99
83	Curtis	98
84	Clyde	97
85	Herman	96
86	Barry	95
86	Floyd	95
88	Keith	94
89	Warren	93
90	Jack	91
91	Milton	90
91	Ray	90
93	Sidney	89
93	Wilbert	89
95	Howard	88
95	Jesse	88
95	Steve	88
95	Timothy	88
99	Norman	87
100	Micheal	86