Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,499
2	John	1,399
3	Michael	1,261
4	Robert	1,237
5	Charles	1,043
6	David	941
7	Larry	778
8	William	771
9	Joseph	764
10	Donald	687
11	Richard	680
12	Ronald	625
13	Kenneth	571
14	Thomas	536
15	Gary	491
16	Willie	401
17	George	391
18	Paul	374
19	Jerry	366
20	Edward	358
21	Daniel	311
22	Gregory	277
23	Henry	271
24	Wayne	269
25	Stephen	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	264
27	Terry	254
28	Mark	244
29	Anthony	238
29	Raymond	238
31	Louis	237
31	Roy	237
33	Frank	236
34	Steven	234
35	Albert	230
36	Dennis	229
37	Gerald	228
38	Bobby	208
39	Lawrence	201
40	Billy	199
40	Carl	199
42	Bruce	194
43	Glenn	189
44	Jimmy	188
45	Arthur	183
46	Clarence	181
46	Harold	181
48	Walter	176
49	Alvin	170
49	Danny	170
51	Melvin	165
52	Patrick	163
53	Samuel	161
54	Leroy	155
55	Calvin	150
56	Curtis	149
56	Eddie	149
58	Allen	146
58	Douglas	146
58	Ernest	146
58	Rodney	146
62	Barry	144
63	Russell	143
64	Roger	139
65	Joe	138
66	Timothy	136
67	Keith	135
68	Eugene	134
68	Randy	134
70	Leonard	130
71	Ronnie	127
72	Tommy	122
72	Warren	122
74	Andrew	121
75	Earl	120
76	Ralph	117
77	Dale	116
77	Floyd	116
77	Jack	116
80	Harry	115
81	Stanley	112
82	Ricky	109
83	Herbert	107
83	Lloyd	107
85	Lee	106
86	Micheal	104
86	Ray	104
88	Leon	102
89	Philip	99
89	Randall	99
91	Steve	96
92	Herman	94
93	Howard	93
94	Peter	92
95	Clyde	91
95	Freddie	91
95	Lionel	91
95	Wilbert	91
99	Alfred	89
100	Jessie	85
100	Milton	85