Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,555
2	John	1,482
3	Michael	1,381
4	Robert	1,231
5	David	1,097
6	Charles	1,019
7	William	818
8	Joseph	770
9	Donald	727
10	Richard	698
11	Ronald	660
12	Larry	655
13	Thomas	555
14	Kenneth	543
15	Gary	539
16	Edward	404
17	Jerry	386
18	George	385
19	Paul	373
20	Willie	369
21	Daniel	304
22	Gregory	302
23	Johnny	297
24	Mark	293
25	Terry	290

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	289
27	Stephen	285
28	Henry	282
29	Anthony	250
30	Frank	249
30	Steven	249
32	Raymond	242
33	Roy	238
34	Gerald	235
35	Wayne	231
36	Louis	229
37	Billy	223
38	Bobby	221
39	Carl	212
40	Patrick	209
41	Randy	207
42	Danny	200
43	Harold	198
44	Jimmy	196
45	Albert	194
45	Roger	194
47	Lawrence	193
48	Glenn	189
49	Alvin	178
50	Keith	177
51	Arthur	176
52	Melvin	175
53	Calvin	170
53	Clarence	170
53	Walter	170
56	Bruce	165
56	Ronnie	165
58	Tommy	157
59	Rodney	155
60	Russell	154
60	Samuel	154
62	Leonard	147
63	Earl	146
64	Curtis	144
65	Ernest	143
65	Micheal	143
67	Douglas	141
68	Eddie	139
69	Ricky	138
70	Harry	137
71	Allen	131
72	Ray	130
73	Ralph	129
74	Lee	126
75	Alfred	123
75	Joe	123
75	Leroy	123
78	Andrew	121
78	Barry	121
80	Eugene	116
80	Timothy	116
82	Randall	115
83	Lionel	114
84	Jimmie	113
84	Philip	113
86	Stanley	110
87	Jack	109
87	Lloyd	109
89	Leon	106
90	Freddie	104
90	Phillip	104
92	Don	103
93	Clyde	101
93	Marvin	101
93	Rickey	101
96	Herbert	100
96	Norman	100
98	Darrell	99
98	Peter	99
100	Jessie	98