Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,531
2	Michael	1,472
3	John	1,403
4	Robert	1,267
5	David	1,159
6	Charles	1,035
7	William	809
8	Joseph	754
9	Donald	724
10	Larry	675
10	Richard	675
12	Kenneth	657
13	Ronald	584
14	Gary	557
15	Thomas	528
16	Paul	415
17	Jerry	399
18	Edward	377
19	George	366
20	Terry	364
21	Mark	356
21	Willie	356
23	Gregory	329
24	Stephen	320
25	Steven	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	291
27	Daniel	288
28	Dennis	272
29	Anthony	264
30	Randy	263
31	Wayne	252
32	Bobby	247
33	Carl	243
34	Raymond	240
35	Henry	237
36	Frank	228
37	Gerald	225
38	Glenn	220
39	Louis	215
40	Roy	212
41	Billy	208
42	Danny	207
43	Albert	202
44	Lawrence	195
45	Alvin	193
45	Ricky	193
47	Jimmy	191
48	Keith	190
48	Patrick	190
50	Eddie	188
51	Melvin	187
52	Kevin	185
53	Walter	184
54	Bruce	182
55	Arthur	178
56	Harold	176
57	Roger	175
58	Calvin	169
59	Timothy	166
60	Clarence	162
60	Rodney	162
62	Ronnie	156
63	Ray	154
64	Samuel	153
65	Andrew	149
66	Stanley	148
67	Douglas	145
68	Allen	142
68	Earl	142
70	Curtis	139
71	Ernest	138
72	Leroy	137
73	Leonard	135
74	Randall	133
75	Micheal	128
76	Tommy	127
77	Barry	126
77	Ralph	126
79	Warren	125
80	Harry	120
81	Joe	117
82	Lee	114
83	Eugene	112
83	Peter	112
85	Jerome	108
85	Russell	108
87	Alfred	107
87	Dale	107
87	Rickey	107
90	Darrell	106
91	Herbert	104
92	Craig	103
92	Philip	103
94	Herman	102
95	Freddie	99
95	Jeffrey	99
97	Lionel	97
98	Brian	96
99	Floyd	93
99	Marvin	93
99	Steve	93