Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,484
2	Michael	1,473
3	John	1,391
4	David	1,227
5	Robert	1,217
6	Charles	1,003
7	William	758
8	Donald	731
9	Joseph	715
10	Larry	664
11	Richard	629
12	Kenneth	582
13	Thomas	550
14	Ronald	546
15	Gary	492
16	Mark	461
17	Paul	431
18	Gregory	409
19	Willie	382
20	Terry	370
21	Jerry	369
22	Edward	365
23	George	343
24	Anthony	335
25	Stephen	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	317
27	Keith	299
28	Dennis	298
29	Daniel	285
30	Carl	275
30	Johnny	275
32	Randy	272
33	Henry	271
34	Raymond	266
35	Billy	251
36	Bobby	234
37	Frank	233
38	Glenn	229
39	Wayne	224
40	Gerald	223
41	Bruce	222
42	Ricky	218
43	Louis	215
44	Danny	214
45	Lawrence	207
46	Roy	205
46	Timothy	205
48	Alvin	201
49	Kevin	200
50	Albert	193
51	Walter	183
52	Patrick	178
53	Rickey	177
54	Micheal	174
55	Calvin	172
56	Douglas	169
57	Melvin	167
58	Jimmy	164
59	Harold	162
60	Arthur	161
61	Eddie	159
62	Ray	158
62	Rodney	158
64	Clarence	157
65	Ronnie	154
66	Leroy	151
67	Ernest	148
68	Curtis	145
69	Allen	143
69	Leonard	143
71	Russell	142
72	Samuel	141
73	Roger	138
74	Earl	136
75	Andrew	133
76	Eugene	132
77	Brian	131
78	Joe	127
79	Barry	125
80	Stanley	122
81	Warren	121
82	Jeffrey	120
82	Steve	120
84	Christopher	116
85	Dale	115
85	Harry	115
87	Tommy	114
88	Randall	109
89	Alfred	108
90	Ralph	105
91	Phillip	104
92	Don	103
93	Peter	102
94	Herman	101
95	Herbert	100
96	Darrell	97
96	Jeffery	97
98	Jerome	96
98	Leon	96
100	Philip	95