Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,529
2	Michael	1,495
3	John	1,387
4	David	1,238
5	Robert	1,217
6	Charles	932
7	William	791
8	Joseph	778
9	Donald	770
10	Larry	683
11	Richard	663
12	Kenneth	657
13	Ronald	636
14	Mark	583
15	Thomas	576
16	Gary	503
17	Gregory	470
18	Paul	456
19	Steven	390
20	Edward	376
21	Keith	361
22	George	357
23	Anthony	355
24	Jerry	349
25	Terry	346

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	340
27	Stephen	335
28	Willie	319
29	Daniel	297
30	Kevin	295
31	Timothy	294
32	Carl	278
33	Raymond	270
34	Dennis	268
35	Ricky	260
36	Johnny	254
37	Henry	236
38	Billy	231
38	Gerald	231
40	Patrick	229
41	Frank	218
41	Glenn	218
43	Bobby	216
44	Albert	213
45	Wayne	211
46	Bruce	210
47	Calvin	209
48	Roy	202
49	Lawrence	201
50	Louis	192
51	Jimmy	191
52	Ronnie	190
53	Danny	187
54	Brian	183
54	Harold	183
54	Melvin	183
57	Walter	179
58	Micheal	175
58	Rickey	175
60	Alvin	169
61	Eddie	167
62	Barry	166
63	Clarence	160
63	Curtis	160
65	Allen	158
65	Arthur	158
65	Samuel	158
68	Douglas	156
69	Leroy	151
70	Rodney	149
71	Leonard	146
72	Jeffrey	145
73	Jeffery	144
74	Earl	143
74	Roger	143
74	Russell	143
77	Darrell	141
78	Stanley	140
79	Ray	136
80	Tommy	132
81	Steve	131
82	Ernest	128
83	Joe	124
84	Randall	123
85	Herman	118
86	Andrew	116
86	Peter	116
88	Alfred	115
89	Reginald	113
90	Eric	112
91	Dale	110
92	Ralph	107
93	Christopher	106
94	Jack	103
94	Lloyd	103
94	Phillip	103
94	Warren	103
98	Craig	102
98	Lionel	102
100	Philip	101