Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	658
2	Marie	203
3	Annie	195
4	Ethel	180
5	Louise	167
5	Mildred	167
7	Gladys	149
7	Helen	149
9	Lillian	135
9	Lucille	135
11	Beatrice	128
12	Edna	125
13	Willie	121
14	Elizabeth	120
14	Hazel	120
16	Ruby	119
17	Josephine	117
17	Ruth	117
17	Thelma	117
20	Alice	115
21	Bessie	112
22	Rose	109
23	Eva	106
24	Anna	103
25	Emma	101
26	Dorothy	97
26	Evelyn	97
28	Lillie	96
29	Margaret	95
30	Irene	94
31	Sarah	92
32	Gertrude	90
33	Myrtle	87
34	Bertha	86
35	Viola	83
36	Lena	80
37	Mabel	78
38	Ella	77
38	Mattie	77
38	Pearl	77
41	Ida	76
42	Alma	75
42	Bernice	75
42	Frances	75
45	Agnes	73
46	Grace	71
47	Beulah	70
47	Florence	70
47	Martha	70
47	Rosa	70

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	407
2	James	357
3	Joseph	296
4	William	269
5	Willie	255
6	Robert	209
7	Henry	190
8	George	184
9	Charles	156
10	Edward	147
11	Frank	138
12	Louis	130
13	Clarence	123
14	Albert	118
14	Thomas	118
16	Walter	91
17	Joe	88
18	Arthur	87
19	Ernest	78
20	Fred	76
21	Earl	74
21	Sam	74
23	Charlie	73
24	Lawrence	71
25	Richard	65
25	Roy	65
27	Paul	62
28	Harry	53
28	Leon	53
30	Andrew	51
30	David	51
30	Eddie	51
33	Anthony	50
33	Herbert	50
33	Jack	50
36	Harold	49
37	Eugene	46
38	Alfred	44
38	Herman	44
38	Jessie	44
38	Percy	44
42	Samuel	43
42	Sidney	43
44	Alvin	42
45	Howard	41
45	Leroy	41
45	Peter	41
48	Johnnie	40
49	Milton	35
50	Lee	33