Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	881
2	Marie	293
3	Mildred	266
4	Dorothy	253
5	Helen	247
6	Annie	246
7	Ruth	226
8	Gladys	217
9	Hazel	211
10	Louise	208
11	Ruby	204
12	Ethel	199
13	Lillian	193
13	Thelma	193
15	Alice	187
16	Lucille	183
17	Willie	179
18	Beatrice	168
19	Margaret	166
20	Josephine	150
21	Anna	149
21	Edna	149
21	Rose	149
24	Elizabeth	148
25	Bertha	144
26	Evelyn	140
27	Irene	138
28	Myrtle	137
29	Frances	132
30	Bessie	130
31	Bernice	127
32	Ida	124
33	Clara	122
34	Agnes	120
35	Florence	119
35	Lillie	119
37	Laura	115
38	Lena	114
39	Gertrude	106
40	Alma	105
40	Doris	105
42	Eva	103
43	Emma	102
44	Pearl	100
44	Vivian	100
46	Martha	97
46	Rosa	97
48	Inez	96
48	Jessie	96
50	Mattie	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	674
2	James	615
3	Joseph	557
4	William	433
5	Robert	362
5	Willie	362
7	George	355
8	Henry	288
9	Charles	252
9	Edward	252
11	Frank	237
12	Louis	197
13	Albert	193
14	Thomas	189
15	Clarence	158
16	Walter	153
17	Earl	148
18	Joe	147
19	Lawrence	137
20	Paul	131
21	Arthur	129
22	Ernest	128
23	Roy	104
24	Harold	103
25	Herbert	102
26	Sam	99
27	Richard	95
28	Harry	93
29	Alvin	92
29	Herman	92
31	Andrew	89
32	David	87
32	Eddie	87
32	Jack	87
35	Fred	84
35	Leon	84
37	Leroy	83
38	Raymond	82
39	Eugene	80
39	Jessie	80
41	Lee	79
42	Anthony	76
43	Charlie	72
43	Samuel	72
45	Alfred	71
46	Sidney	69
47	Percy	67
48	Howard	66
49	Claude	65
50	Leo	63