Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	957
2	Dorothy	329
3	Marie	312
4	Helen	297
5	Mildred	280
6	Annie	260
7	Gladys	225
8	Ethel	224
9	Hazel	218
10	Lucille	215
11	Louise	212
12	Thelma	201
13	Ruby	199
14	Edna	190
14	Lillian	190
14	Ruth	190
17	Willie	180
18	Beatrice	179
19	Evelyn	178
20	Margaret	174
21	Alice	159
22	Anna	148
22	Elizabeth	148
24	Rose	147
25	Lillie	146
25	Myrtle	146
27	Irene	142
28	Bertha	137
29	Bessie	136
30	Josephine	135
31	Frances	130
32	Bernice	128
33	Agnes	127
33	Laura	127
35	Alma	125
35	Doris	125
37	Gertrude	121
38	Clara	117
38	Pearl	117
40	Edith	116
41	Marjorie	115
42	Emma	114
43	Mattie	109
44	Eva	108
45	Eunice	105
46	Mabel	104
47	Vera	102
48	Ella	101
48	Florence	101
48	Grace	101

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	666
2	James	637
3	Joseph	604
4	William	410
5	Willie	377
6	Robert	364
7	George	318
8	Henry	279
9	Charles	265
10	Edward	249
11	Louis	237
12	Frank	213
13	Thomas	199
14	Albert	185
15	Walter	184
16	Clarence	172
17	Paul	149
18	Joe	128
19	Lawrence	122
20	Earl	120
21	Sam	119
22	Harold	116
23	Ernest	115
24	Arthur	112
24	Roy	112
26	David	110
27	Richard	109
28	Fred	104
29	Herman	102
29	Leroy	102
31	Leon	98
32	Andrew	97
33	Harry	96
34	Lloyd	92
35	Eddie	91
35	Jack	91
37	Woodrow	89
38	Herbert	80
38	Howard	80
40	Anthony	79
40	Samuel	79
42	Lee	78
43	Johnnie	77
43	Wilson	77
45	Alvin	75
45	Claude	75
45	Eugene	75
45	Jessie	75
49	Raymond	74
50	Charlie	72