Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,111
2	Dorothy	380
3	Marie	346
4	Helen	331
5	Mildred	328
6	Annie	278
7	Hazel	267
8	Louise	241
9	Lucille	238
9	Ruth	238
11	Gladys	231
12	Ethel	224
13	Ruby	217
14	Anna	210
15	Lillian	206
16	Thelma	204
17	Willie	203
18	Edna	198
19	Alice	197
20	Beatrice	189
21	Margaret	185
22	Evelyn	182
23	Elizabeth	167
24	Irene	165
25	Frances	159
26	Josephine	157
27	Doris	153
28	Gertrude	148
29	Bernice	142
30	Rose	140
31	Lena	138
31	Lillie	138
33	Agnes	134
34	Bessie	130
35	Bertha	129
35	Clara	129
35	Myrtle	129
38	Eunice	128
39	Florence	127
39	Mattie	127
41	Ida	125
42	Pearl	122
43	Rosa	119
44	Ella	118
44	Emma	118
44	Eva	118
47	Rita	117
48	Marjorie	114
49	Jessie	113
50	Hilda	112

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	847
2	James	732
3	Joseph	649
4	William	518
5	Robert	415
6	Willie	408
7	George	389
8	Henry	328
9	Charles	304
10	Louis	266
11	Edward	264
12	Frank	256
13	Albert	239
14	Thomas	211
15	Clarence	183
16	Walter	177
17	Paul	158
18	Woodrow	144
19	Earl	139
20	Joe	134
21	Wilson	133
22	Arthur	129
23	Ernest	124
24	Harold	123
25	Alfred	120
25	Roy	120
27	Sam	116
28	Lawrence	115
29	Leon	114
30	Samuel	111
31	Jack	110
32	Eddie	109
33	David	108
33	Raymond	108
35	Alvin	107
35	Harry	107
37	Charlie	105
38	Fred	102
39	Richard	101
40	Andrew	99
41	Sidney	93
42	Herman	92
42	Jessie	92
44	Lee	90
45	Howard	87
45	Leroy	87
47	Eugene	84
47	Lloyd	84
49	Jesse	83
50	Allen	81