Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,164
2	Dorothy	418
3	Helen	360
4	Marie	346
5	Mildred	340
6	Hazel	306
7	Annie	301
8	Ruth	266
9	Ruby	265
10	Ethel	264
11	Lillian	244
12	Gladys	242
13	Louise	241
14	Lucille	234
15	Rita	217
16	Willie	203
17	Anna	201
18	Thelma	200
19	Alice	196
19	Edna	196
21	Margaret	189
22	Rose	185
23	Beatrice	184
24	Elizabeth	179
25	Evelyn	175
26	Lillie	170
27	Bessie	160
27	Josephine	160
29	Frances	155
30	Doris	153
30	Irene	153
32	Bernice	148
33	Bertha	147
34	Ella	136
35	Martha	134
35	Myrtle	134
35	Virginia	134
38	Agnes	131
39	Ida	129
40	Lena	127
41	Florence	126
42	Gertrude	125
43	Pearl	122
44	Marjorie	121
45	Alma	119
45	Jessie	119
47	Laura	118
47	Marguerite	118
49	Viola	114
50	Clara	113

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	826
2	James	759
3	Joseph	700
4	William	509
5	Robert	437
6	George	424
7	Willie	403
8	Henry	323
9	Charles	314
10	Edward	286
11	Louis	269
12	Albert	248
13	Frank	247
14	Thomas	240
15	Clarence	211
16	Walter	164
17	Paul	161
18	Joe	157
19	Lawrence	149
20	Earl	141
21	Arthur	138
22	Richard	135
23	Roy	132
24	Ernest	129
25	Herman	122
26	Harry	118
27	Eddie	117
28	Alvin	116
28	Samuel	116
30	Harold	115
31	Andrew	113
32	Leroy	108
32	Woodrow	108
34	Raymond	104
35	Jack	103
36	David	101
36	Eugene	101
36	Fred	101
36	Jessie	101
40	Herbert	99
41	Wilson	95
42	Sam	92
43	Alfred	89
44	Anthony	87
44	Lee	87
46	Sidney	86
47	Howard	84
48	Lloyd	82
49	Johnnie	81
49	Leon	81