Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,301
2	Dorothy	497
3	Helen	388
4	Mildred	363
5	Marie	343
6	Annie	290
7	Rita	283
8	Hazel	264
8	Lucille	264
10	Ruby	255
11	Ruth	241
12	Gladys	233
13	Lillian	229
14	Ethel	228
14	Louise	228
16	Evelyn	213
16	Margaret	213
18	Doris	211
19	Alice	206
19	Willie	206
21	Thelma	205
22	Anna	199
23	Elizabeth	196
24	Edna	192
25	Frances	184
26	Irene	183
27	Lillie	174
28	Beatrice	171
28	Rose	171
30	Josephine	167
31	Bernice	166
32	Myrtle	150
33	Emma	145
34	Ella	141
35	Bertha	138
36	Pearl	136
37	Bessie	135
38	Gertrude	132
38	Vivian	132
40	Virginia	131
41	Marjorie	128
42	Rosa	125
43	Florence	124
44	Ida	119
44	Mattie	119
46	Lena	114
46	Martha	114
48	Agnes	113
49	Alma	109
49	Eva	109

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	913
2	James	869
3	Joseph	745
4	William	567
5	Robert	468
6	George	432
7	Charles	401
8	Willie	372
9	Henry	330
10	Edward	326
11	Louis	282
12	Frank	278
13	Thomas	256
14	Albert	240
15	Clarence	187
16	Lawrence	181
16	Walter	181
18	Arthur	171
19	Harold	163
20	Joe	161
21	Paul	160
22	Earl	151
23	Roy	147
24	Richard	134
25	David	120
25	Ernest	120
25	Raymond	120
28	Harry	119
29	Leroy	118
30	Eugene	116
30	Jack	116
32	Alvin	112
33	Alfred	111
34	Herman	107
35	Samuel	106
36	Leon	102
37	Andrew	100
37	Fred	100
37	Sam	100
40	Warren	99
41	Charlie	98
42	Eddie	94
43	Lee	93
44	Jessie	92
44	Lloyd	92
46	Howard	91
46	Sidney	91
48	Anthony	87
49	Milton	85
50	Leo	81