Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,195
2	Dorothy	640
3	Marie	418
4	Helen	411
5	Mildred	388
6	Ruth	298
7	Annie	291
8	Rita	279
9	Doris	262
10	Louise	259
11	Thelma	256
12	Ruby	252
13	Hazel	249
14	Ethel	246
15	Lucille	243
16	Gladys	240
17	Evelyn	235
18	Willie	222
19	Margaret	221
20	Alice	219
21	Rose	203
22	Anna	198
22	Lillian	198
24	Marjorie	191
25	Beatrice	188
26	Bernice	185
27	Edna	182
28	Lillie	180
29	Elizabeth	175
30	Bessie	163
31	Josephine	162
32	Frances	159
33	Irene	158
34	Myrtle	155
35	Ida	148
36	Florence	147
37	Audrey	140
38	Agnes	138
39	Catherine	137
40	Ella	135
40	Hilda	135
42	Virginia	134
43	Bertha	131
44	Martha	130
45	Emma	124
46	Vera	122
47	Pearl	120
48	Shirley	119
49	Gertrude	117
49	Lena	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	859
2	John	834
3	Joseph	775
4	William	534
5	Robert	496
6	George	404
7	Charles	396
8	Willie	377
9	Louis	336
10	Edward	324
11	Henry	321
12	Albert	272
12	Frank	272
14	Thomas	256
15	Clarence	216
16	Walter	188
17	Paul	176
18	Earl	158
19	Roy	157
20	Raymond	151
21	Lawrence	150
22	Harold	149
22	Joe	149
24	Arthur	148
24	Warren	148
26	Herman	136
27	Richard	135
28	Ernest	131
29	Alvin	128
29	Fred	128
31	Harry	127
31	Leroy	127
33	David	126
34	Jack	124
35	Samuel	123
36	Lloyd	109
37	Leo	104
38	Alfred	102
38	Andrew	102
40	Herbert	100
41	Sidney	93
42	Allen	92
43	Eugene	91
44	Sam	89
45	Eddie	87
46	Charlie	86
46	Percy	86
48	Anthony	85
48	Howard	85
48	Leon	85