Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,268
2	Dorothy	672
3	Helen	411
4	Marie	396
5	Mildred	385
6	Annie	312
7	Ruby	269
7	Thelma	269
9	Doris	268
10	Rita	261
11	Ruth	257
12	Margaret	248
13	Ethel	245
14	Gladys	241
15	Louise	240
16	Hazel	235
17	Lucille	229
18	Evelyn	216
18	Willie	216
20	Lillian	205
21	Alice	195
22	Anna	190
23	Elizabeth	189
24	Edna	180
25	Marjorie	177
26	Lillie	174
27	Bernice	166
27	Irene	166
29	Rose	164
30	Beatrice	163
31	Frances	162
32	Josephine	161
33	Gloria	159
34	Myrtle	153
35	Pearl	152
36	Martha	149
37	Emma	147
38	Ella	145
39	Florence	144
40	Shirley	143
41	Ida	141
42	Bertha	140
43	Agnes	139
44	Virginia	137
45	Audrey	133
46	Lena	126
47	Catherine	122
47	Margie	122
49	Alma	119
49	Laura	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	953
2	John	870
3	Joseph	780
4	William	583
5	Robert	547
6	Charles	425
7	Willie	421
8	George	415
9	Henry	392
10	Edward	316
11	Louis	315
12	Frank	256
13	Thomas	248
14	Clarence	229
15	Albert	223
16	Walter	199
17	Paul	187
18	Earl	184
19	Harold	173
20	Lawrence	169
21	Ernest	162
22	Roy	158
23	Raymond	148
24	Arthur	147
24	Herman	147
26	Richard	146
27	David	141
28	Joe	139
29	Andrew	129
30	Leroy	125
31	Jack	119
32	Warren	116
33	Harry	112
33	Milton	112
35	Sam	108
36	Alvin	107
36	Jessie	107
38	Samuel	106
38	Sidney	106
40	Herbert	105
41	Leon	104
42	Alfred	103
43	Anthony	98
44	Eugene	95
45	Eddie	94
46	Howard	93
47	Leo	92
48	Charlie	91
48	Fred	91
50	Lloyd	90