Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Dorothy	661
3	Marie	399
4	Helen	395
5	Mildred	335
6	Annie	292
7	Ruby	283
8	Doris	264
8	Ruth	264
10	Evelyn	251
11	Margaret	236
12	Louise	233
13	Ethel	232
14	Lucille	229
15	Hazel	228
15	Rita	228
17	Willie	222
18	Anna	219
19	Gladys	217
20	Gloria	204
21	Thelma	202
22	Alice	201
23	Rose	195
24	Shirley	190
25	Elizabeth	185
25	Frances	185
27	Edna	184
28	Lillian	180
29	Lillie	177
30	Irene	165
31	Josephine	163
32	Beatrice	160
33	Marjorie	157
34	Bernice	150
35	Myrtle	142
36	Martha	138
37	Audrey	135
38	Florence	134
39	Margie	125
40	Juanita	124
41	Emma	123
42	Ella	122
42	Virginia	122
44	Bessie	121
44	Catherine	121
44	Clara	121
44	Lois	121
48	Ida	119
49	Vera	118
50	Laura	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	895
2	James	887
3	Joseph	793
4	William	527
5	Robert	501
6	Charles	434
7	George	412
8	Willie	371
9	Henry	369
10	Edward	314
11	Thomas	292
12	Louis	288
13	Frank	254
14	Albert	250
15	Clarence	209
16	Walter	196
17	Harold	177
18	Paul	173
19	Lawrence	171
20	Earl	164
21	Leroy	162
22	Roy	161
23	Raymond	153
24	Arthur	151
25	Warren	150
26	Richard	145
27	Ernest	139
28	David	130
29	Harry	128
30	Herman	122
31	Joe	121
32	Samuel	117
33	Fred	112
34	Alvin	111
35	Jessie	109
36	Jack	108
37	Eugene	106
38	Herbert	104
39	Alfred	103
39	Leon	103
41	Andrew	102
42	Anthony	101
43	Eddie	98
43	Milton	98
45	Sidney	96
46	Lloyd	95
47	Lee	87
48	Charlie	86
49	Howard	84
50	Leonard	83