Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,341
2	Dorothy	777
3	Helen	411
4	Marie	368
5	Doris	325
6	Gloria	312
7	Mildred	311
8	Annie	305
9	Ruby	287
10	Shirley	282
11	Ruth	272
12	Ethel	260
13	Hazel	255
14	Willie	251
15	Betty	243
16	Audrey	235
17	Anna	228
18	Margaret	222
19	Thelma	218
20	Alice	213
20	Rose	213
22	Gladys	210
23	Lucille	206
24	Joyce	204
25	Rita	198
26	Louise	192
27	Evelyn	186
28	Bernice	182
29	Elizabeth	178
30	Lillie	171
31	Frances	167
32	Edna	158
32	Lillian	158
34	Bertha	145
35	Lois	144
36	Ella	142
37	Jessie	141
37	Virginia	141
39	Bessie	140
40	Irene	139
41	Juanita	136
42	Catherine	135
42	Josephine	135
44	Marjorie	131
45	Martha	130
46	Beatrice	126
47	Emma	125
47	Florence	125
49	Clara	119
49	Ida	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	952
2	John	877
3	Joseph	790
4	Robert	601
5	William	576
6	Charles	469
7	George	431
8	Willie	385
9	Henry	308
10	Edward	301
11	Frank	269
12	Louis	262
13	Thomas	259
14	Albert	241
15	Clarence	217
16	Paul	207
17	Walter	200
18	Raymond	185
19	Richard	184
19	Roy	184
21	Harold	173
22	Leroy	169
23	Lawrence	165
24	Earl	161
25	Jack	148
26	Arthur	145
27	Joe	140
28	Alvin	137
29	David	136
30	Ernest	131
31	Lloyd	126
32	Floyd	125
33	Leon	120
34	Donald	116
34	Herman	116
36	Andrew	115
36	Eugene	115
38	Herbert	112
38	Samuel	112
40	Alfred	110
41	Calvin	108
42	Charlie	105
43	Melvin	104
44	Anthony	103
45	Fred	101
46	Harry	100
46	Jessie	100
48	Eddie	93
49	Milton	88
50	Sidney	87