Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,378
2	Dorothy	782
3	Helen	416
4	Marie	347
5	Betty	346
6	Doris	319
7	Mildred	308
8	Annie	277
9	Joyce	273
10	Shirley	270
11	Gloria	265
12	Willie	245
13	Ethel	244
14	Ruby	242
15	Anna	235
16	Ruth	228
17	Evelyn	217
17	Margaret	217
19	Rita	206
20	Alice	205
20	Audrey	205
22	Thelma	204
23	Rose	203
24	Hazel	197
25	Gladys	189
26	Louise	182
27	Lillie	181
28	Elizabeth	175
29	Theresa	174
30	Lucille	173
31	Frances	168
31	Lillian	168
33	Bernice	166
34	Edna	164
35	Ella	162
36	Irene	144
37	Beatrice	139
38	Emma	137
39	Catherine	134
40	Bertha	133
41	Florence	127
42	Clara	126
42	Jessie	126
42	Lois	126
45	Juanita	124
45	Laura	124
47	Virginia	123
48	Margie	121
48	Marjorie	121
50	Bessie	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,029
2	John	961
3	Joseph	833
4	Robert	592
5	William	560
6	Charles	493
7	Willie	393
8	George	375
9	Henry	345
10	Edward	307
11	Louis	270
12	Frank	254
13	Thomas	252
14	Albert	243
15	Walter	206
16	Clarence	194
17	Richard	192
18	Raymond	187
19	Paul	180
20	Earl	175
21	Ernest	168
22	Roy	165
23	Leroy	164
24	Harold	158
25	Jack	154
26	Alvin	151
27	Arthur	140
27	Eugene	140
29	Lawrence	139
30	David	132
31	Donald	130
32	Joe	128
32	Samuel	128
34	Herbert	122
35	Herman	114
36	Andrew	107
37	Lloyd	105
37	Melvin	105
39	Eddie	104
39	Floyd	104
39	Harry	104
42	Alfred	102
43	Leon	99
44	Calvin	97
45	Jessie	95
45	Lee	95
47	Charlie	93
47	Ray	93
49	Anthony	92
50	Allen	90