Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,266
2	Dorothy	663
3	Betty	396
4	Helen	347
5	Marie	312
6	Doris	306
7	Joyce	287
8	Annie	276
9	Mildred	268
10	Shirley	267
11	Gloria	257
12	Rose	248
13	Margaret	227
13	Ruth	227
15	Ruby	216
16	Willie	209
17	Audrey	204
18	Hazel	196
19	Ethel	195
20	Alice	194
21	Gladys	190
22	Anna	184
23	Louise	183
24	Theresa	174
25	Elizabeth	169
25	Thelma	169
27	Evelyn	167
27	Frances	167
29	Lucille	166
30	Bernice	149
30	Lois	149
32	Virginia	148
33	Lillian	146
34	Lillie	139
35	Rita	138
36	Edna	129
37	Ella	127
38	Dolores	119
38	Irene	119
40	Bertha	117
40	Catherine	117
42	Bessie	115
42	Emma	115
44	Marion	114
45	Juanita	111
46	Josephine	110
47	Barbara	109
48	Rosa	108
49	Martha	106
50	Laura	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	901
2	John	829
3	Joseph	734
4	Robert	573
5	Charles	549
6	William	453
7	Willie	374
8	George	365
9	Edward	307
9	Henry	307
11	Louis	271
12	Thomas	240
13	Raymond	225
14	Albert	224
15	Frank	218
16	Clarence	202
17	Harold	191
18	Richard	187
19	Lawrence	181
20	Roy	167
21	Earl	162
22	Huey	160
23	Paul	157
24	Walter	155
25	Donald	150
26	Arthur	149
27	Herbert	146
27	Joe	146
29	Alfred	134
30	Alvin	129
31	Ernest	128
32	Billy	123
32	Jack	123
34	David	116
35	Leroy	115
36	Eugene	114
37	Melvin	108
38	Herman	107
39	Lloyd	106
40	Johnnie	100
40	Leonard	100
42	Andrew	98
43	Harry	97
44	Calvin	96
45	Anthony	94
45	Johnny	94
47	Allen	92
48	Warren	91
49	Jessie	88
50	Samuel	87