Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,306
2	Dorothy	686
3	Betty	442
4	Helen	357
5	Joyce	294
6	Doris	289
7	Marie	280
8	Mildred	273
9	Gloria	271
10	Annie	258
11	Shirley	244
12	Ruby	236
13	Ethel	232
14	Rose	215
14	Ruth	215
16	Audrey	211
17	Evelyn	199
18	Dolores	195
18	Margaret	195
20	Willie	193
21	Hazel	182
22	Thelma	180
23	Anna	176
24	Alice	174
24	Theresa	174
26	Elizabeth	173
27	Gladys	162
28	Louise	155
29	Barbara	141
30	Frances	139
30	Lillie	139
32	Rita	137
33	Lucille	133
34	Bernice	131
35	Lois	127
35	Virginia	127
37	Martha	120
38	Edna	118
39	Ella	117
39	Emma	117
41	Ida	114
42	Catherine	106
43	Rosa	105
43	Velma	105
45	Beatrice	104
45	Billie	104
45	Marion	104
45	Patricia	104
49	Josephine	103
50	Jessie	102

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	861
2	John	814
3	Joseph	724
4	Robert	565
5	Charles	517
6	William	481
7	Willie	371
8	George	367
9	Edward	305
10	Henry	277
11	Louis	246
12	Raymond	235
13	Thomas	234
14	Albert	216
15	Clarence	207
16	Richard	200
17	Frank	199
18	Leroy	171
19	Walter	166
20	Paul	164
20	Roy	164
22	Harold	160
22	Lawrence	160
24	Earl	154
25	Arthur	153
26	Huey	145
26	Jack	145
28	Donald	136
29	David	135
30	Herbert	132
31	Billy	130
32	Alvin	129
33	Ernest	127
34	Herman	115
35	Joe	110
36	Eugene	104
37	Floyd	103
38	Melvin	101
39	Andrew	99
39	Anthony	99
41	Harry	94
41	Lee	94
43	Alfred	92
43	Charlie	92
43	Milton	92
46	Samuel	91
47	Allen	90
47	Bobby	90
47	Ray	90
50	Fred	88