Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,227
2	Dorothy	620
3	Betty	572
4	Joyce	352
5	Helen	299
6	Gloria	293
7	Doris	282
8	Shirley	275
9	Marie	272
10	Mildred	226
11	Annie	220
11	Barbara	220
13	Margaret	208
14	Rose	204
15	Ruby	191
16	Ruth	181
17	Ethel	172
17	Evelyn	172
19	Audrey	163
20	Dolores	156
21	Frances	154
22	Alice	150
23	Anna	149
24	Thelma	145
25	Gladys	144
26	Hazel	142
27	Patricia	141
27	Willie	141
29	Martha	139
30	Elizabeth	135
31	Theresa	134
32	Rita	130
33	Lillie	128
34	Geraldine	127
35	Louise	122
35	Virginia	122
37	Lois	120
38	Catherine	119
39	Joan	118
40	Lucille	116
41	Billie	112
42	Jessie	109
43	Bertha	105
43	Lillian	105
45	Beverly	104
45	Ella	104
45	Juanita	104
48	Bessie	102
49	Irene	100
50	Bobbie	94

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	914
2	John	762
3	Joseph	700
4	Robert	606
5	Charles	512
6	William	430
7	George	334
8	Willie	312
9	Henry	300
10	Edward	285
11	Louis	245
12	Thomas	223
13	Frank	204
14	Donald	197
15	Paul	195
16	Albert	191
17	Clarence	187
17	Harold	187
17	Richard	187
20	Raymond	186
21	Earl	167
22	Roy	152
23	Billy	151
24	Ernest	148
25	Walter	147
26	Leroy	145
27	Lawrence	140
28	Bobby	130
29	David	127
29	Jack	127
31	Joe	124
32	Jerry	119
33	Alvin	112
34	Alfred	110
35	Eugene	109
36	Arthur	102
37	Herbert	100
38	Herman	98
38	Huey	98
40	Gerald	97
40	Samuel	97
42	Kenneth	96
42	Melvin	96
44	Lloyd	94
45	Jessie	91
46	Anthony	89
46	Harry	89
48	Dudley	87
49	Andrew	86
50	Allen	84