Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,244
2	Betty	656
3	Dorothy	607
4	Shirley	426
5	Barbara	351
6	Gloria	315
7	Joyce	290
8	Helen	263
9	Doris	240
10	Annie	216
11	Marie	209
12	Margaret	198
13	Ruby	196
14	Patricia	178
15	Ethel	167
16	Audrey	166
17	Rose	158
18	Willie	156
19	Geraldine	153
20	Mildred	151
21	Evelyn	150
22	Dolores	148
23	Frances	145
23	Joan	145
25	Anna	140
26	Lois	139
26	Ruth	139
28	Alice	138
29	Martha	132
30	Lillie	131
31	Elizabeth	124
32	Carolyn	121
32	Ella	121
34	Virginia	119
35	Theresa	117
36	Bobbie	115
36	Peggy	115
38	Clara	114
38	Thelma	114
40	Louise	113
41	Billie	109
42	Catherine	107
42	Juanita	107
44	Gladys	105
45	Lucille	104
46	Patsy	103
47	Bessie	102
47	Margie	102
49	Rita	100
50	Beverly	99

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	913
2	John	833
3	Joseph	651
4	Charles	611
5	Robert	587
6	William	419
7	Willie	326
8	George	307
9	Donald	294
10	Edward	268
11	Henry	256
12	Louis	216
13	Thomas	206
14	Richard	203
15	Frank	192
16	Billy	191
17	Bobby	180
18	Paul	173
19	Raymond	170
20	Clarence	169
20	Earl	169
20	Harold	169
23	Albert	164
24	Jerry	158
25	Lawrence	154
26	Walter	153
27	David	151
28	Leroy	140
29	Ronald	132
30	Roy	131
31	Alvin	130
32	Joe	128
33	Ernest	123
34	Gerald	111
35	Jack	109
36	Arthur	106
36	Eddie	106
36	Melvin	106
39	Anthony	104
40	Eugene	103
41	Alfred	102
42	Herbert	100
42	Kenneth	100
44	Leon	95
45	Andrew	94
46	Herman	92
46	Johnny	92
48	Huey	86
48	Ralph	86
50	Samuel	85