Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,249
2	Shirley	719
3	Betty	598
4	Dorothy	506
5	Barbara	483
6	Joyce	292
7	Helen	272
8	Gloria	258
9	Rose	211
10	Patricia	210
11	Marie	207
12	Doris	202
13	Annie	189
14	Ruby	187
15	Audrey	180
16	Margaret	179
17	Geraldine	165
18	Beverly	152
19	Elizabeth	148
20	Carolyn	147
21	Mildred	143
21	Willie	143
23	Frances	142
24	Evelyn	141
25	Ethel	134
25	Joan	134
27	Ruth	133
28	Virginia	131
29	Lucille	130
30	Sylvia	126
31	Patsy	125
32	Martha	123
33	Alice	120
34	Yvonne	115
35	Lois	114
35	Theresa	114
37	Catherine	113
37	Emma	113
39	Dolores	109
39	Lillie	109
41	Anna	107
41	Louise	107
43	Carol	105
43	Juanita	105
45	Hazel	104
46	Bobbie	102
46	Gladys	102
48	Margie	100
49	Clara	98
49	Peggy	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,032
2	John	871
3	Joseph	677
4	Robert	625
5	Charles	579
6	William	418
7	Donald	331
8	Willie	324
9	George	299
10	Richard	290
11	Henry	224
12	Edward	221
13	Thomas	218
14	Billy	216
15	Earl	208
16	Albert	207
17	Raymond	206
18	Paul	203
19	Bobby	198
20	Louis	194
21	Jerry	188
22	Joe	184
23	Frank	165
23	Ronald	165
25	Walter	162
26	David	159
27	Gerald	158
27	Harold	158
29	Leroy	157
30	Huey	153
31	Clarence	151
32	Roy	142
33	Kenneth	132
34	Arthur	126
35	Allen	118
36	Ernest	116
37	Lawrence	114
38	Larry	112
39	Eugene	111
40	Alvin	109
41	Herbert	107
42	Melvin	105
43	Harry	103
44	Carl	97
45	Johnny	96
46	Alfred	94
47	Eddie	92
47	Herman	92
47	Leon	92
50	Jessie	88