Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,326
2	Barbara	698
3	Betty	693
4	Shirley	565
5	Dorothy	499
6	Gloria	298
7	Joyce	282
8	Patricia	275
9	Carolyn	220
10	Helen	219
11	Margaret	214
12	Annie	207
13	Marie	196
14	Rose	195
15	Geraldine	192
16	Martha	184
17	Elizabeth	182
18	Alice	177
19	Beverly	173
19	Doris	173
21	Audrey	163
21	Evelyn	163
23	Anna	162
23	Frances	162
25	Ruby	159
26	Carol	157
27	Patsy	148
28	Virginia	147
29	Sylvia	145
30	Mildred	142
31	Ethel	139
32	Ruth	133
33	Lillie	130
34	Peggy	127
35	Catherine	125
36	Lois	124
36	Willie	124
38	Yvonne	121
39	Bobbie	118
40	Janice	117
41	Louise	116
42	Ann	115
42	Dolores	115
42	Joan	115
45	Clara	113
46	Jean	112
47	Norma	110
48	Ella	106
48	Rita	106
50	Jo	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,071
2	John	888
3	Robert	761
4	Charles	695
5	Joseph	669
6	William	508
7	Willie	391
8	Donald	370
9	George	366
10	Edward	279
11	Richard	278
12	Thomas	272
13	Henry	254
14	Louis	242
15	Jerry	240
16	David	212
17	Ronald	209
18	Raymond	207
19	Albert	203
20	Paul	200
21	Gerald	199
22	Billy	190
22	Bobby	190
22	Joe	190
25	Frank	184
26	Larry	175
27	Earl	174
28	Roy	164
29	Lawrence	156
30	Leroy	148
31	Arthur	141
31	Melvin	141
33	Clarence	140
33	Walter	140
35	Harold	139
36	Eddie	137
37	Johnny	134
38	Alvin	127
39	Ernest	124
40	Kenneth	122
41	Anthony	121
42	Eugene	115
43	Jimmy	114
44	Herman	111
45	Allen	106
46	Harry	102
47	Herbert	100
48	Leon	99
49	Carl	98
49	Leonard	98