Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,487
2	Betty	670
3	Barbara	638
4	Shirley	547
5	Dorothy	443
6	Gloria	349
7	Patricia	294
8	Carolyn	280
9	Joyce	278
10	Helen	260
11	Margaret	231
12	Elizabeth	222
13	Doris	205
14	Geraldine	194
15	Annie	193
15	Marie	193
17	Alice	190
18	Ruby	182
19	Rose	181
20	Frances	180
21	Martha	177
22	Linda	172
23	Audrey	156
23	Carol	156
25	Anna	146
26	Joan	145
27	Evelyn	144
27	Yvonne	144
29	Ethel	140
30	Mildred	138
31	Virginia	136
32	Patsy	135
33	Janice	131
33	Ruth	131
35	Beverly	127
36	Catherine	124
37	Norma	123
37	Peggy	123
39	Willie	122
40	Bobbie	120
40	Sylvia	120
42	Sandra	118
43	Edna	116
44	Lillie	115
44	Lois	115
46	Emma	109
47	Juanita	106
47	Lucille	106
49	Jeanette	105
49	Theresa	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,150
2	John	972
3	Robert	769
4	Charles	724
5	Joseph	659
6	William	495
7	Willie	360
8	Donald	359
9	George	347
10	Thomas	313
11	Richard	299
12	Edward	269
13	Henry	254
14	Raymond	247
15	Jerry	241
16	Louis	235
17	David	220
18	Ronald	213
19	Paul	212
20	Harold	189
21	Frank	188
21	Roy	188
23	Albert	187
24	Billy	186
24	Gerald	186
26	Walter	181
27	Joe	176
28	Lawrence	175
29	Kenneth	172
30	Bobby	169
30	Earl	169
32	Larry	165
33	Clarence	153
33	Leroy	153
35	Arthur	150
36	Jimmy	148
37	Eugene	137
38	Melvin	131
39	Ernest	123
40	Johnny	121
41	Alvin	118
42	Herbert	113
42	Herman	113
44	Anthony	108
45	Eddie	101
45	Harry	101
45	Michael	101
48	Leon	100
49	Lee	98
50	Allen	94