Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,409
2	Barbara	705
3	Betty	645
4	Dorothy	502
5	Shirley	465
6	Patricia	429
7	Gloria	349
8	Carolyn	308
9	Linda	305
10	Helen	239
11	Joyce	236
12	Margaret	222
13	Doris	221
14	Geraldine	210
15	Alice	201
15	Rose	201
17	Martha	196
18	Annie	186
19	Sandra	185
20	Elizabeth	184
21	Carol	182
22	Frances	169
22	Marie	169
24	Brenda	160
25	Virginia	145
26	Audrey	144
27	Evelyn	142
28	Beverly	141
28	Bobbie	141
30	Patsy	138
30	Peggy	138
32	Juanita	137
33	Sylvia	136
34	Willie	135
35	Joan	134
36	Ethel	132
37	Judy	129
37	Ruby	129
39	Jo	128
40	Anna	127
40	Judith	127
40	Mildred	127
43	Janice	126
44	Ruth	123
45	Nancy	120
46	Yvonne	119
47	Catherine	117
48	Laura	116
49	Lois	115
50	Emma	113

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,166
2	John	940
3	Robert	795
4	Charles	736
5	Joseph	716
6	William	528
7	Willie	390
8	Donald	356
9	George	341
9	Richard	341
11	Jerry	313
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	268
14	Louis	255
15	Henry	249
16	Larry	244
17	David	242
18	Frank	235
19	Kenneth	223
20	Raymond	212
21	Billy	211
22	Paul	210
23	Ronald	204
24	Earl	197
25	Walter	196
26	Albert	186
27	Bobby	182
28	Clarence	180
29	Gerald	177
30	Johnny	173
31	Harold	168
32	Joe	163
33	Lawrence	156
34	Roy	154
35	Eugene	146
36	Leroy	145
37	Melvin	143
38	Arthur	142
39	Alvin	132
39	Jimmy	132
41	Anthony	119
42	Herbert	113
43	Ernest	112
44	Jimmie	106
44	Wayne	106
46	Daniel	103
47	Alfred	102
47	Eddie	102
47	Herman	102
47	Samuel	102