Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,555
2	Barbara	761
3	Betty	638
4	Linda	466
4	Patricia	466
6	Dorothy	455
7	Shirley	452
8	Gloria	406
9	Carolyn	391
10	Joyce	298
11	Margaret	250
12	Helen	234
13	Marie	224
14	Sandra	223
15	Martha	219
16	Brenda	212
16	Elizabeth	212
18	Carol	200
18	Geraldine	200
20	Doris	197
21	Alice	195
22	Rose	193
23	Patsy	192
24	Beverly	184
25	Annie	182
25	Frances	182
27	Judy	178
28	Ruby	166
29	Peggy	161
30	Virginia	158
31	Judith	152
32	Audrey	147
33	Mildred	141
34	Catherine	139
35	Sylvia	137
36	Ethel	135
37	Jo	132
38	Evelyn	131
38	Nancy	131
38	Ruth	131
38	Willie	131
42	Anna	128
42	Janice	128
44	Lois	126
45	Joan	125
46	Dolores	119
47	Elaine	118
48	Lillie	115
49	Ann	112
50	Rita	111

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,239
2	John	1,088
3	Robert	866
4	Joseph	774
5	Charles	767
6	William	560
7	Donald	381
8	George	369
9	Willie	368
10	Jerry	362
11	Thomas	349
12	Richard	335
13	Edward	321
14	Ronald	318
15	David	315
16	Henry	300
17	Larry	252
18	Gerald	240
19	Paul	223
20	Frank	221
21	Raymond	217
22	Louis	216
23	Roy	211
24	Kenneth	203
25	Bobby	198
26	Billy	184
27	Earl	176
28	Albert	174
29	Harold	169
30	Johnny	168
30	Lawrence	168
32	Clarence	167
32	Walter	167
34	Arthur	161
35	Alvin	157
35	Michael	157
37	Leroy	155
38	Melvin	144
39	Joe	138
40	Ernest	128
41	Eugene	125
41	Harry	125
43	Carl	124
44	Eddie	119
44	Samuel	119
46	Herman	118
47	Fred	115
47	Jimmy	115
49	Daniel	114
50	Herbert	112