Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,605
2	Barbara	850
3	Betty	703
4	Linda	700
5	Patricia	576
6	Carolyn	513
7	Shirley	431
8	Dorothy	424
9	Gloria	398
10	Sandra	371
11	Carol	322
12	Judy	314
13	Joyce	288
14	Brenda	278
15	Helen	262
16	Margaret	245
17	Judith	226
18	Elizabeth	214
19	Frances	210
20	Rose	203
21	Martha	200
22	Geraldine	195
23	Annie	186
24	Beverly	185
25	Doris	181
26	Virginia	180
27	Marie	175
28	Alice	171
29	Ruby	169
30	Sharon	168
31	Patsy	166
32	Ruth	160
33	Ann	149
34	Rita	145
35	Diane	144
36	Janice	143
36	Joan	143
38	Elaine	141
39	Evelyn	140
40	Ethel	139
40	Peggy	139
42	Catherine	138
42	Nancy	138
44	Jo	134
45	Mildred	130
46	Willie	125
47	Audrey	124
47	Janet	124
49	Juanita	122
50	Lillie	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,398
2	John	1,178
3	Robert	1,053
4	Charles	812
5	Joseph	715
6	William	669
7	Richard	487
8	George	415
9	Ronald	409
10	Donald	405
11	Willie	392
12	Thomas	380
13	David	349
14	Jerry	338
15	Edward	325
16	Larry	310
17	Henry	299
18	Kenneth	280
19	Paul	274
20	Michael	273
21	Frank	257
22	Roy	251
23	Gerald	243
24	Louis	234
25	Raymond	224
26	Albert	220
27	Harold	209
27	Johnny	209
29	Walter	193
30	Jimmy	188
31	Lawrence	186
32	Arthur	183
33	Leroy	178
34	Joe	177
35	Billy	176
35	Bobby	176
35	Clarence	176
38	Earl	160
39	Alvin	158
40	Eugene	156
41	Ernest	143
42	Eddie	136
43	Harry	134
44	Melvin	132
45	Anthony	131
46	Carl	126
47	Douglas	122
48	Wayne	120
49	Daniel	116
49	Tommy	116