Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,640
2	Barbara	764
3	Betty	685
4	Linda	671
5	Patricia	589
6	Carolyn	498
7	Dorothy	486
8	Shirley	462
9	Gloria	388
10	Sandra	367
11	Judy	321
12	Joyce	314
13	Carol	299
14	Margaret	287
15	Brenda	273
16	Helen	233
17	Martha	227
18	Elizabeth	220
19	Rose	204
20	Alice	196
21	Sharon	188
22	Beverly	187
23	Doris	186
23	Judith	186
25	Marie	184
26	Frances	175
27	Diane	166
28	Geraldine	165
29	Nancy	163
30	Janice	152
31	Virginia	148
32	Joan	147
33	Kathleen	146
34	Cheryl	145
35	Patsy	142
36	Annie	141
37	Elaine	140
38	Catherine	139
39	Wanda	137
40	Evelyn	136
41	Ruby	134
42	Ethel	132
43	Peggy	127
43	Ruth	127
45	Ann	122
46	Donna	120
46	Willie	120
48	Karen	119
49	Anna	118
49	Bobbie	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,379
2	John	1,234
3	Robert	1,025
4	Charles	871
5	Joseph	741
6	William	654
7	George	453
8	Richard	446
9	Donald	437
10	Willie	417
11	David	416
12	Thomas	405
13	Ronald	379
14	Jerry	353
15	Michael	332
16	Henry	331
17	Larry	329
18	Edward	324
19	Kenneth	284
20	Roy	245
21	Paul	244
22	Raymond	234
23	Gerald	230
24	Louis	228
25	Johnny	226
26	Frank	225
27	Albert	215
28	Bobby	199
28	Jimmy	199
30	Billy	197
31	Harold	191
32	Clarence	188
33	Walter	187
34	Lawrence	179
35	Arthur	169
36	Joe	158
37	Anthony	155
38	Alvin	154
39	Gary	151
40	Earl	150
41	Wayne	147
42	Eddie	146
43	Harry	145
43	Melvin	145
45	Daniel	144
46	Leroy	142
47	Ernest	141
48	Jimmie	120
49	Herman	118
50	Jack	114