Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,468
2	Barbara	770
3	Linda	703
4	Betty	601
5	Patricia	545
6	Shirley	496
7	Gloria	440
8	Dorothy	435
9	Sandra	412
10	Carolyn	385
11	Judy	343
12	Joyce	298
13	Carol	296
14	Margaret	271
15	Brenda	269
16	Helen	218
17	Elizabeth	192
17	Sharon	192
19	Rose	190
20	Annie	184
20	Martha	184
22	Diane	176
23	Susan	170
24	Janice	162
25	Kathleen	161
26	Doris	160
27	Marie	158
28	Judith	156
29	Alice	150
30	Cheryl	148
30	Elaine	148
30	Geraldine	148
30	Virginia	148
34	Nancy	147
35	Beverly	146
35	Frances	146
37	Donna	140
38	Ruby	137
39	Peggy	136
40	Evelyn	132
41	Ruth	130
42	Ann	127
43	Joan	125
44	Glenda	124
45	Patsy	122
46	Catherine	120
47	Jane	119
48	Jo	118
48	Mildred	118
50	Anna	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,287
2	John	1,116
3	Robert	993
4	Charles	823
5	Joseph	678
6	William	595
7	Richard	472
8	Thomas	393
9	Donald	383
9	George	383
11	David	379
12	Michael	375
13	Willie	374
14	Larry	371
15	Ronald	350
16	Jerry	313
17	Edward	306
18	Kenneth	300
19	Henry	255
20	Paul	240
21	Louis	228
22	Johnny	221
23	Raymond	218
24	Roy	208
25	Harold	206
26	Frank	205
27	Albert	192
28	Gerald	187
29	Walter	183
30	Lawrence	181
31	Bobby	166
32	Gary	165
33	Arthur	161
34	Billy	158
35	Wayne	154
36	Earl	153
36	Eddie	153
38	Leroy	150
39	Jimmy	148
39	Joe	148
41	Clarence	145
42	Ernest	143
43	Alvin	140
44	Anthony	137
45	Harry	125
46	Melvin	123
47	Allen	122
48	Daniel	120
49	Eugene	119
50	Leonard	112