Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,597
2	Linda	926
3	Barbara	868
4	Patricia	732
5	Betty	707
6	Shirley	518
7	Sandra	508
8	Carolyn	493
9	Gloria	444
10	Judy	436
11	Dorothy	419
12	Brenda	416
13	Carol	337
14	Joyce	331
15	Margaret	306
16	Sharon	295
17	Susan	279
18	Elizabeth	240
19	Beverly	237
20	Diane	228
21	Helen	206
22	Martha	205
23	Kathleen	202
24	Judith	200
25	Cynthia	199
25	Janice	199
27	Cheryl	195
27	Peggy	195
27	Rose	195
30	Nancy	191
31	Marie	188
32	Frances	186
33	Elaine	182
34	Doris	180
35	Alice	179
35	Geraldine	179
37	Catherine	165
37	Evelyn	165
37	Jo	165
40	Annie	164
40	Donna	164
42	Ruby	160
43	Virginia	157
44	Sylvia	155
45	Charlotte	154
46	Janet	151
47	Patsy	147
48	Wanda	146
49	Marilyn	145
50	Glenda	142

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,490
2	John	1,413
3	Robert	1,264
4	Charles	955
5	Joseph	726
6	William	720
7	Richard	668
8	Michael	591
9	Ronald	522
10	Donald	491
11	Thomas	481
12	David	478
13	George	453
14	Larry	435
15	Willie	398
16	Kenneth	371
17	Jerry	361
18	Edward	340
19	Paul	306
20	Henry	300
21	Johnny	265
22	Louis	263
23	Raymond	255
24	Frank	252
24	Gary	252
26	Jimmy	247
27	Roy	246
28	Harold	222
29	Gerald	212
30	Wayne	209
31	Albert	204
31	Bobby	204
33	Clarence	202
34	Walter	199
35	Billy	188
36	Lawrence	187
37	Leroy	177
38	Arthur	174
39	Joe	168
40	Dennis	158
41	Allen	157
41	Alvin	157
41	Ernest	157
44	Daniel	156
45	Anthony	154
46	Earl	153
47	Terry	151
48	Melvin	148
49	Ronnie	147
50	Eugene	143