Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,649
2	Mary	1,644
3	Barbara	898
4	Patricia	803
5	Betty	684
6	Carolyn	578
7	Sandra	576
8	Brenda	498
9	Shirley	457
10	Gloria	448
11	Judy	438
12	Dorothy	415
13	Carol	352
14	Sharon	347
15	Cynthia	334
16	Margaret	333
17	Joyce	312
18	Susan	300
19	Cheryl	288
20	Janice	254
21	Diane	253
22	Beverly	243
23	Elizabeth	236
24	Martha	230
25	Helen	228
26	Judith	219
27	Donna	213
28	Kathleen	206
29	Rose	200
30	Alice	198
31	Peggy	196
32	Doris	191
33	Frances	189
34	Nancy	188
35	Catherine	187
36	Marie	186
37	Evelyn	184
38	Dianne	179
39	Jo	178
39	Karen	178
41	Elaine	177
42	Annie	172
43	Bonnie	163
43	Virginia	163
45	Geraldine	160
46	Janet	158
47	Wanda	156
48	Ethel	151
48	Ruby	151
50	Marilyn	150

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,579
2	John	1,522
3	Robert	1,240
4	Charles	1,001
5	Joseph	859
6	William	723
7	Michael	675
8	Ronald	658
9	Donald	596
10	Richard	585
11	Larry	582
12	David	548
13	Thomas	494
14	George	485
15	Willie	444
16	Kenneth	441
17	Jerry	360
18	Edward	331
19	Henry	323
20	Louis	305
21	Paul	302
22	Johnny	298
23	Gary	278
24	Frank	274
25	Roy	262
26	Raymond	255
27	Wayne	247
28	Jimmy	242
29	Walter	237
30	Gerald	236
31	Harold	221
32	Albert	219
33	Billy	216
34	Bobby	207
34	Daniel	207
36	Lawrence	206
37	Clarence	204
38	Anthony	184
39	Earl	182
40	Arthur	180
41	Terry	177
42	Glenn	173
43	Eddie	172
44	Carl	170
44	Melvin	170
46	Ernest	164
47	Dennis	163
48	Leroy	162
49	Alvin	161
50	Harry	159