Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,598
2	Mary	1,482
3	Barbara	857
4	Patricia	820
5	Betty	629
6	Brenda	601
7	Sandra	543
8	Carolyn	521
9	Shirley	511
10	Judy	406
11	Gloria	405
12	Dorothy	378
13	Susan	352
14	Sharon	347
15	Cynthia	346
16	Margaret	341
17	Carol	296
18	Joyce	291
19	Elizabeth	266
20	Cheryl	261
21	Diane	259
22	Donna	258
23	Beverly	249
24	Martha	248
25	Peggy	240
26	Kathleen	234
27	Nancy	226
28	Janice	223
29	Dianne	204
30	Catherine	201
31	Helen	198
32	Pamela	192
33	Karen	189
33	Marie	189
35	Rose	186
36	Doris	183
37	Judith	178
38	Annie	175
39	Frances	174
39	Virginia	174
41	Evelyn	173
42	Alice	170
42	Jo	170
44	Wanda	169
45	Deborah	168
46	Charlotte	164
47	Marilyn	160
48	Elaine	156
48	Patsy	156
50	Glenda	154

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,570
2	John	1,354
3	Robert	1,181
4	Charles	1,029
5	Joseph	827
6	Michael	760
7	William	756
8	David	672
9	Larry	635
10	Ronald	631
11	Donald	542
12	Richard	475
13	Thomas	470
14	Kenneth	462
15	George	455
16	Willie	413
17	Edward	384
18	Jerry	338
19	Henry	336
20	Paul	317
21	Gary	304
22	Louis	302
23	Johnny	287
24	Frank	283
25	Roy	256
26	Lawrence	238
27	Wayne	237
28	Albert	231
29	Gerald	230
30	Harold	223
31	Earl	219
32	Terry	217
33	Clarence	216
34	Raymond	215
35	Daniel	206
36	Billy	202
37	Jimmy	201
38	Russell	195
39	Bobby	194
40	Walter	191
41	Arthur	188
42	Dennis	187
43	Melvin	179
44	Eddie	178
45	Leroy	174
46	Alvin	173
47	Glenn	170
48	Anthony	168
49	Joe	165
50	Ernest	163