Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,582
2	Linda	1,467
3	Patricia	928
4	Barbara	817
5	Brenda	802
6	Sandra	621
7	Deborah	524
8	Betty	516
9	Carolyn	484
10	Shirley	479
11	Susan	443
12	Judy	413
13	Cynthia	403
14	Gloria	363
15	Sharon	341
16	Joyce	328
17	Dorothy	326
18	Donna	323
19	Margaret	321
20	Carol	312
21	Elizabeth	302
22	Janice	301
23	Cheryl	259
24	Peggy	255
25	Diane	248
26	Karen	242
27	Pamela	236
28	Martha	234
29	Nancy	231
30	Wanda	225
31	Dianne	220
32	Beverly	218
33	Jo	217
34	Catherine	212
35	Rose	209
36	Doris	204
37	Kathleen	201
38	Alice	191
39	Glenda	188
39	Helen	188
39	Virginia	188
42	Gwendolyn	187
43	Janet	184
44	Annie	170
45	Rebecca	167
46	Katherine	160
46	Marilyn	160
48	Marie	158
49	Charlotte	157
50	Connie	156

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,534
2	John	1,339
3	Robert	1,237
4	Charles	1,054
5	Michael	1,041
6	Larry	791
7	William	765
8	Joseph	760
9	David	741
10	Donald	634
11	Ronald	606
12	Richard	576
13	Kenneth	526
13	Thomas	526
15	George	435
16	Willie	431
17	Gary	387
18	Jerry	377
19	Edward	364
20	Henry	297
21	Johnny	292
22	Paul	274
23	Frank	258
24	Gerald	256
24	Raymond	256
26	Wayne	247
27	Daniel	240
28	Albert	233
29	Stephen	232
30	Bobby	229
31	Louis	219
32	Dennis	217
33	Roy	214
34	Terry	200
35	Lawrence	195
36	Clarence	192
37	Harold	191
38	Glenn	189
39	Jimmy	187
40	Danny	185
41	Alvin	183
42	Russell	181
43	Billy	180
44	Gregory	178
44	Melvin	178
44	Walter	178
47	Earl	176
48	Eddie	175
49	Anthony	170
50	Allen	164