Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,472
2	Linda	1,262
3	Patricia	991
4	Deborah	837
5	Debra	745
6	Barbara	721
7	Brenda	719
8	Cynthia	603
9	Susan	599
10	Carolyn	526
11	Sandra	491
12	Pamela	466
13	Sharon	440
14	Betty	430
15	Karen	426
16	Donna	421
17	Judy	389
18	Shirley	378
19	Joyce	351
20	Elizabeth	335
21	Gloria	333
22	Dorothy	316
23	Wanda	311
24	Janice	306
25	Peggy	302
26	Beverly	286
27	Catherine	279
28	Carol	278
29	Janet	270
30	Margaret	260
31	Cheryl	257
31	Kathleen	257
33	Nancy	255
34	Rose	253
35	Diane	245
36	Rebecca	240
37	Marilyn	235
38	Kathy	223
39	Martha	220
40	Gwendolyn	213
41	Jo	210
42	Sheila	203
43	Alice	196
44	Dianne	194
45	Connie	186
46	Glenda	180
47	Katherine	178
48	Theresa	171
49	Paula	167
50	Gail	161

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,555
2	John	1,482
3	Michael	1,381
4	Robert	1,231
5	David	1,097
6	Charles	1,019
7	William	818
8	Joseph	770
9	Donald	727
10	Richard	698
11	Ronald	660
12	Larry	655
13	Thomas	555
14	Kenneth	543
15	Gary	539
16	Edward	404
17	Jerry	386
18	George	385
19	Paul	373
20	Willie	369
21	Daniel	304
22	Gregory	302
23	Johnny	297
24	Mark	293
25	Terry	290
26	Dennis	289
27	Stephen	285
28	Henry	282
29	Anthony	250
30	Frank	249
30	Steven	249
32	Raymond	242
33	Roy	238
34	Gerald	235
35	Wayne	231
36	Louis	229
37	Billy	223
38	Bobby	221
39	Carl	212
40	Patrick	209
41	Randy	207
42	Danny	200
43	Harold	198
44	Jimmy	196
45	Albert	194
45	Roger	194
47	Lawrence	193
48	Glenn	189
49	Alvin	178
50	Keith	177