Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Louisiana, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,344
2	Linda	1,094
3	Debra	976
4	Patricia	858
5	Deborah	768
6	Brenda	693
7	Barbara	654
7	Cynthia	654
9	Susan	591
10	Sandra	530
11	Karen	521
12	Cheryl	499
13	Donna	493
14	Pamela	489
15	Carolyn	448
16	Sharon	419
17	Elizabeth	339
18	Janice	333
19	Betty	329
20	Janet	315
21	Joyce	311
22	Wanda	307
23	Judy	302
24	Shirley	298
25	Kathy	289
26	Catherine	277
27	Nancy	269
28	Carol	262
29	Beverly	253
30	Gloria	249
31	Diane	246
31	Peggy	246
33	Connie	244
34	Rebecca	243
35	Jo	228
36	Dorothy	223
37	Margaret	222
37	Marilyn	222
37	Rose	222
40	Gwendolyn	220
41	Kathleen	210
42	Denise	206
43	Sheila	204
44	Martha	202
45	Jacqueline	201
46	Glenda	182
47	Paula	179
48	Alice	174
49	Gail	172
50	Bonnie	171

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,484
2	Michael	1,473
3	John	1,391
4	David	1,227
5	Robert	1,217
6	Charles	1,003
7	William	758
8	Donald	731
9	Joseph	715
10	Larry	664
11	Richard	629
12	Kenneth	582
13	Thomas	550
14	Ronald	546
15	Gary	492
16	Mark	461
17	Paul	431
18	Gregory	409
19	Willie	382
20	Terry	370
21	Jerry	369
22	Edward	365
23	George	343
24	Anthony	335
25	Stephen	323
26	Steven	317
27	Keith	299
28	Dennis	298
29	Daniel	285
30	Carl	275
30	Johnny	275
32	Randy	272
33	Henry	271
34	Raymond	266
35	Billy	251
36	Bobby	234
37	Frank	233
38	Glenn	229
39	Wayne	224
40	Gerald	223
41	Bruce	222
42	Ricky	218
43	Louis	215
44	Danny	214
45	Lawrence	207
46	Roy	205
46	Timothy	205
48	Alvin	201
49	Kevin	200
50	Albert	193