Louisiana ★ 1938

Top names in Louisiana, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,326 babies ; James for boys with 1,071. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,326
2	Barbara	698
3	Betty	693
4	Shirley	565
5	Dorothy	499
6	Gloria	298
7	Joyce	282
8	Patricia	275
9	Carolyn	220
10	Helen	219
11	Margaret	214
12	Annie	207
13	Marie	196
14	Rose	195
15	Geraldine	192
16	Martha	184
17	Elizabeth	182
18	Alice	177
19	Beverly	173
19	Doris	173
21	Audrey	163
21	Evelyn	163
23	Anna	162
23	Frances	162
25	Ruby	159
26	Carol	157
27	Patsy	148
28	Virginia	147
29	Sylvia	145
30	Mildred	142
31	Ethel	139
32	Ruth	133
33	Lillie	130
34	Peggy	127
35	Catherine	125
36	Lois	124
36	Willie	124
38	Yvonne	121
39	Bobbie	118
40	Janice	117
41	Louise	116
42	Ann	115
42	Dolores	115
42	Joan	115
45	Clara	113
46	Jean	112
47	Norma	110
48	Ella	106
48	Rita	106
50	Jo	105
50	Theresa	105
52	Emma	102
53	Edna	100
54	Juanita	99
55	Gladys	98
56	Hazel	96
57	Thelma	95
58	Jessie	94
59	Bertha	92
59	Nancy	92
61	Linda	91
61	Lucille	91
63	Wanda	90
64	Laura	89
64	Rosa	89
66	Elaine	85
67	Jeanette	83
68	Jane	81
69	Margie	79
69	Sarah	79
71	Delores	78
71	Josephine	78
73	Rosie	77
74	Eva	75
75	Bernice	73
75	Ida	73
75	Marilyn	73
75	Marjorie	73
79	Bessie	72
79	Bonnie	72
79	Irene	72
82	Billie	71
83	Jacqueline	70
83	Mattie	70
85	Katherine	69
85	Sandra	69
87	Loretta	68
88	Florence	67
88	Melba	67
88	Velma	67
91	Lillian	66
92	Gail	65
93	Carrie	64
93	Vera	64
95	Janet	63
95	Judith	63
97	Joann	61
98	Irma	59
99	Joy	58
99	June	58

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,071
2	John	888
3	Robert	761
4	Charles	695
5	Joseph	669
6	William	508
7	Willie	391
8	Donald	370
9	George	366
10	Edward	279
11	Richard	278
12	Thomas	272
13	Henry	254
14	Louis	242
15	Jerry	240
16	David	212
17	Ronald	209
18	Raymond	207
19	Albert	203
20	Paul	200
21	Gerald	199
22	Billy	190
22	Bobby	190
22	Joe	190
25	Frank	184
26	Larry	175
27	Earl	174
28	Roy	164
29	Lawrence	156
30	Leroy	148
31	Arthur	141
31	Melvin	141
33	Clarence	140
33	Walter	140
35	Harold	139
36	Eddie	137
37	Johnny	134
38	Alvin	127
39	Ernest	124
40	Kenneth	122
41	Anthony	121
42	Eugene	115
43	Jimmy	114
44	Herman	111
45	Allen	106
46	Harry	102
47	Herbert	100
48	Leon	99
49	Carl	98
49	Leonard	98
51	Alfred	97
51	Samuel	97
53	Jimmie	92
54	Curtis	91
55	Andrew	87
56	Freddie	86
56	Jack	86
56	Milton	86
59	Leo	84
60	Calvin	81
60	Floyd	81
60	Sidney	81
60	Wilbert	81
64	Daniel	78
64	Fred	78
64	Warren	78
67	Clyde	77
68	Jesse	76
69	Howard	75
69	Jessie	75
71	Lloyd	74
71	Roland	74
73	Johnnie	72
74	Francis	71
74	Ralph	71
76	Michael	70
76	Wayne	70
78	Lee	69
78	Marvin	69
80	Charlie	68
80	Russell	68
82	Norman	67
83	Ray	66
84	Tommy	63
85	Gary	62
85	Gene	62
85	Philip	62
88	Alton	61
88	Douglas	61
88	Peter	61
88	Roosevelt	61
92	Lionel	60
93	Claude	58
94	Lester	57
95	Huey	55
96	Earnest	52
96	Terry	52
98	Patrick	51
98	Sam	51
100	Oscar	50