Louisiana ★ 1940

Top names in Louisiana, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,409 babies ; James for boys with 1,166. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,409
2	Barbara	705
3	Betty	645
4	Dorothy	502
5	Shirley	465
6	Patricia	429
7	Gloria	349
8	Carolyn	308
9	Linda	305
10	Helen	239
11	Joyce	236
12	Margaret	222
13	Doris	221
14	Geraldine	210
15	Alice	201
15	Rose	201
17	Martha	196
18	Annie	186
19	Sandra	185
20	Elizabeth	184
21	Carol	182
22	Frances	169
22	Marie	169
24	Brenda	160
25	Virginia	145
26	Audrey	144
27	Evelyn	142
28	Beverly	141
28	Bobbie	141
30	Patsy	138
30	Peggy	138
32	Juanita	137
33	Sylvia	136
34	Willie	135
35	Joan	134
36	Ethel	132
37	Judy	129
37	Ruby	129
39	Jo	128
40	Anna	127
40	Judith	127
40	Mildred	127
43	Janice	126
44	Ruth	123
45	Nancy	120
46	Yvonne	119
47	Catherine	117
48	Laura	116
49	Lois	115
50	Emma	113
51	Thelma	109
52	Ella	107
52	Jean	107
54	Ann	103
54	Rita	103
56	Margie	101
57	Louise	99
58	Jeanette	98
59	Norma	97
59	Theresa	97
61	Hazel	96
62	Elaine	95
62	Lucille	95
64	Edna	94
64	Wanda	94
66	Marilyn	92
67	Delores	91
67	Jane	91
69	Lillie	90
69	Sarah	90
71	Joann	89
71	Rosie	89
73	Bertha	86
73	Lillian	86
75	Clara	85
75	Gladys	85
77	Dolores	81
77	Julia	81
77	Loretta	81
80	Bonnie	80
80	Gail	80
80	Ida	80
83	Maxine	77
84	Jacqueline	76
85	Gayle	75
85	Glenda	75
87	Velma	74
88	Jessie	73
88	Vivian	73
90	Charlotte	71
90	Rosa	71
92	Eva	69
92	Katherine	69
94	Gwendolyn	68
95	Carrie	67
96	Billie	66
96	Irene	66
96	Vera	66
99	Josephine	64
100	Diane	62

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,166
2	John	940
3	Robert	795
4	Charles	736
5	Joseph	716
6	William	528
7	Willie	390
8	Donald	356
9	George	341
9	Richard	341
11	Jerry	313
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	268
14	Louis	255
15	Henry	249
16	Larry	244
17	David	242
18	Frank	235
19	Kenneth	223
20	Raymond	212
21	Billy	211
22	Paul	210
23	Ronald	204
24	Earl	197
25	Walter	196
26	Albert	186
27	Bobby	182
28	Clarence	180
29	Gerald	177
30	Johnny	173
31	Harold	168
32	Joe	163
33	Lawrence	156
34	Roy	154
35	Eugene	146
36	Leroy	145
37	Melvin	143
38	Arthur	142
39	Alvin	132
39	Jimmy	132
41	Anthony	119
42	Herbert	113
43	Ernest	112
44	Jimmie	106
44	Wayne	106
46	Daniel	103
47	Alfred	102
47	Eddie	102
47	Herman	102
47	Samuel	102
51	Carl	96
51	Jesse	96
51	Michael	96
54	Calvin	93
55	Allen	92
56	Leon	91
56	Sidney	91
58	Andrew	90
59	Floyd	88
60	Leonard	84
60	Lloyd	84
62	Tommy	82
63	Freddie	81
64	Curtis	80
64	Harry	80
66	Clyde	79
66	Warren	79
68	Francis	77
68	Lee	77
70	Jack	76
70	Jessie	76
70	Sam	76
73	Ralph	75
73	Ray	75
75	Howard	74
75	Norman	74
75	Russell	74
78	Gene	72
79	Alton	71
79	Milton	71
81	Fred	70
81	Wilbert	70
83	Lionel	69
84	Peter	66
85	Charlie	65
85	Roland	65
87	Leo	64
88	Clifford	63
89	Douglas	62
89	Philip	62
91	Terry	60
92	Don	59
92	Lester	59
94	Roosevelt	56
95	Gary	54
96	Glenn	53
96	Johnnie	53
98	Wilson	52
99	Cecil	50
100	Dennis	49