Louisiana ★ 1947

Top names in Louisiana, 1947

Linda led for girls with 1,649 babies ; James for boys with 1,579. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,649
2	Mary	1,644
3	Barbara	898
4	Patricia	803
5	Betty	684
6	Carolyn	578
7	Sandra	576
8	Brenda	498
9	Shirley	457
10	Gloria	448
11	Judy	438
12	Dorothy	415
13	Carol	352
14	Sharon	347
15	Cynthia	334
16	Margaret	333
17	Joyce	312
18	Susan	300
19	Cheryl	288
20	Janice	254
21	Diane	253
22	Beverly	243
23	Elizabeth	236
24	Martha	230
25	Helen	228
26	Judith	219
27	Donna	213
28	Kathleen	206
29	Rose	200
30	Alice	198
31	Peggy	196
32	Doris	191
33	Frances	189
34	Nancy	188
35	Catherine	187
36	Marie	186
37	Evelyn	184
38	Dianne	179
39	Jo	178
39	Karen	178
41	Elaine	177
42	Annie	172
43	Bonnie	163
43	Virginia	163
45	Geraldine	160
46	Janet	158
47	Wanda	156
48	Ethel	151
48	Ruby	151
50	Marilyn	150
51	Charlotte	149
51	Glenda	149
53	Patsy	148
54	Rita	141
55	Gwendolyn	140
56	Pamela	139
57	Theresa	136
58	Gail	135
58	Ruth	135
60	Jane	133
61	Ann	131
62	Diana	130
63	Anna	127
63	Bobbie	127
63	Jacqueline	127
63	Lois	127
67	Laura	124
68	Joan	123
68	Sylvia	123
70	Katherine	119
71	Phyllis	118
72	Emma	115
73	Juanita	114
74	Connie	113
75	Delores	111
75	Mildred	111
75	Rebecca	111
78	Audrey	110
79	Sherry	108
79	Yvonne	108
81	Jean	105
82	Lorraine	104
83	Sheila	103
84	Willie	102
85	Thelma	100
86	Norma	96
87	Charlene	95
87	Lillie	95
89	Anita	87
89	Edna	87
91	Ella	86
91	Jeanette	86
93	Christine	85
94	Rosie	84
95	Joann	83
96	Sarah	82
96	Sue	82
98	Suzanne	81
99	Julia	78
100	Clara	77

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,579
2	John	1,522
3	Robert	1,240
4	Charles	1,001
5	Joseph	859
6	William	723
7	Michael	675
8	Ronald	658
9	Donald	596
10	Richard	585
11	Larry	582
12	David	548
13	Thomas	494
14	George	485
15	Willie	444
16	Kenneth	441
17	Jerry	360
18	Edward	331
19	Henry	323
20	Louis	305
21	Paul	302
22	Johnny	298
23	Gary	278
24	Frank	274
25	Roy	262
26	Raymond	255
27	Wayne	247
28	Jimmy	242
29	Walter	237
30	Gerald	236
31	Harold	221
32	Albert	219
33	Billy	216
34	Bobby	207
34	Daniel	207
36	Lawrence	206
37	Clarence	204
38	Anthony	184
39	Earl	182
40	Arthur	180
41	Terry	177
42	Glenn	173
43	Eddie	172
44	Carl	170
44	Melvin	170
46	Ernest	164
47	Dennis	163
48	Leroy	162
49	Alvin	161
50	Harry	159
51	Joe	158
52	Samuel	154
53	Allen	153
54	Tommy	147
55	Ronnie	143
56	Alfred	142
57	Calvin	141
58	Stephen	138
59	Lloyd	129
60	Danny	128
60	Freddie	128
62	Douglas	124
62	Patrick	124
64	Leonard	123
65	Herbert	120
65	Herman	120
65	Russell	120
68	Eugene	119
68	Ralph	119
70	Jimmie	118
71	Jack	115
72	Curtis	114
73	Roger	113
74	Andrew	112
74	Howard	112
76	Rodney	108
77	Lee	106
78	Gregory	104
79	Ray	102
80	Warren	101
81	Bruce	99
81	Fred	99
83	Floyd	94
84	Don	93
84	Jesse	93
84	Leon	93
84	Steve	93
88	Barry	90
88	Milton	90
88	Wilbert	90
91	Norman	87
91	Sidney	87
93	Clyde	86
93	Lester	86
95	Stanley	84
96	Jessie	83
97	Francis	82
98	Philip	78
99	Peter	77
100	Clifford	76