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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,340 Louisiana births in 1911 across 532 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Louisiana more than they say America.

#56Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#54Charley#193 nationally
#71Emileoutside the national top 200
#75Leola#197 nationally
#83Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#84Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#89Cecileoutside the national top 200
#75Wilbert#186 nationally
#90Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#57Mack#167 nationally
#92Alineoutside the national top 200
#74Roosevelt#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary502US #1
#2Marie180US #9
#3Annie154US #24
#4Ethel151US #15
#5Louise126US #19
#6Helen115US #2
#7Lucille115US #32
#8Anna112US #6
#9Lillian111US #13
#10Thelma109US #27
#11Alice105US #11
#12Beatrice103US #37
#13Gladys103US #18
#14Hazel102US #25
#15Josephine96US #29
#16Ruth94US #5
#17Lillie93US #60
#18Mildred93US #8
#19Edna90US #17
#20Ruby90US #22
#21Elizabeth84US #7
#22Alma78US #62
#23Bertha78US #36
#24Rose76US #14
#25Dorothy75US #4
#26Myrtle75US #50
#27Ella74US #63
#28Willie73US #61
#29Frances72US #10
#30Bessie70US #40
#31Sarah68US #42
#32Agnes67US #39
#33Emma66US #35
#34Florence65US #12
#35Viola65US #47
#36Clara64US #33
#37Gertrude64US #30
#38Margaret64US #3
#39Mattie64US #65
#40Laura63US #57
#41Martha63US #28
#42Irene62US #21
#43Ida61US #45
#44Bernice60US #51
#45Lena59US #70
#46Eva58US #46
#47Evelyn58US #16
#48Pearl58US #48
#49Beulah57US #79
#50Carrie55US #78
#51Eunice55US #109
#52Rosie54US #131
#53Hilda53US #101
#54Mabel53US #43
#55Inez52US #99
#56Mamie51US #89
#57Hattie50US #86
#58Fannie49US #88
#59Irma49US #137
#60Grace48US #23
#61Nellie48US #54
#62Leona47US #76
#63Mae47US #71
#64Lula46US #94
#65Rosa46US #92
#66Virginia46US #26
#67Pauline44US #38
#68Alberta43US #114
#69Daisy43US #108
#70Mable43US #127
#71Catherine41US #20
#72Marguerite41US #87
#73Edith39US #31
#74Julia39US #44
#75Leola38US #197
#76Vivian38US #80
#77Jessie36US #66
#78Blanche35US #75
#79Elsie35US #41
#80Eula35US #143
#81Minnie35US #52
#82Ellen33US #84
#83Estelle33US #106
#84Rosalie33
#85Esther32US #34
#86Lucy32US #77
#87Effie31US #147
#88Stella31US #72
#89Cecile29
#90Olivia29
#91Susie29US #112
#92Aline28
#93Georgia28US #96
#94Maggie28US #111
#95Ollie28US #157
#96Ada27US #97
#97Cora27US #91
#98Doris27US #56
#99Vera27US #67
#100Juanita26US #107

Boys

#1John223US #1
#2James205US #3
#3Joseph181US #6
#4William145US #2
#5Willie142US #14
#6Robert127US #5
#7George117US #4
#8Henry99US #11
#9Frank95US #8
#10Edward86US #9
#11Albert76US #15
#12Charles74US #7
#13Thomas67US #10
#14Clarence61US #23
#15Joe59US #29
#16Walter59US #12
#17Earl55US #34
#18Ernest55US #32
#19Louis53US #21
#20Jack52US #25
#21Arthur44US #18
#22Fred43US #22
#23Paul42US #17
#24Richard42US #20
#25Eugene39US #43
#26Eddie37US #78
#27Lawrence37US #37
#28Leo35US #51
#29Samuel35US #30
#30Charlie34US #45
#31Sam34US #47
#32Andrew32US #42
#33David29US #27
#34Claude28US #87
#35Harold28US #16
#36Herman27US #49
#37Jessie27US #79
#38Roy27US #31
#39Allen25US #98
#40Leon25US #77
#41Leonard25US #46
#42Oscar25US #68
#43Sidney25US #92
#44Alfred24US #39
#45Leroy24US #59
#46Harry23US #13
#47Jesse23US #72
#48Johnnie23US #90
#49Lee23US #67
#50Alvin22US #89
#51Howard22US #28
#52Milton22US #70
#53Peter18US #50
#54Charley17US #193
#55Floyd17US #57
#56Johnny17
#57Mack17US #167
#58Alex16US #129
#59Anthony16US #35
#60Daniel16US #53
#61Earnest16US #125
#62Morris16US #85
#63Ralph16US #24
#64Raymond16US #19
#65Clyde15US #61
#66Herbert15US #41
#67Melvin15US #73
#68Ben14US #86
#69Chester14US #58
#70Edgar14US #83
#71Emile14
#72Gilbert14US #103
#73Isaac14US #143
#74Roosevelt14US #168
#75Wilbert14US #186
#76Bennie13US #151
#77Clifford13US #62
#78Horace13US #123
#79Lester13US #65
#80Lloyd13US #74
#81Luther13US #100
#82Percy13US #173
#83Cleveland12
#84Curtis12US #118
#85Edwin12US #60
#86Francis12US #33
#87Nathaniel12US #161
#88Roland12US #147
#89Carl11US #26
#90Felix11US #179
#91Jimmie11US #137
#92Nelson11US #175
#93Phillip11US #160
#94Rufus11US #148
#95Wesley11US #131
#96Adam10US #170
#97Archie10US #127
#98Ed10US #190
#99Ellis10US #185
#100Elmer10US #48

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑32Howard#51
↑30Eugene#25
↑30Allen#39
↑29Leonard#41
↑29Oscar#42
↑28Johnny#56
↑26Floyd#55
↑23Ella#27

Falling

↓41Ed#98
↓38Lester#79
↓35Cora#97
↓32Herbert#66
↓29Isaac#73
↓28Carl#89
↓28Adam#96
↓26Julia#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.