State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,049 Louisiana births in 1912 across 689 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#61Charley#200 nationally
#41Percy#174 nationally
#76Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#66Leola#190 nationally
#84Freddieoutside the national top 200
#75Adam#188 nationally
#89Elnoraoutside the national top 200
#90Emileoutside the national top 200
#92Mosesoutside the national top 200
#98Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#98Prestonoutside the national top 200
#91Felix#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary658US #1
#2Marie203US #10
#3Annie195US #27
#4Ethel180US #18
#5Louise167US #17
#6Mildred167US #6
#7Gladys149US #19
#8Helen149US #2
#9Lillian135US #14
#10Lucille135US #32
#11Beatrice128US #37
#12Edna125US #16
#13Willie121US #61
#14Elizabeth120US #8
#15Hazel120US #25
#16Ruby119US #23
#17Josephine117US #28
#18Ruth117US #5
#19Thelma117US #26
#20Alice115US #11
#21Bessie112US #43
#22Rose109US #15
#23Eva106US #49
#24Anna103US #7
#25Emma101US #35
#26Dorothy97US #3
#27Evelyn97US #13
#28Lillie96US #67
#29Margaret95US #4
#30Irene94US #22
#31Sarah92US #41
#32Gertrude90US #30
#33Myrtle87US #50
#34Bertha86US #36
#35Viola83US #52
#36Lena80US #72
#37Mabel78US #46
#38Ella77US #69
#39Mattie77US #70
#40Pearl77US #54
#41Ida76US #45
#42Alma75US #62
#43Bernice75US #51
#44Frances75US #9
#45Agnes73US #40
#46Grace71US #24
#47Beulah70US #80
#48Florence70US #12
#49Martha70US #29
#50Rosa70US #94
#51Clara68US #34
#52Julia68US #44
#53Mable68US #125
#54Hilda67US #104
#55Inez66US #100
#56Laura64US #57
#57Jessie62US #65
#58Edith60US #31
#59Hattie60US #90
#60Leona58US #76
#61Mae57US #74
#62Virginia57US #20
#63Alberta56US #106
#64Eunice55US #109
#65Rosie55US #138
#66Leola54US #190
#67Esther53US #33
#68Vera52US #68
#69Irma51US #146
#70Mamie50US #95
#71Marguerite50US #79
#72Velma50US #88
#73Catherine49US #21
#74Minnie49US #60
#75Stella48US #73
#76Fannie47US #87
#77Vivian47US #84
#78Carrie46US #82
#79Daisy46US #112
#80Essie46US #155
#81Lucy44US #78
#82Effie43US #161
#83Lula43US #107
#84Ollie43US #163
#85Eula41US #147
#86Nellie41US #59
#87Pauline41US #38
#88Marjorie40US #56
#89Elnora39
#90Susie39US #120
#91Theresa38US #97
#92Ada37US #96
#93Elsie36US #42
#94Lois36US #63
#95Cora35US #98
#96Katie35US #149
#97Doris34US #48
#98Olivia34
#99Rita34US #165
#100Aline33

Boys

#1John407US #1
#2James357US #3
#3Joseph296US #5
#4William269US #2
#5Willie255US #22
#6Robert209US #4
#7Henry190US #12
#8George184US #6
#9Charles156US #7
#10Edward147US #8
#11Frank138US #9
#12Louis130US #20
#13Clarence123US #21
#14Albert118US #17
#15Thomas118US #10
#16Walter91US #11
#17Joe88US #36
#18Arthur87US #15
#19Ernest78US #32
#20Fred76US #26
#21Earl74US #34
#22Sam74US #63
#23Charlie73US #57
#24Lawrence71US #38
#25Richard65US #19
#26Roy65US #31
#27Paul62US #14
#28Harry53US #16
#29Leon53US #79
#30Andrew51US #44
#31David51US #29
#32Eddie51US #104
#33Anthony50US #37
#34Herbert50US #39
#35Jack50US #28
#36Harold49US #13
#37Eugene46US #41
#38Alfred44US #40
#39Herman44US #50
#40Jessie44US #109
#41Percy44US #174
#42Samuel43US #30
#43Sidney43US #80
#44Alvin42US #86
#45Howard41US #25
#46Leroy41US #66
#47Peter41US #48
#48Johnnie40US #106
#49Milton35US #64
#50Lee33US #78
#51Raymond33US #18
#52Woodrow33US #46
#53Allen32US #103
#54Carl32US #24
#55Edgar32US #85
#56Daniel31US #53
#57Lloyd31US #70
#58Edwin30US #54
#59Francis30US #35
#60Leo30US #49
#61Charley29US #200
#62Morris29US #82
#63Tom29US #124
#64Claude27US #89
#65Jesse27US #74
#66Leonard27US #45
#67Ben26US #102
#68Chester26US #55
#69Clyde26US #65
#70Floyd26US #59
#71Jimmie26US #160
#72Theodore26US #52
#73Horace25US #119
#74Norman25US #61
#75Adam24US #188
#76Cleveland24
#77Earnest24US #132
#78Isaac24US #162
#79Lester24US #58
#80Melvin24US #71
#81Oscar24US #73
#82Alex23US #135
#83Clifton23US #148
#84Freddie23
#85Jim23US #149
#86Luther23US #114
#87Oliver23US #117
#88Philip23US #69
#89Ralph23US #23
#90Emile22
#91Felix22US #193
#92Moses22
#93Alton21US #192
#94Vincent21US #72
#95August20US #171
#96Curtis20US #121
#97Nathaniel20US #164
#98Preston19
#99Wallace19US #128
#100Ellis18

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑41Percy#41
↑35Carl#54
↑32Herbert#34
↑31Vera#68
↑27Edwin#58
↑27Francis#59
↑26Anthony#33
↑23Eva#23

Falling

↓39Oscar#81
↓32Leo#60
↓30Claude#64
↓28Carrie#78
↓26Ralph#89
↓25Nellie#86
↓25Leonard#66
↓24Alex#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.