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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,200 Louisiana births in 1913 across 736 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#56Leolaoutside the national top 200
#50Percy#189 nationally
#65Emileoutside the national top 200
#77Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#88Freddieoutside the national top 200
#89Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#91Charleyoutside the national top 200
#96Alineoutside the national top 200
#98Julesoutside the national top 200
#99Olaoutside the national top 200
#100Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#71Wilbert#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary634US #1
#2Marie226US #10
#3Annie178US #30
#4Louise174US #17
#5Helen168US #2
#6Ethel166US #20
#7Mildred156US #6
#8Lucille149US #31
#9Hazel143US #27
#10Thelma136US #26
#11Beatrice134US #37
#12Ruth134US #5
#13Edna133US #18
#14Gladys133US #19
#15Alice132US #11
#16Anna129US #7
#17Lillian123US #16
#18Dorothy121US #3
#19Willie119US #65
#20Margaret118US #4
#21Josephine113US #24
#22Ruby111US #23
#23Bertha110US #39
#24Elizabeth109US #8
#25Evelyn106US #12
#26Bessie104US #47
#27Agnes94US #41
#28Ida93US #49
#29Rose93US #14
#30Emma91US #38
#31Gertrude91US #33
#32Florence85US #13
#33Mabel85US #56
#34Viola85US #52
#35Lillie84US #71
#36Laura83US #62
#37Myrtle82US #53
#38Bernice81US #45
#39Alma80US #64
#40Frances80US #9
#41Lena80US #73
#42Inez79US #98
#43Irene77US #21
#44Carrie76US #90
#45Clara75US #36
#46Ella74US #70
#47Sarah74US #43
#48Eva73US #50
#49Pearl72US #55
#50Edith70US #29
#51Beulah69US #85
#52Hilda68US #105
#53Virginia68US #15
#54Leona66US #74
#55Eunice65US #107
#56Leola65
#57Mattie65US #75
#58Martha64US #28
#59Julia63US #42
#60Lula63US #111
#61Jessie62US #61
#62Eula60US #153
#63Marguerite60US #78
#64Vivian60US #83
#65Catherine58US #22
#66Mable56US #134
#67Lucy51US #77
#68Rosa51US #101
#69Elsie50US #40
#70Minnie49US #63
#71Esther48US #32
#72Mamie48US #106
#73Irma47US #144
#74Mae47US #79
#75Vera47US #68
#76Lois45US #59
#77Nellie43US #58
#78Stella43US #69
#79Velma43US #89
#80Ada42US #104
#81Alberta42US #108
#82Doris42US #44
#83Daisy41US #123
#84Cora40US #103
#85Theresa40US #97
#86Emily39US #99
#87Lydia39US #154
#88Pauline39US #35
#89Effie38US #164
#90Grace38US #25
#91Hattie38US #96
#92Katherine36US #54
#93Rosie36US #156
#94Fannie35US #91
#95Marjorie35US #48
#96Aline34
#97Rita34US #116
#98Estelle33US #112
#99Ola33
#100Ernestine32

Boys

#1John452US #1
#2James377US #3
#3Joseph358US #5
#4William292US #2
#5Willie232US #24
#6Robert218US #4
#7Henry193US #12
#8Edward186US #8
#9George185US #6
#10Charles172US #7
#11Frank168US #9
#12Louis166US #20
#13Clarence137US #21
#14Albert136US #16
#15Thomas124US #10
#16Walter97US #11
#17Joe93US #37
#18Arthur90US #17
#19Earl88US #31
#20Lawrence86US #35
#21Paul81US #14
#22Jack74US #28
#23Roy74US #32
#24Harold73US #13
#25Richard73US #19
#26Sam69US #65
#27Eddie68US #102
#28David59US #29
#29Harry59US #15
#30Ernest56US #34
#31Herbert56US #39
#32Charlie55US #62
#33Jessie53US #114
#34Andrew52US #47
#35Woodrow52US #44
#36Eugene51US #43
#37Fred51US #27
#38Leon51US #81
#39Herman49US #53
#40Anthony47US #38
#41Leonard47US #46
#42Leroy47US #63
#43Sidney46US #90
#44Alfred44US #42
#45Lee44US #78
#46Leo44US #48
#47Johnnie43US #118
#48Milton43US #71
#49Raymond43US #18
#50Percy41US #189
#51Samuel41US #36
#52Curtis40US #119
#53Allen39US #100
#54Peter39US #51
#55Alvin36US #82
#56Claude36US #88
#57Lester36US #59
#58Jesse35US #79
#59Clyde33US #64
#60Howard33US #26
#61Morris33US #89
#62Oscar32US #76
#63Tom32US #135
#64Floyd31US #58
#65Emile30
#66Horace30US #123
#67Melvin30US #61
#68Norman30US #57
#69Vincent30US #66
#70Chester29US #56
#71Wilbert29US #170
#72Wilson29US #122
#73Isaac28US #172
#74Ralph28US #22
#75Lloyd27US #67
#76Philip27US #69
#77Cleveland26
#78Jimmie26US #158
#79Lewis26US #72
#80Wallace26US #126
#81Warren26US #109
#82Calvin25US #160
#83Luther25US #116
#84Alex24US #130
#85Alton24US #183
#86Carl24US #23
#87Edgar24US #87
#88Freddie24
#89Johnny24
#90Otis24US #140
#91Charley23
#92Frederick23US #49
#93Martin23US #75
#94Adam22US #192
#95Daniel22US #54
#96Earnest22US #144
#97Edwin22US #55
#98Jules22
#99Julius22US #106
#100Clifton21US #149

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑44Curtis#52
↑34Carrie#44
↑25Leonard#41
↑25Emile#65
↑25Vincent#69
↑24Elsie#69
↑23Lula#60
↑23Eula#62

Falling

↓44Grace#90
↓39Daniel#95
↓39Edwin#97
↓32Hattie#91
↓32Carl#86
↓32Edgar#87
↓30Charley#91
↓28Rosie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.