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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,243 Louisiana births in 1914 across 781 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#53Percy#190 nationally
#67Emileoutside the national top 200
#72Leolaoutside the national top 200
#84Freddieoutside the national top 200
#92Elmooutside the national top 200
#93Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#94Julesoutside the national top 200
#51Eula#157 nationally
#75Isaac#177 nationally
#63Wilbert#162 nationally
#86Effie#184 nationally
#84Ollie#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary747US #1
#2Marie259US #10
#3Annie209US #33
#4Dorothy209US #3
#5Mildred201US #7
#6Louise200US #17
#7Helen190US #2
#8Ethel185US #21
#9Lucille179US #30
#10Thelma177US #26
#11Hazel168US #29
#12Lillian161US #16
#13Gladys160US #20
#14Alice155US #12
#15Beatrice149US #38
#16Ruby148US #24
#17Anna144US #6
#18Edna137US #19
#19Ruth136US #5
#20Willie136US #66
#21Bessie128US #55
#22Rose125US #15
#23Lillie116US #74
#24Evelyn115US #11
#25Frances115US #9
#26Josephine115US #23
#27Emma113US #39
#28Margaret112US #4
#29Gertrude108US #32
#30Irene107US #22
#31Myrtle101US #60
#32Pearl100US #56
#33Bertha94US #41
#34Ida94US #49
#35Alma93US #69
#36Florence93US #13
#37Carrie92US #91
#38Doris90US #36
#39Elizabeth90US #8
#40Martha89US #27
#41Bernice87US #43
#42Mattie86US #78
#43Mabel85US #58
#44Jessie84US #64
#45Eva82US #52
#46Edith81US #31
#47Inez81US #101
#48Laura79US #59
#49Leona79US #79
#50Ella78US #72
#51Eula78US #157
#52Eunice78US #109
#53Lena78US #75
#54Rosa77US #104
#55Sarah76US #47
#56Virginia76US #14
#57Viola75US #57
#58Clara74US #37
#59Julia74US #42
#60Marguerite73US #84
#61Agnes72US #44
#62Rosie71US #153
#63Hilda70US #103
#64Mable69US #137
#65Velma64US #92
#66Fannie61US #99
#67Mamie61US #115
#68Vera60US #68
#69Lois59US #51
#70Lula58US #120
#71Elsie56US #46
#72Leola56
#73Vivian56US #81
#74Beulah55US #96
#75Esther55US #35
#76Grace54US #25
#77Catherine53US #18
#78Hattie52US #97
#79Irma52US #146
#80Alberta50US #119
#81Lucy50US #73
#82Nellie50US #61
#83Mae49US #85
#84Ollie48US #177
#85Pauline48US #34
#86Effie47US #184
#87Juanita46US #94
#88Stella46US #65
#89Theresa46US #93
#90Emily45US #98
#91Audrey44US #138
#92Minnie44US #67
#93Marion43US #50
#94Daisy42US #126
#95Ada41US #106
#96Addie40US #188
#97Cora40US #105
#98Marjorie40US #45
#99Jennie39US #77
#100Maude39US #192

Boys

#1John503US #1
#2James470US #3
#3Joseph434US #5
#4William328US #2
#5Robert297US #4
#6Willie267US #25
#7George262US #6
#8Charles215US #7
#9Henry211US #12
#10Louis194US #20
#11Frank176US #9
#12Edward161US #8
#13Albert154US #15
#14Thomas147US #11
#15Clarence137US #22
#16Walter137US #10
#17Joe106US #34
#18Earl104US #33
#19Lawrence97US #35
#20Ernest94US #38
#21Arthur92US #18
#22Paul86US #13
#23Roy82US #32
#24Harry81US #19
#25Richard76US #17
#26Fred73US #28
#27Herman72US #51
#28Harold71US #14
#29Alfred70US #41
#30Andrew70US #44
#31Samuel70US #36
#32David69US #29
#33Herbert69US #42
#34Charlie66US #65
#35Sam65US #67
#36Eddie63US #109
#37Jack63US #27
#38Raymond63US #16
#39Sidney60US #89
#40Leon59US #85
#41Howard58US #26
#42Peter57US #48
#43Alvin56US #78
#44Lee56US #84
#45Leroy56US #60
#46Lloyd54US #66
#47Eugene52US #43
#48Anthony51US #37
#49Jessie51US #117
#50Woodrow51US #71
#51Clyde50US #63
#52Leonard49US #45
#53Percy49US #190
#54Johnnie48US #119
#55Leo48US #47
#56Oscar48US #77
#57Francis45US #31
#58Claude44US #93
#59Curtis44US #120
#60Philip44US #68
#61Clifton43US #150
#62Edwin42US #53
#63Wilbert42US #162
#64Allen41US #105
#65Carl40US #24
#66Jesse39US #82
#67Emile38
#68Milton38US #69
#69Vincent38US #61
#70Lester37US #57
#71Melvin37US #59
#72Morris37US #86
#73Earnest35US #147
#74Horace35US #125
#75Isaac35US #177
#76Ralph35US #21
#77Wilson35US #153
#78Alex34US #131
#79Daniel34US #55
#80Felix32US #172
#81Jimmie32US #170
#82August31US #166
#83Chester31US #56
#84Freddie31
#85Otis31US #140
#86Clifford30US #62
#87Edgar29US #87
#88Nelson29US #171
#89Roland28US #121
#90Wallace28US #127
#91Benjamin27US #70
#92Elmo27
#93Johnny27
#94Jules27
#95Leslie27US #103
#96Oliver27US #122
#97Warren27US #108
#98Luther26US #114
#99Ray26US #74
#100Calvin25US #168

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑44Doris#38
↑39Clifton#61
↑35Edwin#62
↑31Rosie#62
↑29Lloyd#46
↑28Fannie#66
↑23Earnest#73
↑21Carl#65

Falling

↓34Agnes#61
↓23Viola#57
↓23Beulah#74
↓22Minnie#92
↓20Milton#68
↓18Calvin#100
↓16Leola#72
↓16Jessie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.