State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,868 Louisiana births in 1915 across 888 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#73Percyoutside the national top 200
#78Charleyoutside the national top 200
#79Freddieoutside the national top 200
#76Isaac#196 nationally
#85Leolaoutside the national top 200
#86Cecileoutside the national top 200
#86Murphyoutside the national top 200
#46Wilson#154 nationally
#88Adam#194 nationally
#95Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#90Alton#195 nationally
#96Effie#196 nationally

Girls

#1Mary817US #1
#2Mildred300US #6
#3Marie279US #11
#4Dorothy253US #3
#5Helen225US #2
#6Annie223US #36
#7Lillian223US #15
#8Louise211US #18
#9Ruth211US #5
#10Hazel209US #26
#11Lucille208US #29
#12Thelma205US #30
#13Ruby202US #24
#14Ethel184US #23
#15Gladys179US #21
#16Alice173US #13
#17Beatrice173US #37
#18Edna168US #20
#19Evelyn163US #10
#20Anna162US #7
#21Margaret161US #4
#22Bessie148US #57
#23Elizabeth146US #8
#24Josephine146US #22
#25Willie141US #72
#26Irene132US #17
#27Bertha127US #46
#28Rose125US #16
#29Frances123US #9
#30Bernice121US #42
#31Agnes114US #45
#32Lillie114US #84
#33Eva113US #55
#34Florence113US #14
#35Ella112US #75
#36Emma112US #40
#37Ida112US #54
#38Myrtle110US #58
#39Virginia106US #12
#40Eunice101US #109
#41Pearl101US #56
#42Doris98US #34
#43Laura98US #61
#44Alma97US #70
#45Inez96US #101
#46Mabel96US #62
#47Vivian96US #78
#48Clara93US #38
#49Julia93US #44
#50Martha92US #25
#51Rosa90US #116
#52Hilda87US #107
#53Edith86US #31
#54Gertrude85US #35
#55Grace85US #27
#56Catherine83US #19
#57Lena83US #77
#58Mattie83US #91
#59Jessie82US #66
#60Carrie81US #103
#61Sarah80US #51
#62Marguerite78US #85
#63Viola76US #59
#64Vera75US #65
#65Beulah73US #95
#66Lois72US #47
#67Esther69US #33
#68Irma69US #142
#69Velma69US #94
#70Hattie68US #113
#71Mae68US #89
#72Theresa68US #93
#73Elsie67US #41
#74Marjorie66US #39
#75Rosie66US #174
#76Nellie65US #63
#77Eula63US #160
#78Mable63US #145
#79Mamie62US #124
#80Pauline62US #32
#81Fannie60US #105
#82Stella60US #64
#83Minnie58US #68
#84Audrey57US #127
#85Leola57
#86Cecile56
#87Estelle55US #117
#88Lula55US #129
#89Leona54US #74
#90Katie52US #181
#91Lucy51US #79
#92Maggie50US #150
#93Rita50US #71
#94Ada49US #114
#95Juanita49US #92
#96Effie48US #196
#97Sadie48US #133
#98Alberta47US #120
#99Katherine47US #49
#100Marion47US #50

Boys

#1James607US #3
#2John600US #1
#3Joseph536US #5
#4William411US #2
#5Willie364US #30
#6Robert355US #4
#7George305US #6
#8Henry270US #14
#9Charles245US #7
#10Louis225US #23
#11Edward217US #8
#12Frank208US #9
#13Albert188US #17
#14Thomas188US #10
#15Clarence152US #24
#16Walter142US #11
#17Paul138US #13
#18Lawrence132US #37
#19Joe128US #38
#20Arthur126US #18
#21Earl126US #33
#22Ernest119US #35
#23Fred111US #26
#24Roy97US #32
#25Harry96US #19
#26Samuel96US #39
#27Harold93US #12
#28Sam93US #68
#29Herman86US #56
#30Leon85US #82
#31Richard84US #15
#32Jack83US #27
#33David82US #31
#34Alvin81US #81
#35Herbert81US #40
#36Leroy81US #66
#37Charlie80US #75
#38Lee80US #84
#39Alfred77US #42
#40Eddie77US #120
#41Eugene76US #41
#42Jessie75US #114
#43Anthony74US #36
#44Sidney73US #94
#45Raymond69US #16
#46Wilson66US #154
#47Andrew65US #46
#48Claude65US #96
#49Francis63US #29
#50Leonard62US #44
#51Allen61US #99
#52Howard61US #25
#53Leo61US #47
#54Johnnie59US #117
#55Jesse58US #77
#56Carl56US #22
#57Clyde56US #63
#58Lester56US #57
#59Peter56US #49
#60Lloyd55US #62
#61Milton54US #73
#62Clifton52US #144
#63Willard52US #58
#64Daniel49US #55
#65Woodrow49US #83
#66Curtis48US #128
#67Philip47US #69
#68Clifford46US #61
#69Earnest45US #143
#70Morris45US #93
#71Oscar45US #88
#72Melvin44US #60
#73Percy44
#74Edwin43US #53
#75Floyd43US #59
#76Isaac42US #196
#77Bernard40US #48
#78Charley39
#79Freddie38
#80Horace38US #122
#81Warren38US #105
#82Chester37US #54
#83Julius37US #109
#84Oliver37US #119
#85Ralph37US #21
#86Murphy36
#87Norman36US #50
#88Adam35US #194
#89Alex35US #131
#90Alton35US #195
#91Edgar35US #85
#92Ben34US #113
#93Elmer34US #45
#94Jimmie34US #183
#95Johnny34
#96Otis34US #141
#97Cecil33US #76
#98Felix33US #189
#99Roland33US #118
#100Wallace33US #126

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑31Wilson#46
↑30Agnes#31
↑26Vivian#47
↑24Marjorie#74
↑21Grace#55
↑21Catherine#56
↑18Clifford#68
↑17Virginia#39

Falling

↓40Leona#89
↓26Eula#77
↓25Gertrude#54
↓23Carrie#60
↓20Percy#73
↓18Lula#88
↓18Alberta#98
↓18Felix#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.