State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,560 Louisiana births in 1916 across 924 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#47Percyoutside the national top 200
#64Freddieoutside the national top 200
#78Leolaoutside the national top 200
#78Charleyoutside the national top 200
#64Rosie#181 nationally
#83Ellis#200 nationally
#90Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#91Emileoutside the national top 200
#92Oliviaoutside the national top 200
#97Elnoraoutside the national top 200
#97Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#85Isaac#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary881US #1
#2Marie293US #12
#3Mildred266US #6
#4Dorothy253US #3
#5Helen247US #2
#6Annie246US #36
#7Ruth226US #5
#8Gladys217US #22
#9Hazel211US #31
#10Louise208US #18
#11Ruby204US #23
#12Ethel199US #25
#13Lillian193US #16
#14Thelma193US #29
#15Alice187US #13
#16Lucille183US #30
#17Willie179US #73
#18Beatrice168US #38
#19Margaret166US #4
#20Josephine150US #21
#21Anna149US #7
#22Edna149US #19
#23Rose149US #15
#24Elizabeth148US #8
#25Bertha144US #49
#26Evelyn140US #11
#27Irene138US #17
#28Myrtle137US #58
#29Frances132US #9
#30Bessie130US #56
#31Bernice127US #42
#32Ida124US #54
#33Clara122US #39
#34Agnes120US #50
#35Florence119US #14
#36Lillie119US #88
#37Laura115US #64
#38Lena114US #85
#39Gertrude106US #35
#40Alma105US #70
#41Doris105US #32
#42Eva103US #55
#43Emma102US #41
#44Pearl100US #57
#45Vivian100US #77
#46Martha97US #24
#47Rosa97US #120
#48Inez96US #107
#49Jessie96US #68
#50Mattie95US #93
#51Hilda94US #105
#52Marjorie94US #37
#53Eunice92US #110
#54Mabel92US #65
#55Virginia92US #10
#56Grace90US #26
#57Sarah90US #52
#58Carrie88US #103
#59Ella88US #81
#60Catherine87US #20
#61Edith85US #28
#62Velma83US #99
#63Viola82US #59
#64Rosie80US #181
#65Vera80US #66
#66Leona78US #75
#67Marguerite77US #78
#68Irma75US #149
#69Beulah72US #97
#70Lois72US #43
#71Lula70US #127
#72Elsie69US #48
#73Esther68US #34
#74Mable68US #136
#75Nellie68US #61
#76Julia67US #46
#77Pauline67US #33
#78Leola66
#79Lucy66US #84
#80Sadie64US #133
#81Theresa64US #98
#82Mamie63US #129
#83Rita63US #67
#84Audrey62US #119
#85Eula62US #164
#86Estelle61US #122
#87Daisy60US #137
#88Hattie59US #115
#89Juanita59US #90
#90Mae58US #92
#91Stella58US #63
#92Olivia56
#93Katherine55US #51
#94Eloise53US #187
#95Minnie52US #71
#96Essie51US #197
#97Elnora50
#98Alberta48US #123
#99Ellen48US #87
#100Marion48US #47

Boys

#1John674US #1
#2James615US #3
#3Joseph557US #5
#4William433US #2
#5Robert362US #4
#6Willie362US #30
#7George355US #7
#8Henry288US #14
#9Charles252US #6
#10Edward252US #8
#11Frank237US #9
#12Louis197US #22
#13Albert193US #17
#14Thomas189US #10
#15Clarence158US #24
#16Walter153US #11
#17Earl148US #32
#18Joe147US #35
#19Lawrence137US #38
#20Paul131US #12
#21Arthur129US #18
#22Ernest128US #36
#23Roy104US #33
#24Harold103US #13
#25Herbert102US #40
#26Sam99US #74
#27Richard95US #15
#28Harry93US #19
#29Alvin92US #82
#30Herman92US #56
#31Andrew89US #46
#32David87US #28
#33Eddie87US #114
#34Jack87US #26
#35Fred84US #29
#36Leon84US #85
#37Leroy83US #63
#38Raymond82US #16
#39Eugene80US #39
#40Jessie80US #117
#41Lee79US #83
#42Anthony76US #37
#43Charlie72US #68
#44Samuel72US #41
#45Alfred71US #43
#46Sidney69US #95
#47Percy67
#48Howard66US #25
#49Claude65US #93
#50Leo63US #47
#51Lloyd63US #58
#52Jesse62US #77
#53Johnnie62US #115
#54Milton62US #72
#55Wilson62US #141
#56Lester61US #59
#57Melvin60US #57
#58Allen58US #101
#59Woodrow58US #64
#60Edwin57US #53
#61Earnest56US #155
#62Ralph56US #21
#63Francis54US #31
#64Freddie52
#65Oscar52US #86
#66Peter51US #50
#67Carl50US #23
#68Clifton50US #156
#69Leonard50US #42
#70Chester49US #54
#71Wilfred49US #168
#72Morris48US #97
#73Daniel47US #55
#74Floyd46US #60
#75Clyde45US #62
#76Edgar44US #88
#77Horace43US #126
#78Charley41
#79Ray41US #73
#80Warren41US #102
#81Wilbert41US #171
#82Gilbert40US #106
#83Ellis39US #200
#84Curtis38US #120
#85Isaac38US #186
#86Julius38US #111
#87Oliver38US #127
#88Willard38US #69
#89Ben37US #119
#90Cleveland36
#91Emile36
#92Maurice36US #100
#93Cecil35US #80
#94Wallace35US #124
#95Bernard34US #49
#96Calvin34US #157
#97Johnny34
#98Vincent34US #67
#99Alex33US #128
#100Bennie33US #169

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑26Percy#47
↑23Leona#66
↑23Ralph#62
↑22Marjorie#52
↑19Lena#38
↑17Lula#71
↑17Sadie#80
↑16Andrew#31

Falling

↓27Julia#76
↓25Willard#88
↓24Ella#59
↓19Mae#90
↓19Leonard#69
↓18Hattie#88
↓18Samuel#44
↓18Clyde#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.