State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,901 Louisiana births in 1917 across 927 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#59Percyoutside the national top 200
#75Freddieoutside the national top 200
#76Leolaoutside the national top 200
#80Charleyoutside the national top 200
#77Alton#195 nationally
#87Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#68Rosie#179 nationally
#91Effieoutside the national top 200
#92Ellisoutside the national top 200
#61Wilbert#169 nationally
#93Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#86Isaac#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary957US #1
#2Dorothy329US #3
#3Marie312US #12
#4Helen297US #2
#5Mildred280US #6
#6Annie260US #35
#7Gladys225US #23
#8Ethel224US #24
#9Hazel218US #31
#10Lucille215US #29
#11Louise212US #19
#12Thelma201US #32
#13Ruby199US #27
#14Edna190US #20
#15Lillian190US #15
#16Ruth190US #5
#17Willie180US #72
#18Beatrice179US #39
#19Evelyn178US #11
#20Margaret174US #4
#21Alice159US #13
#22Anna148US #7
#23Elizabeth148US #8
#24Rose147US #16
#25Lillie146US #86
#26Myrtle146US #58
#27Irene142US #17
#28Bertha137US #51
#29Bessie136US #61
#30Josephine135US #21
#31Frances130US #9
#32Bernice128US #42
#33Agnes127US #48
#34Laura127US #65
#35Alma125US #71
#36Doris125US #25
#37Gertrude121US #37
#38Clara117US #41
#39Pearl117US #57
#40Edith116US #28
#41Marjorie115US #36
#42Emma114US #46
#43Mattie109US #94
#44Eva108US #54
#45Eunice105US #111
#46Mabel104US #68
#47Vera102US #66
#48Ella101US #83
#49Florence101US #14
#50Grace101US #30
#51Jessie101US #70
#52Lena101US #85
#53Martha101US #22
#54Mable100US #144
#55Ida98US #56
#56Catherine96US #18
#57Virginia95US #10
#58Vivian94US #79
#59Inez90US #110
#60Hilda88US #112
#61Lucy87US #88
#62Carrie86US #109
#63Julia86US #47
#64Marguerite86US #78
#65Rosa86US #121
#66Viola86US #59
#67Elsie81US #50
#68Rosie80US #179
#69Eula79US #172
#70Minnie79US #75
#71Beulah78US #102
#72Velma75US #99
#73Sarah73US #52
#74Leona71US #80
#75Irma70US #156
#76Leola70
#77Lois68US #43
#78Lula68US #135
#79Theresa68US #97
#80Juanita67US #87
#81Nellie67US #64
#82Rita67US #63
#83Mamie66US #130
#84Audrey64US #117
#85Daisy64US #150
#86Stella64US #62
#87Mae62US #96
#88Pauline61US #33
#89Blanche60US #91
#90Emily60US #103
#91Effie59
#92Esther59US #38
#93Estelle56US #129
#94Hattie56US #118
#95Alberta55US #122
#96Fannie55US #115
#97Georgia55US #105
#98Katherine55US #49
#99Eloise52US #191
#100Sadie52US #151

Boys

#1John666US #1
#2James637US #3
#3Joseph604US #5
#4William410US #2
#5Willie377US #31
#6Robert364US #4
#7George318US #6
#8Henry279US #15
#9Charles265US #7
#10Edward249US #8
#11Louis237US #23
#12Frank213US #9
#13Thomas199US #10
#14Albert185US #18
#15Walter184US #11
#16Clarence172US #25
#17Paul149US #13
#18Joe128US #35
#19Lawrence122US #36
#20Earl120US #32
#21Sam119US #72
#22Harold116US #12
#23Ernest115US #37
#24Arthur112US #17
#25Roy112US #33
#26David110US #28
#27Richard109US #14
#28Fred104US #29
#29Herman102US #58
#30Leroy102US #60
#31Leon98US #82
#32Andrew97US #48
#33Harry96US #19
#34Lloyd92US #53
#35Eddie91US #118
#36Jack91US #22
#37Woodrow89US #73
#38Herbert80US #40
#39Howard80US #26
#40Anthony79US #38
#41Samuel79US #42
#42Lee78US #85
#43Johnnie77US #111
#44Wilson77US #144
#45Alvin75US #81
#46Claude75US #98
#47Eugene75US #39
#48Jessie75US #114
#49Raymond74US #16
#50Charlie72US #67
#51Curtis72US #121
#52Sidney70US #95
#53Alfred69US #43
#54Leonard67US #41
#55Jesse65US #79
#56Peter65US #50
#57Daniel62US #54
#58Milton62US #75
#59Percy62
#60Warren60US #93
#61Wilbert60US #169
#62Allen59US #100
#63Francis58US #30
#64Morris58US #99
#65Leo57US #47
#66Lester56US #61
#67Norman55US #46
#68Melvin53US #57
#69Oscar52US #87
#70Clyde50US #64
#71Tom50US #139
#72Vincent49US #65
#73Philip48US #66
#74Floyd47US #62
#75Freddie47
#76Luther47US #116
#77Alton46US #195
#78Clifton46US #159
#79Gilbert43US #105
#80Charley42
#81Edwin42US #55
#82Ralph42US #21
#83Willard41US #80
#84Edgar40US #88
#85Oliver40US #127
#86Isaac39US #192
#87Johnny38
#88Julius38US #113
#89Otis38US #145
#90Carl37US #24
#91Earnest37US #143
#92Ellis37
#93Roosevelt36
#94Alex35US #132
#95Chester35US #56
#96Emile35
#97Maurice35US #101
#98Theodore35US #63
#99Ben34US #129
#100Benjamin34US #76

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑33Curtis#51
↑26Vincent#72
↑25Minnie#70
↑22Woodrow#37
↑21Edith#40
↑20Mable#54
↑20Warren#60
↑20Wilbert#61

Falling

↓30Earnest#91
↓25Chester#95
↓23Ida#55
↓23Carl#90
↓21Edwin#81
↓20Sadie#100
↓20Ralph#82
↓19Esther#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.