State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,932 Louisiana births in 1918 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#58Percyoutside the national top 200
#74Leolaoutside the national top 200
#83Freddieoutside the national top 200
#79Isaac#194 nationally
#61Rosie#174 nationally
#87Johnny#199 nationally
#93Emileoutside the national top 200
#72Wilfred#179 nationally
#97Alton#200 nationally
#98Alineoutside the national top 200
#98Ellisoutside the national top 200
#69Wilbert#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,111US #1
#2Dorothy380US #3
#3Marie346US #12
#4Helen331US #2
#5Mildred328US #6
#6Annie278US #36
#7Hazel267US #33
#8Louise241US #18
#9Lucille238US #29
#10Ruth238US #5
#11Gladys231US #22
#12Ethel224US #28
#13Ruby217US #27
#14Anna210US #10
#15Lillian206US #15
#16Thelma204US #32
#17Willie203US #70
#18Edna198US #23
#19Alice197US #13
#20Beatrice189US #40
#21Margaret185US #4
#22Evelyn182US #11
#23Elizabeth167US #9
#24Irene165US #16
#25Frances159US #8
#26Josephine157US #24
#27Doris153US #19
#28Gertrude148US #39
#29Bernice142US #41
#30Rose140US #17
#31Lena138US #93
#32Lillie138US #89
#33Agnes134US #47
#34Bessie130US #61
#35Bertha129US #51
#36Clara129US #43
#37Myrtle129US #62
#38Eunice128US #111
#39Florence127US #14
#40Mattie127US #100
#41Ida125US #57
#42Pearl122US #56
#43Rosa119US #117
#44Ella118US #84
#45Emma118US #46
#46Eva118US #55
#47Rita117US #58
#48Marjorie114US #34
#49Jessie113US #75
#50Hilda112US #114
#51Inez111US #115
#52Alma110US #73
#53Laura105US #64
#54Mabel105US #74
#55Vera105US #68
#56Viola103US #59
#57Sarah101US #52
#58Julia100US #48
#59Mable100US #144
#60Catherine99US #20
#61Rosie96US #174
#62Grace95US #31
#63Lois95US #42
#64Virginia95US #7
#65Velma92US #103
#66Vivian92US #72
#67Edith89US #30
#68Carrie87US #113
#69Martha87US #25
#70Marguerite85US #86
#71Leona84US #79
#72Lula83US #132
#73Mae83US #95
#74Leola82
#75Audrey80US #118
#76Elsie79US #49
#77Hattie79US #121
#78Eula78US #168
#79Juanita78US #85
#80Pauline78US #35
#81Irma76US #166
#82Mamie75US #137
#83Alberta71US #122
#84Fannie71US #120
#85Lucy69US #90
#86Esther68US #38
#87Beulah67US #104
#88Georgia67US #107
#89Minnie65US #88
#90Nellie65US #65
#91Katherine64US #50
#92Cora61US #124
#93Estelle61US #139
#94Theresa61US #101
#95Marion59US #45
#96Daisy57US #149
#97Essie56US #194
#98Aline54
#99Lorraine54US #69
#100Ollie53

Boys

#1John847US #1
#2James732US #3
#3Joseph649US #7
#4William518US #2
#5Robert415US #4
#6Willie408US #29
#7George389US #6
#8Henry328US #16
#9Charles304US #5
#10Louis266US #24
#11Edward264US #8
#12Frank256US #9
#13Albert239US #19
#14Thomas211US #10
#15Clarence183US #23
#16Walter177US #11
#17Paul158US #14
#18Woodrow144US #58
#19Earl139US #31
#20Joe134US #34
#21Wilson133US #122
#22Arthur129US #17
#23Ernest124US #37
#24Harold123US #13
#25Alfred120US #42
#26Roy120US #32
#27Sam116US #75
#28Lawrence115US #38
#29Leon114US #77
#30Samuel111US #43
#31Jack110US #21
#32Eddie109US #117
#33David108US #28
#34Raymond108US #15
#35Alvin107US #80
#36Harry107US #20
#37Charlie105US #70
#38Fred102US #33
#39Richard101US #12
#40Andrew99US #46
#41Sidney93US #94
#42Herman92US #65
#43Jessie92US #120
#44Lee90US #86
#45Howard87US #26
#46Leroy87US #57
#47Eugene84US #35
#48Lloyd84US #51
#49Jesse83US #78
#50Allen81US #98
#51Anthony79US #39
#52Herbert79US #40
#53Clifton77US #152
#54Johnnie77US #110
#55Francis72US #30
#56Milton71US #76
#57Floyd66US #61
#58Percy65
#59Leo64US #48
#60Oscar64US #87
#61Leonard63US #41
#62Daniel62US #52
#63Claude61US #95
#64Curtis61US #123
#65Clyde59US #67
#66Edwin59US #55
#67Philip58US #71
#68Ralph58US #22
#69Wilbert58US #171
#70Earnest57US #142
#71Oliver56US #130
#72Wilfred55US #179
#73Chester53US #54
#74Melvin53US #56
#75Edgar52US #89
#76Lester51US #62
#77Peter51US #53
#78Ray50US #69
#79Isaac49US #194
#80Carl48US #25
#81Horace48US #132
#82Clifford47US #60
#83Freddie47
#84Victor47US #63
#85Otis46US #151
#86Vincent46US #73
#87Johnny43US #199
#88Luther43US #119
#89Roland43US #121
#90Elmer42US #44
#91Morris42US #101
#92Willard42US #83
#93Emile41
#94Julius40US #118
#95Norman40US #49
#96Warren40US #90
#97Alton38US #200
#98Ellis37
#99Marvin37US #68
#100Archie36US #138

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑35Rita#47
↑28Alfred#25
↑25Clifton#53
↑23Wilson#21
↑22Rosa#43
↑22Chester#73
↑21Lena#31
↑21Earnest#70

Falling

↓36Warren#96
↓28Norman#95
↓27Edith#67
↓27Morris#91
↓24Lucy#85
↓21Peter#77
↓20Alton#97
↓19Laura#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.