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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,630 Louisiana births in 1919 across 1,011 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#54Percyoutside the national top 200
#69Freddieoutside the national top 200
#70Leolaoutside the national top 200
#84Emileoutside the national top 200
#53Wilbert#168 nationally
#41Wilson#155 nationally
#67Isaac#178 nationally
#88Alton#199 nationally
#96Adamoutside the national top 200
#99Julesoutside the national top 200
#100Mackoutside the national top 200
#61Eula#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,164US #1
#2Dorothy418US #3
#3Helen360US #2
#4Marie346US #12
#5Mildred340US #6
#6Hazel306US #32
#7Annie301US #35
#8Ruth266US #5
#9Ruby265US #24
#10Ethel264US #28
#11Lillian244US #17
#12Gladys242US #21
#13Louise241US #20
#14Lucille234US #27
#15Rita217US #54
#16Willie203US #61
#17Anna201US #10
#18Thelma200US #31
#19Alice196US #13
#20Edna196US #22
#21Margaret189US #4
#22Rose185US #19
#23Beatrice184US #41
#24Elizabeth179US #8
#25Evelyn175US #11
#26Lillie170US #81
#27Bessie160US #59
#28Josephine160US #26
#29Frances155US #9
#30Doris153US #18
#31Irene153US #16
#32Bernice148US #42
#33Bertha147US #52
#34Ella136US #87
#35Martha134US #25
#36Myrtle134US #67
#37Virginia134US #7
#38Agnes131US #50
#39Ida129US #57
#40Lena127US #94
#41Florence126US #14
#42Gertrude125US #39
#43Pearl122US #56
#44Marjorie121US #33
#45Alma119US #76
#46Jessie119US #75
#47Laura118US #71
#48Marguerite118US #96
#49Viola114US #58
#50Clara113US #43
#51Eva112US #55
#52Eunice111US #119
#53Lula110US #134
#54Grace107US #34
#55Mabel107US #78
#56Inez106US #117
#57Mattie106US #95
#58Mable104US #143
#59Vivian104US #72
#60Lois101US #40
#61Eula100US #159
#62Rosa100US #110
#63Edith99US #29
#64Rosie96US #158
#65Carrie94US #111
#66Sarah92US #46
#67Vera92US #65
#68Catherine90US #23
#69Elsie88US #47
#70Leola88
#71Velma86US #104
#72Beulah84US #108
#73Emma84US #45
#74Hilda83US #123
#75Leona83US #90
#76Julia82US #48
#77Mae80US #99
#78Minnie79US #80
#79Juanita77US #73
#80Emily76US #105
#81Fannie76US #121
#82Daisy74US #148
#83Lorraine74US #62
#84Mamie73US #132
#85Pauline73US #36
#86Irma71US #160
#87Nellie70US #69
#88Alberta68US #120
#89Theresa68US #102
#90Hattie67US #125
#91Lucy66US #91
#92Audrey65US #115
#93Maggie64US #155
#94Katherine63US #51
#95Esther62US #38
#96Shirley62US #89
#97Essie61US #189
#98Marion61US #44
#99Eloise59US #188
#100Victoria57US #154

Boys

#1John827US #1
#2James759US #3
#3Joseph700US #7
#4William509US #2
#5Robert437US #4
#6George424US #6
#7Willie403US #23
#8Henry323US #16
#9Charles314US #5
#10Edward286US #8
#11Louis269US #28
#12Albert248US #18
#13Frank247US #9
#14Thomas240US #10
#15Clarence211US #25
#16Walter164US #11
#17Paul161US #15
#18Joe157US #35
#19Lawrence149US #38
#20Earl141US #31
#21Arthur138US #19
#22Richard135US #12
#23Roy132US #32
#24Ernest129US #36
#25Herman122US #61
#26Harry118US #20
#27Eddie117US #99
#28Alvin116US #76
#29Samuel116US #43
#30Harold115US #13
#31Andrew113US #47
#32Leroy108US #55
#33Woodrow108US #91
#34Raymond104US #14
#35Jack103US #21
#36David101US #27
#37Eugene101US #33
#38Fred101US #30
#39Jessie101US #109
#40Herbert99US #40
#41Wilson95US #155
#42Sam92US #75
#43Alfred89US #42
#44Anthony87US #41
#45Lee87US #82
#46Sidney86US #96
#47Howard84US #24
#48Lloyd82US #58
#49Johnnie81US #95
#50Leon81US #80
#51Charlie80US #66
#52Melvin79US #56
#53Wilbert77US #168
#54Percy76
#55Leonard75US #39
#56Floyd74US #59
#57Daniel73US #51
#58Leo72US #49
#59Warren72US #83
#60Milton70US #73
#61Jesse69US #77
#62Allen68US #101
#63Francis68US #34
#64Curtis60US #120
#65Lester60US #62
#66Claude59US #92
#67Isaac57US #178
#68Edwin56US #52
#69Freddie55
#70Clyde54US #67
#71Peter54US #57
#72Philip54US #71
#73Alex52US #137
#74Clifton51US #150
#75Horace51US #127
#76Jimmie50US #143
#77Ralph50US #22
#78Carl49US #29
#79Chester49US #53
#80Earnest48US #139
#81Norman47US #48
#82Clifford46US #60
#83Oscar46US #88
#84Emile45
#85Oliver45US #128
#86Ray45US #69
#87Wallace45US #107
#88Alton44US #199
#89Felix44US #180
#90Otis44US #146
#91Victor44US #68
#92Benjamin43US #79
#93Vincent43US #72
#94Edgar42US #89
#95Morris42US #100
#96Adam40
#97Bernard40US #45
#98Jim40US #158
#99Jules40
#100Mack40

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑37Warren#59
↑34Martha#35
↑32Rita#15
↑27Virginia#37
↑22Marguerite#48
↑22Melvin#52
↑19Lula#53
↑17Eula#61

Falling

↓28Emma#73
↓24Hilda#74
↓23Oscar#83
↓21Leon#50
↓21Clifton#74
↓20Wilson#41
↓19Rosa#62
↓19Edgar#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.