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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,336 Louisiana births in 1920 across 1,012 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
#71Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#73Leolaoutside the national top 200
#75Freddieoutside the national top 200
#73Alton#197 nationally
#78Adamoutside the national top 200
#81Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#53Wilbert#160 nationally
#98Essie#197 nationally
#71Eula#169 nationally
#88Johnny#184 nationally
#97Isaac#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,301US #1
#2Dorothy497US #2
#3Helen388US #3
#4Mildred363US #6
#5Marie343US #13
#6Annie290US #35
#7Rita283US #52
#8Hazel264US #34
#9Lucille264US #29
#10Ruby255US #26
#11Ruth241US #5
#12Gladys233US #22
#13Lillian229US #18
#14Ethel228US #30
#15Louise228US #19
#16Evelyn213US #12
#17Margaret213US #4
#18Doris211US #14
#19Alice206US #15
#20Willie206US #74
#21Thelma205US #31
#22Anna199US #10
#23Elizabeth196US #8
#24Edna192US #27
#25Frances184US #9
#26Irene183US #17
#27Lillie174US #90
#28Beatrice171US #41
#29Rose171US #20
#30Josephine167US #28
#31Bernice166US #40
#32Myrtle150US #68
#33Emma145US #46
#34Ella141US #88
#35Bertha138US #57
#36Pearl136US #62
#37Bessie135US #71
#38Gertrude132US #42
#39Vivian132US #64
#40Virginia131US #7
#41Marjorie128US #24
#42Rosa125US #116
#43Florence124US #16
#44Ida119US #66
#45Mattie119US #96
#46Lena114US #98
#47Martha114US #23
#48Agnes113US #54
#49Alma109US #80
#50Eva109US #58
#51Jessie109US #84
#52Edith108US #32
#53Hilda108US #125
#54Marguerite108US #93
#55Clara106US #44
#56Catherine103US #21
#57Vera103US #75
#58Lois102US #38
#59Mabel102US #83
#60Viola101US #59
#61Lula100US #139
#62Juanita99US #61
#63Laura99US #63
#64Elsie98US #51
#65Sarah97US #50
#66Audrey95US #103
#67Grace94US #37
#68Velma94US #105
#69Mable93US #148
#70Shirley93US #56
#71Eula91US #169
#72Eunice91US #115
#73Leola91
#74Carrie87US #121
#75Irma87US #164
#76Rosie87US #162
#77Katherine85US #45
#78Julia84US #55
#79Lucy83US #94
#80Fannie81US #127
#81Yvonne76
#82Inez75US #122
#83Beulah74US #109
#84Alberta66US #128
#85Geneva66US #106
#86Georgia66US #113
#87Theresa66US #108
#88Cora63US #137
#89Lorraine63US #70
#90Norma63US #69
#91Hattie62US #132
#92Esther61US #39
#93Elaine60US #107
#94Eloise60US #178
#95Marion60US #43
#96Mae59US #99
#97Maggie59US #172
#98Essie58US #197
#99Leona58US #89
#100Nellie58US #76

Boys

#1John913US #1
#2James869US #4
#3Joseph745US #7
#4William567US #2
#5Robert468US #3
#6George432US #6
#7Charles401US #5
#8Willie372US #29
#9Henry330US #17
#10Edward326US #8
#11Louis282US #28
#12Frank278US #9
#13Thomas256US #11
#14Albert240US #19
#15Clarence187US #26
#16Lawrence181US #36
#17Walter181US #13
#18Arthur171US #18
#19Harold163US #12
#20Joe161US #35
#21Paul160US #14
#22Earl151US #31
#23Roy147US #32
#24Richard134US #10
#25David120US #25
#26Ernest120US #37
#27Raymond120US #15
#28Harry119US #21
#29Leroy118US #56
#30Eugene116US #30
#31Jack116US #20
#32Alvin112US #76
#33Alfred111US #42
#34Herman107US #66
#35Samuel106US #44
#36Leon102US #75
#37Andrew100US #49
#38Fred100US #33
#39Sam100US #84
#40Warren99US #39
#41Charlie98US #70
#42Eddie94US #104
#43Lee93US #82
#44Jessie92US #111
#45Lloyd92US #58
#46Howard91US #24
#47Sidney91US #107
#48Anthony87US #43
#49Milton85US #74
#50Leo81US #48
#51Leonard81US #38
#52Herbert80US #41
#53Wilbert80US #160
#54Claude78US #92
#55Johnnie78US #99
#56Allen75US #94
#57Francis75US #34
#58Jesse75US #79
#59Percy72
#60Edwin71US #53
#61Clyde69US #68
#62Floyd67US #61
#63Philip67US #71
#64Ralph67US #22
#65Clifton63US #157
#66Melvin63US #54
#67Carl62US #27
#68Curtis62US #120
#69Morris62US #108
#70Oscar62US #90
#71Wilson62
#72Daniel61US #52
#73Alton58US #197
#74Earnest58US #140
#75Freddie57
#76Ray57US #67
#77Lester56US #69
#78Adam55
#79Chester53US #55
#80Horace52US #128
#81Julius52US #125
#82Norman52US #47
#83Peter52US #57
#84Wallace52US #93
#85Vernon51US #65
#86Wilfred51US #176
#87Edgar50US #89
#88Johnny50US #184
#89Tom50US #131
#90Willis50US #133
#91Martin47US #78
#92Alex45US #142
#93Bernard45US #46
#94Jimmie45US #147
#95Roland45US #114
#96Vincent45US #73
#97Isaac44US #191
#98Donald43US #16
#99Bennie41US #161
#100Cecil41US #77

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑40Emma#33
↑26Audrey#66
↑26Shirley#70
↑26Morris#69
↑21Hilda#53
↑20Vivian#39
↑20Rosa#42
↑19Warren#40

Falling

↓30Wilson#71
↓30Isaac#97
↓26Inez#82
↓24Leona#99
↓20Eunice#72
↓19Mae#96
↓19Alex#92
↓18Jimmie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.