State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,441 Louisiana births in 1921 across 1,019 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
#70Freddieoutside the national top 200
#77Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#79Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#83Alton#200 nationally
#86Leolaoutside the national top 200
#88Isaacoutside the national top 200
#92Emileoutside the national top 200
#94Lioneloutside the national top 200
#57Clifton#160 nationally
#79Johnny#175 nationally
#77Eula#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,195US #1
#2Dorothy640US #2
#3Marie418US #14
#4Helen411US #3
#5Mildred388US #7
#6Ruth298US #5
#7Annie291US #36
#8Rita279US #48
#9Doris262US #13
#10Louise259US #22
#11Thelma256US #30
#12Ruby252US #26
#13Hazel249US #34
#14Ethel246US #32
#15Lucille243US #31
#16Gladys240US #24
#17Evelyn235US #12
#18Willie222US #74
#19Margaret221US #4
#20Alice219US #15
#21Rose203US #20
#22Anna198US #11
#23Lillian198US #19
#24Marjorie191US #16
#25Beatrice188US #41
#26Bernice185US #39
#27Edna182US #27
#28Lillie180US #94
#29Elizabeth175US #10
#30Bessie163US #75
#31Josephine162US #28
#32Frances159US #9
#33Irene158US #18
#34Myrtle155US #73
#35Ida148US #67
#36Florence147US #17
#37Audrey140US #82
#38Agnes138US #56
#39Catherine137US #23
#40Ella135US #89
#41Hilda135US #123
#42Virginia134US #6
#43Bertha131US #59
#44Martha130US #21
#45Emma124US #52
#46Vera122US #76
#47Pearl120US #65
#48Shirley119US #44
#49Gertrude117US #46
#50Lena117US #104
#51Margie113US #106
#52Mattie112US #105
#53Lois111US #38
#54Inez110US #127
#55Alma109US #78
#56Jessie109US #91
#57Julia109US #58
#58Edith108US #33
#59Eunice108US #120
#60Juanita108US #57
#61Clara107US #45
#62Vivian105US #68
#63Sarah103US #54
#64Laura101US #71
#65Marguerite101US #98
#66Rosa101US #131
#67Mable97US #155
#68Viola97US #66
#69Marion96US #43
#70Eva95US #63
#71Mabel94US #85
#72Velma93US #108
#73Irma91US #165
#74Gloria90US #102
#75Carrie89US #126
#76Grace89US #35
#77Eula88US #170
#78Rosie85US #171
#79Yvonne84
#80Mae80US #110
#81Fannie79US #135
#82Nellie79US #80
#83Elsie77US #55
#84Leona77US #92
#85Betty76US #8
#86Leola73
#87Rosemary72US #128
#88Eloise71US #164
#89Mamie71US #150
#90Norma71US #51
#91Lula69US #143
#92Katherine68US #49
#93Hattie67US #144
#94Beulah66US #116
#95Georgia65US #117
#96Lucy65US #93
#97Geraldine64US #62
#98Pauline64US #37
#99Esther63US #42
#100Lorraine62US #61

Boys

#1James859US #4
#2John833US #1
#3Joseph775US #7
#4William534US #3
#5Robert496US #2
#6George404US #6
#7Charles396US #5
#8Willie377US #34
#9Louis336US #29
#10Edward324US #8
#11Henry321US #17
#12Albert272US #20
#13Frank272US #9
#14Thomas256US #11
#15Clarence216US #28
#16Walter188US #15
#17Paul176US #14
#18Earl158US #31
#19Roy157US #32
#20Raymond151US #16
#21Lawrence150US #37
#22Harold149US #12
#23Joe149US #36
#24Arthur148US #19
#25Warren148US #24
#26Herman136US #64
#27Richard135US #10
#28Ernest131US #38
#29Alvin128US #73
#30Fred128US #33
#31Harry127US #21
#32Leroy127US #55
#33David126US #25
#34Jack124US #18
#35Samuel123US #44
#36Lloyd109US #58
#37Leo104US #50
#38Alfred102US #43
#39Andrew102US #51
#40Herbert100US #42
#41Sidney93US #110
#42Allen92US #94
#43Eugene91US #26
#44Sam89US #85
#45Eddie87US #118
#46Charlie86US #76
#47Percy86
#48Anthony85US #40
#49Howard85US #27
#50Leon85US #74
#51Jessie83US #117
#52Johnnie82US #108
#53Milton82US #75
#54Lee78US #86
#55Leonard76US #39
#56Ralph72US #23
#57Clifton69US #160
#58Claude68US #96
#59Clyde68US #69
#60Francis67US #35
#61Daniel66US #49
#62Melvin66US #53
#63Oscar66US #92
#64Wallace65US #88
#65Edwin63US #54
#66Curtis62US #122
#67Floyd62US #63
#68Horace62US #129
#69Peter62US #57
#70Freddie61
#71Morris61US #104
#72Oliver60US #135
#73Ray60US #67
#74Wilbert60US #163
#75Lester59US #66
#76Norman59US #46
#77Wilson59
#78Philip58US #72
#79Johnny55US #175
#80Clifford52US #62
#81Jesse52US #77
#82Roland52US #107
#83Alton50US #200
#84Jimmie50US #147
#85Carl48US #30
#86Chester48US #56
#87Edgar48US #90
#88Isaac46
#89Vernon46US #68
#90Donald45US #13
#91Vincent45US #70
#92Emile44
#93Julius44US #128
#94Lionel44
#95Theodore44US #65
#96Douglas43US #111
#97Russell43US #52
#98Wilfred43US #189
#99Otis42US #151
#100Bernard41US #45

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑29Audrey#37
↑28Inez#54
↑26Marion#69
↑22Shirley#48
↑21Julia#57
↑20Wallace#64
↑18Nellie#82
↑17Marjorie#24

Falling

↓30Lula#91
↓24Rosa#66
↓23Vivian#62
↓23Jesse#81
↓21Wilbert#74
↓20Eva#70
↓19Elsie#83
↓18Carl#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.