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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,427 Louisiana births in 1922 across 1,009 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#57Percyoutside the national top 200
#70Freddieoutside the national top 200
#73Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#81Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#85Leolaoutside the national top 200
#85Lioneloutside the national top 200
#52Wilbert#167 nationally
#86Emileoutside the national top 200
#94Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#74Eula#174 nationally
#95Isaac#190 nationally
#74Clifton#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,268US #1
#2Dorothy672US #2
#3Helen411US #3
#4Marie396US #14
#5Mildred385US #8
#6Annie312US #30
#7Ruby269US #26
#8Thelma269US #31
#9Doris268US #11
#10Rita261US #52
#11Ruth257US #5
#12Margaret248US #4
#13Ethel245US #32
#14Gladys241US #25
#15Louise240US #22
#16Hazel235US #37
#17Lucille229US #33
#18Evelyn216US #13
#19Willie216US #70
#20Lillian205US #19
#21Alice195US #15
#22Anna190US #12
#23Elizabeth189US #9
#24Edna180US #29
#25Marjorie177US #16
#26Lillie174US #85
#27Bernice166US #41
#28Irene166US #17
#29Rose164US #23
#30Beatrice163US #43
#31Frances162US #10
#32Josephine161US #27
#33Gloria159US #61
#34Myrtle153US #75
#35Pearl152US #71
#36Martha149US #21
#37Emma147US #50
#38Ella145US #90
#39Florence144US #18
#40Shirley143US #39
#41Ida141US #65
#42Bertha140US #63
#43Agnes139US #62
#44Virginia137US #7
#45Audrey133US #89
#46Lena126US #107
#47Catherine122US #24
#48Margie122US #100
#49Alma119US #84
#50Laura119US #68
#51Clara117US #47
#52Rosa117US #123
#53Viola117US #72
#54Vivian114US #74
#55Jessie109US #87
#56Mattie109US #103
#57Bessie108US #81
#58Elsie107US #59
#59Juanita107US #57
#60Eva105US #64
#61Leona104US #101
#62Mabel103US #99
#63Mable103US #152
#64Marion101US #42
#65Inez100US #130
#66Katherine100US #54
#67Hilda99US #131
#68Eunice98US #119
#69Marguerite97US #106
#70Grace95US #38
#71Carrie94US #122
#72Vera94US #79
#73Yvonne94
#74Eula93US #174
#75Edith91US #34
#76Lula91US #142
#77Velma91US #113
#78Lois89US #35
#79Gertrude88US #48
#80Betty87US #6
#81Julia84US #60
#82Sarah84US #51
#83Mamie83US #147
#84Rosie83US #165
#85Leola81
#86Lucy80US #93
#87Mae78US #111
#88Beulah76US #124
#89Hattie76US #139
#90Emily75US #121
#91Stella73US #88
#92Nellie71US #83
#93Georgia69US #114
#94Geraldine68US #58
#95Irma68US #184
#96Theresa68US #109
#97Eloise67US #179
#98Joyce67US #126
#99Daisy66US #157
#100Elaine66US #102

Boys

#1James953US #4
#2John870US #1
#3Joseph780US #7
#4William583US #3
#5Robert547US #2
#6Charles425US #5
#7Willie421US #28
#8George415US #6
#9Henry392US #17
#10Edward316US #8
#11Louis315US #27
#12Frank256US #10
#13Thomas248US #11
#14Clarence229US #29
#15Albert223US #20
#16Walter199US #15
#17Paul187US #14
#18Earl184US #31
#19Harold173US #13
#20Lawrence169US #36
#21Ernest162US #37
#22Roy158US #32
#23Raymond148US #16
#24Arthur147US #19
#25Herman147US #66
#26Richard146US #9
#27David141US #24
#28Joe139US #35
#29Andrew129US #53
#30Leroy125US #55
#31Jack119US #18
#32Warren116US #45
#33Harry112US #22
#34Milton112US #74
#35Sam108US #84
#36Alvin107US #73
#37Jessie107US #111
#38Samuel106US #43
#39Sidney106US #110
#40Herbert105US #40
#41Leon104US #77
#42Alfred103US #42
#43Anthony98US #39
#44Eugene95US #25
#45Eddie94US #112
#46Howard93US #26
#47Leo92US #51
#48Charlie91US #72
#49Fred91US #33
#50Lloyd90US #59
#51Melvin89US #50
#52Wilbert89US #167
#53Francis88US #34
#54Lee87US #83
#55Leonard86US #38
#56Jesse81US #81
#57Percy78
#58Curtis72US #113
#59Daniel72US #47
#60Claude71US #97
#61Clyde71US #67
#62Lester71US #69
#63Peter71US #57
#64Oscar70US #92
#65Edwin69US #52
#66Floyd69US #61
#67Morris69US #109
#68Philip69US #70
#69Johnnie67US #105
#70Freddie65
#71Allen64US #95
#72Ralph64US #23
#73Carl62US #30
#74Clifton62US #168
#75Donald62US #12
#76Johnny62US #170
#77Ray61US #65
#78Earnest59US #143
#79Vernon59US #68
#80Norman58US #44
#81Wilson58
#82Frederick57US #60
#83Wallace55US #87
#84Jimmie53US #140
#85Lionel52
#86Emile51
#87Roland51US #115
#88Victor50US #86
#89Vincent48US #71
#90Chester47US #64
#91Gilbert46US #100
#92Willis46US #133
#93Alton45US #187
#94Cleveland45
#95Isaac45US #190
#96Oliver45US #134
#97Clifford44US #63
#98Edgar44US #93
#99Marvin43US #56
#100Theodore43US #62

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑41Gloria#33
↑26Katherine#66
↑25Elsie#58
↑25Jesse#56
↑23Leona#61
↑22Wilbert#52
↑19Milton#34
↑15Viola#53

Falling

↓30Gertrude#79
↓29Allen#71
↓27Bessie#57
↓26Hilda#67
↓26Vera#72
↓25Lois#78
↓24Julia#81
↓24Oliver#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.