State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,064 Louisiana births in 1923 across 975 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#67Freddieoutside the national top 200
#68Percyoutside the national top 200
#79Alton#200 nationally
#80Emileoutside the national top 200
#82Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#53Wilbert#169 nationally
#76Irma#188 nationally
#91Leolaoutside the national top 200
#92Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#94Lioneloutside the national top 200
#97Essieoutside the national top 200
#60Mable#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,263US #1
#2Dorothy661US #2
#3Marie399US #14
#4Helen395US #3
#5Mildred335US #8
#6Annie292US #34
#7Ruby283US #25
#8Doris264US #11
#9Ruth264US #6
#10Evelyn251US #12
#11Margaret236US #4
#12Louise233US #22
#13Ethel232US #38
#14Lucille229US #35
#15Hazel228US #40
#16Rita228US #50
#17Willie222US #67
#18Anna219US #13
#19Gladys217US #29
#20Gloria204US #48
#21Thelma202US #31
#22Alice201US #15
#23Rose195US #23
#24Shirley190US #26
#25Elizabeth185US #9
#26Frances185US #10
#27Edna184US #32
#28Lillian180US #20
#29Lillie177US #91
#30Irene165US #17
#31Josephine163US #30
#32Beatrice160US #46
#33Marjorie157US #16
#34Bernice150US #43
#35Myrtle142US #84
#36Martha138US #21
#37Audrey135US #85
#38Florence134US #18
#39Margie125US #101
#40Juanita124US #51
#41Emma123US #53
#42Ella122US #93
#43Virginia122US #7
#44Bessie121US #81
#45Catherine121US #24
#46Clara121US #49
#47Lois121US #27
#48Ida119US #68
#49Vera118US #82
#50Laura114US #73
#51Gertrude113US #59
#52Bertha111US #64
#53Velma110US #116
#54Eva109US #66
#55Viola109US #79
#56Betty108US #5
#57Pearl104US #78
#58Sarah104US #54
#59Elsie102US #61
#60Mable102US #162
#61Alma100US #89
#62Edith100US #36
#63Jessie99US #94
#64Agnes98US #63
#65Eunice97US #125
#66Vivian97US #69
#67Julia96US #62
#68Geraldine94US #58
#69Marguerite94US #115
#70Rosa94US #130
#71Inez92US #141
#72Lena92US #108
#73Rosie86US #166
#74Theresa85US #105
#75Hilda84US #140
#76Irma83US #188
#77Lorraine83US #57
#78Norma82US #41
#79Eula81US #171
#80Leona81US #100
#81Mae79US #109
#82Carrie78US #134
#83Elaine78US #87
#84Lucy78US #92
#85Mabel78US #102
#86Lula77US #151
#87Marion77US #44
#88Mattie77US #106
#89Joyce76US #104
#90Pauline76US #37
#91Leola75
#92Yvonne74
#93Katherine73US #60
#94Grace71US #39
#95Nellie70US #88
#96Hattie67US #147
#97Essie65
#98Esther65US #47
#99Mamie63US #154
#100Beulah61US #129

Boys

#1John895US #1
#2James887US #4
#3Joseph793US #7
#4William527US #3
#5Robert501US #2
#6Charles434US #5
#7George412US #6
#8Willie371US #30
#9Henry369US #18
#10Edward314US #8
#11Thomas292US #12
#12Louis288US #27
#13Frank254US #11
#14Albert250US #20
#15Clarence209US #29
#16Walter196US #16
#17Harold177US #13
#18Paul173US #14
#19Lawrence171US #36
#20Earl164US #31
#21Leroy162US #55
#22Roy161US #32
#23Raymond153US #15
#24Arthur151US #19
#25Warren150US #43
#26Richard145US #9
#27Ernest139US #38
#28David130US #24
#29Harry128US #22
#30Herman122US #66
#31Joe121US #35
#32Samuel117US #45
#33Fred112US #33
#34Alvin111US #73
#35Jessie109US #119
#36Jack108US #17
#37Eugene106US #25
#38Herbert104US #40
#39Alfred103US #42
#40Leon103US #77
#41Andrew102US #53
#42Anthony101US #39
#43Eddie98US #110
#44Milton98US #81
#45Sidney96US #115
#46Lloyd95US #59
#47Lee87US #85
#48Charlie86US #79
#49Howard84US #26
#50Leonard83US #37
#51Allen81US #97
#52Johnnie80US #107
#53Wilbert79US #169
#54Norman78US #44
#55Donald77US #10
#56Francis76US #34
#57Leo75US #49
#58Melvin73US #48
#59Daniel71US #47
#60Sam71US #89
#61Curtis70US #116
#62Wallace69US #69
#63Ray67US #61
#64Carl63US #28
#65Jesse63US #83
#66Ralph62US #23
#67Freddie60
#68Percy60
#69Calvin59US #82
#70Chester59US #63
#71Edwin59US #56
#72Oscar59US #96
#73Floyd58US #64
#74Stanley57US #41
#75Clyde56US #68
#76Morris56US #111
#77Peter56US #58
#78Wilfred56US #179
#79Alton54US #200
#80Emile54
#81Philip54US #70
#82Wilson54
#83Earnest53US #146
#84Johnny53US #159
#85Benjamin52US #86
#86Clifford51US #65
#87Edgar51US #94
#88Clifton50US #166
#89Lester50US #71
#90Russell50US #52
#91Kenneth49US #21
#92Roland49US #104
#93Cecil48US #87
#94Lionel48
#95Marvin47US #51
#96Jimmie46US #141
#97Bernard45US #46
#98Claude44US #103
#99Isaac44US #197
#100Nolan41

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑31Lois#47
↑28Gertrude#51
↑26Geraldine#68
↑26Norman#54
↑24Velma#53
↑24Betty#56
↑24Sarah#58
↑23Vera#49

Falling

↓38Claude#98
↓32Mattie#88
↓27Katherine#93
↓27Lester#89
↓26Lena#72
↓25Sam#60
↓24Grace#94
↓23Mabel#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.