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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,704 Louisiana births in 1924 across 1,031 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#60Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#62Percyoutside the national top 200
#71Leolaoutside the national top 200
#87Emileoutside the national top 200
#88Freddieoutside the national top 200
#68Irma#179 nationally
#90Altonoutside the national top 200
#63Clifton#172 nationally
#94Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#72Eula#177 nationally
#74Wilbert#177 nationally
#62Rosie#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,289US #1
#2Dorothy810US #2
#3Helen450US #3
#4Marie388US #14
#5Mildred347US #8
#6Doris307US #9
#7Ruth307US #6
#8Ruby281US #26
#9Annie275US #32
#10Willie269US #68
#11Ethel267US #39
#12Gloria260US #41
#13Hazel255US #42
#14Margaret254US #5
#15Shirley240US #19
#16Louise239US #24
#17Thelma232US #33
#18Lucille225US #37
#19Rita219US #49
#20Evelyn218US #12
#21Anna211US #13
#22Gladys211US #30
#23Alice201US #15
#24Elizabeth195US #11
#25Rose188US #25
#26Lillian181US #23
#27Beatrice177US #50
#28Irene175US #18
#29Betty173US #4
#30Bernice170US #47
#31Frances164US #10
#32Josephine162US #34
#33Virginia161US #7
#34Bessie149US #86
#35Edna148US #31
#36Marjorie147US #17
#37Myrtle145US #89
#38Lois144US #22
#39Juanita141US #48
#40Ella137US #94
#41Emma137US #57
#42Lillie136US #97
#43Catherine134US #27
#44Audrey126US #84
#45Jessie126US #91
#46Marion125US #46
#47Margie124US #102
#48Martha121US #21
#49Bertha120US #65
#50Florence119US #20
#51Velma116US #123
#52Clara115US #56
#53Ida113US #70
#54Joyce113US #83
#55Vera111US #85
#56Eva110US #66
#57Laura109US #72
#58Rosa109US #129
#59Alma108US #87
#60Yvonne106
#61Agnes105US #63
#62Rosie103US #163
#63Carrie101US #135
#64Pearl100US #78
#65Mattie98US #109
#66Gertrude97US #60
#67Katherine97US #59
#68Irma96US #179
#69Lena96US #112
#70Elsie95US #61
#71Leola93
#72Eula92US #177
#73Hilda92US #141
#74Vivian92US #71
#75Viola91US #82
#76Mable90US #162
#77Edith89US #36
#78Leona89US #103
#79Lula89US #146
#80Pauline89US #38
#81Eunice88US #130
#82Mae88US #114
#83Rosemary87US #106
#84Sarah85US #54
#85Hattie84US #149
#86Inez82US #144
#87Grace81US #43
#88Beulah79US #138
#89Esther78US #51
#90Geneva76US #110
#91Lorraine76US #52
#92Elaine75US #73
#93Geraldine75US #58
#94Theresa73US #96
#95Julia72US #62
#96Norma70US #40
#97Verna69US #153
#98Lucy67US #98
#99Marguerite64US #125
#100Minnie63US #100

Boys

#1James925US #4
#2John859US #2
#3Joseph790US #7
#4Robert630US #1
#5William532US #3
#6Charles450US #5
#7George412US #6
#8Willie383US #30
#9Henry375US #18
#10Edward307US #9
#11Louis277US #28
#12Frank263US #12
#13Thomas238US #11
#14Albert222US #21
#15Clarence204US #29
#16Walter186US #16
#17Richard184US #8
#18Harold175US #13
#19Paul169US #14
#20Lawrence168US #36
#21Raymond161US #15
#22Roy160US #31
#23Earl146US #33
#24Arthur144US #20
#25Leroy143US #53
#26Joe141US #35
#27Jack135US #17
#28David131US #24
#29Ernest129US #37
#30Herman129US #70
#31Alvin125US #73
#32Calvin119US #44
#33Leon113US #76
#34Warren113US #58
#35Harry108US #22
#36Anthony105US #39
#37Eugene105US #25
#38Lloyd99US #61
#39Herbert95US #41
#40Samuel93US #45
#41Jessie92US #124
#42Sidney91US #119
#43Charlie90US #80
#44Allen88US #94
#45Howard88US #26
#46Alfred84US #43
#47Fred84US #32
#48Leo83US #51
#49Milton82US #81
#50Eddie81US #113
#51Francis81US #34
#52Melvin79US #48
#53Donald78US #10
#54Sam78US #91
#55Ralph77US #23
#56Ray77US #60
#57Leonard74US #38
#58Andrew72US #56
#59Norman71US #42
#60Peter71US #59
#61Lee70US #83
#62Percy70
#63Clifton69US #172
#64Lester69US #72
#65Floyd67US #66
#66Wallace67US #87
#67Earnest64US #145
#68Chester63US #67
#69Philip63US #71
#70Curtis61US #117
#71Jesse61US #86
#72Roland61US #98
#73Alex59US #162
#74Wilbert59US #177
#75Johnnie58US #101
#76Willis58US #136
#77Clyde57US #69
#78Vincent57US #78
#79Daniel54US #47
#80Morris54US #120
#81Oscar54US #99
#82Russell54US #52
#83Johnny53US #152
#84Stanley52US #40
#85Vernon52US #68
#86Edwin49US #55
#87Emile49
#88Freddie49
#89Kenneth49US #19
#90Alton48
#91Claude48US #103
#92Clifford48US #64
#93Marvin48US #50
#94Wilson48
#95Benjamin47US #89
#96Bernard47US #46
#97Gerald47US #49
#98Luther46US #127
#99Gilbert44US #100
#100Theodore43US #65

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑41Marion#46
↑37Calvin#32
↑35Joyce#54
↑32Yvonne#60
↑27Betty#29
↑26Katherine#67
↑25Clifton#63
↑25Lester#64

Falling

↓30Marguerite#99
↓28Julia#95
↓26Sarah#84
↓25Geraldine#93
↓23Johnnie#75
↓21Wilbert#74
↓21Freddie#88
↓20Viola#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.