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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,125 Louisiana births in 1925 across 989 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#60Percyoutside the national top 200
#64Freddieoutside the national top 200
#57Eula#182 nationally
#77Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#58Wilbert#180 nationally
#75Alton#197 nationally
#87Isaacoutside the national top 200
#77Wilfred#188 nationally
#90Adamoutside the national top 200
#95Juniusoutside the national top 200
#98Leolaoutside the national top 200
#98Emileoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,303US #1
#2Dorothy733US #2
#3Helen433US #4
#4Mildred336US #9
#5Marie335US #16
#6Gloria328US #20
#7Annie316US #32
#8Ruth312US #6
#9Doris299US #8
#10Ruby270US #30
#11Willie260US #68
#12Shirley251US #17
#13Margaret233US #5
#14Betty230US #3
#15Hazel227US #45
#16Louise225US #27
#17Rose223US #26
#18Gladys220US #33
#19Ethel217US #43
#20Thelma216US #35
#21Rita207US #48
#22Elizabeth196US #10
#23Lucille195US #41
#24Evelyn194US #12
#25Anna185US #13
#26Alice184US #15
#27Virginia174US #7
#28Audrey172US #78
#29Lillian171US #25
#30Frances165US #11
#31Lillie164US #91
#32Bernice160US #46
#33Edna149US #37
#34Joyce149US #59
#35Ella147US #93
#36Catherine146US #29
#37Martha141US #23
#38Lois140US #18
#39Irene137US #19
#40Bertha134US #74
#41Clara133US #55
#42Beatrice132US #50
#43Josephine128US #36
#44Juanita127US #49
#45Bessie126US #87
#46Emma120US #57
#47Marjorie119US #21
#48Myrtle117US #95
#49Rosa116US #125
#50Eva115US #71
#51Florence115US #24
#52Pearl111US #90
#53Carrie110US #134
#54Margie110US #99
#55Hilda108US #142
#56Ida108US #82
#57Eula107US #182
#58Marion107US #47
#59Elsie106US #63
#60Vera106US #86
#61Inez105US #139
#62Laura104US #75
#63Theresa102US #80
#64Alma100US #94
#65Mattie100US #100
#66Rosie99US #156
#67Gertrude97US #70
#68Velma97US #128
#69Edith94US #42
#70Rosemary94US #103
#71Elaine93US #73
#72Leona93US #108
#73Lula93US #149
#74Viola91US #84
#75Jessie88US #97
#76Julia88US #65
#77Yvonne87
#78Mable86US #166
#79Vivian86US #76
#80Grace85US #44
#81Lena85US #124
#82Agnes84US #69
#83Pauline81US #38
#84Norma80US #34
#85Hattie79US #148
#86Lorraine78US #51
#87Eunice77US #130
#88Katherine74US #61
#89Mae74US #116
#90Mabel73US #118
#91Sarah73US #58
#92Geraldine72US #54
#93Patricia72US #28
#94Eloise70US #180
#95Irma70US #177
#96Daisy68US #169
#97Esther68US #56
#98Leola67
#99Georgia66US #112
#100Marguerite65US #132

Boys

#1James955US #4
#2John877US #2
#3Joseph798US #7
#4Robert575US #1
#5William555US #3
#6Charles455US #5
#7George423US #6
#8Willie362US #27
#9Henry361US #18
#10Edward317US #9
#11Louis280US #29
#12Frank250US #12
#13Clarence233US #30
#14Thomas231US #11
#15Albert218US #21
#16Lawrence192US #36
#17Harold191US #14
#18Roy185US #32
#19Raymond170US #15
#20Walter168US #16
#21Paul167US #13
#22Arthur164US #20
#23Earl164US #31
#24Ernest158US #37
#25Richard153US #8
#26Leroy150US #52
#27Joe130US #34
#28Alvin125US #70
#29David124US #22
#30Herbert121US #42
#31Jack115US #17
#32Harry114US #23
#33Leon113US #76
#34Samuel107US #46
#35Eugene105US #24
#36Warren105US #66
#37Fred104US #33
#38Lloyd103US #62
#39Calvin100US #47
#40Charlie98US #78
#41Alfred95US #43
#42Herman95US #69
#43Lee95US #82
#44Anthony94US #39
#45Andrew93US #56
#46Jessie93US #123
#47Allen91US #94
#48Howard90US #26
#49Milton90US #80
#50Eddie89US #101
#51Leonard89US #38
#52Leo83US #54
#53Melvin83US #50
#54Floyd81US #58
#55Ray81US #64
#56Francis78US #35
#57Roland78US #98
#58Wilbert78US #180
#59Donald76US #10
#60Percy75
#61Sam73US #91
#62Sidney73US #131
#63Curtis70US #118
#64Freddie69
#65Lester69US #81
#66Ralph69US #25
#67Daniel68US #44
#68Jesse67US #85
#69Peter65US #60
#70Claude64US #102
#71Edwin64US #57
#72Johnny64US #142
#73Norman61US #41
#74Kenneth59US #19
#75Alton57US #197
#76Clyde57US #68
#77Wilfred57US #188
#78Carl56US #28
#79Clifton56US #171
#80Billy55US #49
#81Johnnie55US #100
#82Morris55US #126
#83Earnest54US #148
#84Wallace53US #92
#85Chester50US #73
#86Clifford50US #59
#87Isaac50
#88Stanley50US #40
#89Marvin48US #51
#90Adam47
#91Horace47US #145
#92Jimmie47US #121
#93Oscar47US #99
#94Vernon47US #67
#95Junius46
#96Russell45US #53
#97Cecil44US #87
#98Emile44
#99Bernard41US #48
#100Marion41US #109

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑31Theresa#63
↑25Inez#61
↑24Freddie#64
↑21Elaine#71
↑21Claude#70
↑20Joyce#34
↑19Julia#76
↑18Hilda#55

Falling

↓30Jessie#75
↓27Irma#95
↓27Leola#98
↓21Agnes#82
↓21Katherine#88
↓20Sidney#62
↓18Wallace#84
↓17Velma#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.