State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,712 Louisiana births in 1926 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.

#61Yvonne#192 nationally
#54Wilbert#184 nationally
#73Freddie#198 nationally
#83Percyoutside the national top 200
#87Leolaoutside the national top 200
#72Alton#183 nationally
#69Eula#179 nationally
#58Clifton#165 nationally
#94Isaacoutside the national top 200
#68Irma#170 nationally
#100Adamoutside the national top 200
#72Mable#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,341US #1
#2Dorothy777US #2
#3Helen411US #4
#4Marie368US #18
#5Doris325US #7
#6Gloria312US #20
#7Mildred311US #9
#8Annie305US #34
#9Ruby287US #30
#10Shirley282US #14
#11Ruth272US #6
#12Ethel260US #41
#13Hazel255US #48
#14Willie251US #73
#15Betty243US #3
#16Audrey235US #60
#17Anna228US #15
#18Margaret222US #5
#19Thelma218US #36
#20Alice213US #17
#21Rose213US #25
#22Gladys210US #35
#23Lucille206US #43
#24Joyce204US #44
#25Rita198US #50
#26Louise192US #27
#27Evelyn186US #13
#28Bernice182US #45
#29Elizabeth178US #11
#30Lillie171US #99
#31Frances167US #10
#32Edna158US #38
#33Lillian158US #28
#34Bertha145US #76
#35Lois144US #19
#36Ella142US #98
#37Jessie141US #93
#38Virginia141US #8
#39Bessie140US #89
#40Irene139US #21
#41Juanita136US #52
#42Catherine135US #31
#43Josephine135US #37
#44Marjorie131US #22
#45Martha130US #24
#46Beatrice126US #58
#47Emma125US #59
#48Florence125US #26
#49Clara119US #61
#50Ida119US #82
#51Myrtle119US #101
#52Eva118US #79
#53Elsie116US #69
#54Hilda116US #139
#55Laura113US #81
#56Alma112US #91
#57Rosa111US #125
#58Vera111US #84
#59Margie109US #103
#60Mattie109US #109
#61Yvonne105US #192
#62Theresa104US #64
#63Velma104US #124
#64Carrie103US #138
#65Pearl103US #96
#66Gertrude100US #71
#67Rosie97US #156
#68Irma92US #170
#69Eula91US #179
#70Rosemary90US #95
#71Lula89US #154
#72Mable89US #164
#73Elaine88US #68
#74Marion86US #47
#75Julia85US #75
#76Lorraine84US #53
#77Agnes82US #77
#78Lena80US #123
#79Edith79US #42
#80Sarah79US #63
#81Verna79US #152
#82Vivian79US #80
#83Leona78US #112
#84Mae78US #118
#85Norma77US #29
#86Geraldine76US #54
#87Leola74
#88Viola73US #97
#89Fannie71US #153
#90Grace71US #46
#91Mabel70US #127
#92Dolores69US #49
#93Patricia69US #23
#94Georgia68US #116
#95Katherine68US #72
#96Barbara67US #16
#97Beverly67US #74
#98Eunice67US #134
#99Alberta66US #143
#100Marguerite65US #137

Boys

#1James952US #3
#2John877US #2
#3Joseph790US #8
#4Robert601US #1
#5William576US #4
#6Charles469US #5
#7George431US #6
#8Willie385US #28
#9Henry308US #19
#10Edward301US #10
#11Frank269US #12
#12Louis262US #30
#13Thomas259US #11
#14Albert241US #21
#15Clarence217US #29
#16Paul207US #13
#17Walter200US #17
#18Raymond185US #15
#19Richard184US #7
#20Roy184US #34
#21Harold173US #14
#22Leroy169US #51
#23Lawrence165US #36
#24Earl161US #32
#25Jack148US #16
#26Arthur145US #20
#27Joe140US #33
#28Alvin137US #72
#29David136US #22
#30Ernest131US #37
#31Lloyd126US #60
#32Floyd125US #53
#33Leon120US #73
#34Donald116US #9
#35Herman116US #69
#36Andrew115US #59
#37Eugene115US #23
#38Herbert112US #44
#39Samuel112US #48
#40Alfred110US #45
#41Calvin108US #65
#42Charlie105US #81
#43Melvin104US #47
#44Anthony103US #42
#45Fred101US #31
#46Harry100US #25
#47Jessie100US #124
#48Eddie93US #108
#49Milton88US #83
#50Sidney87US #129
#51Sam86US #92
#52Ralph85US #24
#53Curtis83US #112
#54Wilbert82US #184
#55Allen81US #93
#56Howard80US #27
#57Warren79US #71
#58Clifton77US #165
#59Johnnie77US #104
#60Lee77US #85
#61Leo77US #54
#62Jesse76US #87
#63Ray76US #57
#64Francis74US #35
#65Carl72US #26
#66Clyde69US #67
#67Daniel69US #46
#68Peter69US #58
#69Edwin68US #55
#70Stanley68US #43
#71Johnny65US #136
#72Alton64US #183
#73Freddie63US #198
#74Jimmie63US #115
#75Claude60US #106
#76Clifford59US #62
#77Billy56US #40
#78Oscar56US #105
#79Leonard55US #38
#80Lester54US #78
#81Kenneth52US #18
#82Norman52US #39
#83Percy51
#84Wallace51US #95
#85Gerald50US #41
#86Roland49US #107
#87Jerry48US #97
#88Maurice48US #110
#89Willis48US #140
#90Marvin47US #50
#91Russell47US #52
#92Chester46US #79
#93Earnest46US #147
#94Isaac45
#95Rudolph45US #111
#96Alex44US #179
#97Horace44US #149
#98Martin43US #80
#99Willard43US #100
#100Adam42

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑38Jessie#37
↑27Irma#68
↑25Donald#34
↑22Floyd#32
↑22Johnnie#59
↑21Clifton#58
↑18Stanley#70
↑18Jimmie#74

Falling

↓29Roland#86
↓28Leonard#79
↓23Percy#83
↓21Warren#57
↓17Lee#60
↓16Marion#74
↓15Lester#80
↓14Viola#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.