State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,026 Louisiana births in 1927 across 1,011 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#69Percyoutside the national top 200
#75Hueyoutside the national top 200
#78Leolaoutside the national top 200
#64Wilbert#185 nationally
#79Freddie#198 nationally
#86Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#90Isaacoutside the national top 200
#81Alton#191 nationally
#84Wilfred#194 nationally
#90Yvonne#200 nationally
#91Lioneloutside the national top 200
#93Clevelandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,378US #1
#2Dorothy782US #2
#3Helen416US #4
#4Marie347US #20
#5Betty346US #3
#6Doris319US #7
#7Mildred308US #11
#8Annie277US #36
#9Joyce273US #35
#10Shirley270US #9
#11Gloria265US #22
#12Willie245US #71
#13Ethel244US #47
#14Ruby242US #30
#15Anna235US #16
#16Ruth228US #6
#17Evelyn217US #15
#18Margaret217US #5
#19Rita206US #54
#20Alice205US #17
#21Audrey205US #62
#22Thelma204US #38
#23Rose203US #23
#24Hazel197US #53
#25Gladys189US #37
#26Louise182US #27
#27Lillie181US #94
#28Elizabeth175US #13
#29Theresa174US #52
#30Lucille173US #45
#31Frances168US #12
#32Lillian168US #32
#33Bernice166US #49
#34Edna164US #40
#35Ella162US #98
#36Irene144US #21
#37Beatrice139US #67
#38Emma137US #64
#39Catherine134US #31
#40Bertha133US #80
#41Florence127US #28
#42Clara126US #63
#43Jessie126US #95
#44Lois126US #19
#45Juanita124US #55
#46Laura124US #82
#47Virginia123US #8
#48Margie121US #104
#49Marjorie121US #25
#50Bessie116US #88
#51Josephine115US #39
#52Eva112US #79
#53Ida110US #84
#54Lena109US #130
#55Martha109US #24
#56Rosa109US #124
#57Marion106US #51
#58Barbara105US #10
#59Hilda105US #144
#60Velma102US #118
#61Alma101US #97
#62Myrtle101US #110
#63Rosie100US #152
#64Viola99US #101
#65Pearl97US #102
#66Patricia92US #18
#67Elaine90US #69
#68Carrie89US #139
#69Elsie89US #72
#70Eula89US #176
#71Lula89US #150
#72Mable89US #171
#73Mattie89US #113
#74Vera89US #89
#75Beverly88US #57
#76Rosemary88US #86
#77Dolores87US #34
#78Leola85
#79Geraldine84US #58
#80Sarah84US #61
#81Grace83US #50
#82Vivian83US #77
#83Gertrude82US #78
#84Julia79US #76
#85Irma78US #178
#86Katherine78US #73
#87Eunice77US #134
#88Billie74US #109
#89Lorraine74US #44
#90Yvonne74US #200
#91Agnes73US #81
#92Inez71US #149
#93Pauline71US #42
#94Edith68US #48
#95Johnnie66US #191
#96Lucy66US #112
#97Norma63US #26
#98Esther62US #65
#99Leona62US #121
#100Stella62US #123

Boys

#1James1,029US #3
#2John961US #2
#3Joseph833US #9
#4Robert592US #1
#5William560US #4
#6Charles493US #5
#7Willie393US #27
#8George375US #7
#9Henry345US #19
#10Edward307US #10
#11Louis270US #29
#12Frank254US #12
#13Thomas252US #11
#14Albert243US #23
#15Walter206US #17
#16Clarence194US #32
#17Richard192US #6
#18Raymond187US #15
#19Paul180US #13
#20Earl175US #33
#21Ernest168US #41
#22Roy165US #34
#23Leroy164US #51
#24Harold158US #14
#25Jack154US #16
#26Alvin151US #66
#27Arthur140US #22
#28Eugene140US #20
#29Lawrence139US #37
#30David132US #21
#31Donald130US #8
#32Joe128US #30
#33Samuel128US #49
#34Herbert122US #42
#35Herman114US #70
#36Andrew107US #56
#37Lloyd105US #58
#38Melvin105US #48
#39Eddie104US #103
#40Floyd104US #53
#41Harry104US #25
#42Alfred102US #45
#43Leon99US #78
#44Calvin97US #73
#45Jessie96US #124
#46Lee95US #86
#47Charlie93US #80
#48Ray93US #60
#49Anthony92US #43
#50Allen90US #95
#51Sidney89US #127
#52Carl88US #26
#53Milton86US #88
#54Warren85US #79
#55Howard84US #28
#56Billy83US #31
#57Jesse83US #89
#58Fred82US #35
#59Leo82US #55
#60Francis81US #36
#61Ralph81US #24
#62Sam79US #102
#63Leonard77US #40
#64Wilbert77US #185
#65Clifton76US #164
#66Clyde76US #68
#67Daniel75US #46
#68Johnnie74US #105
#69Percy69
#70Peter68US #59
#71Roland68US #109
#72Johnny67US #132
#73Lester67US #83
#74Wallace65US #96
#75Huey62
#76Gerald60US #38
#77Edwin59US #57
#78Claude58US #114
#79Freddie58US #198
#80Kenneth58US #18
#81Alton56US #191
#82Oscar56US #113
#83Norman54US #39
#84Wilfred54US #194
#85Jimmie53US #108
#86Wilson53
#87Curtis52US #118
#88Earnest52US #148
#89Russell52US #54
#90Isaac50
#91Lionel49
#92Stanley48US #44
#93Cleveland47
#94Vernon47US #71
#95Marvin45US #47
#96Rudolph45US #110
#97Adam44
#98Alex44US #169
#99Cecil44US #92
#100Clifford44US #65

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑38Barbara#58
↑33Theresa#29
↑27Patricia#66
↑24Lena#54
↑24Viola#64
↑22Beverly#75
↑21Billy#56
↑17Marion#57

Falling

↓34Curtis#87
↓29Yvonne#90
↓24Clifford#100
↓22Stanley#92
↓17Gertrude#83
↓17Irma#85
↓16Elsie#69
↓16Vera#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.