State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,810 Louisiana births in 1928 across 959 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#22Hueyoutside the national top 200
#66Wilbert#192 nationally
#68Eula#189 nationally
#83Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#76Freddie#191 nationally
#89Lioneloutside the national top 200
#69Mable#180 nationally
#90Percyoutside the national top 200
#72Yvonne#181 nationally
#72Alton#176 nationally
#80Irma#184 nationally
#100Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,266US #1
#2Dorothy663US #3
#3Betty396US #2
#4Helen347US #4
#5Marie312US #21
#6Doris306US #7
#7Joyce287US #30
#8Annie276US #37
#9Mildred268US #15
#10Shirley267US #10
#11Gloria257US #25
#12Rose248US #24
#13Margaret227US #5
#14Ruth227US #6
#15Ruby216US #34
#16Willie209US #74
#17Audrey204US #60
#18Hazel196US #59
#19Ethel195US #55
#20Alice194US #19
#21Gladys190US #41
#22Anna184US #16
#23Louise183US #31
#24Theresa174US #49
#25Elizabeth169US #14
#26Thelma169US #40
#27Evelyn167US #17
#28Frances167US #13
#29Lucille166US #51
#30Bernice149US #53
#31Lois149US #18
#32Virginia148US #9
#33Lillian146US #35
#34Lillie139US #104
#35Rita138US #57
#36Edna129US #45
#37Ella127US #100
#38Dolores119US #20
#39Irene119US #28
#40Bertha117US #81
#41Catherine117US #33
#42Bessie115US #101
#43Emma115US #67
#44Marion114US #47
#45Juanita111US #58
#46Josephine110US #42
#47Barbara109US #8
#48Rosa108US #125
#49Martha106US #22
#50Laura103US #83
#51Beatrice102US #70
#52Velma102US #114
#53Clara101US #65
#54Marjorie101US #29
#55Jessie99US #109
#56Eva94US #79
#57Margie94US #108
#58Geraldine92US #50
#59Florence91US #32
#60Elaine90US #68
#61Ida90US #87
#62Elsie89US #73
#63Alma88US #107
#64Vera87US #92
#65Beverly85US #46
#66Lena84US #131
#67Lula84US #158
#68Eula83US #189
#69Mable82US #180
#70Pearl81US #110
#71Rosie81US #156
#72Yvonne81US #181
#73Billie80US #96
#74Lorraine79US #39
#75Carrie77US #140
#76Julia75US #80
#77Hilda74US #148
#78Myrtle73US #116
#79Eunice72US #138
#80Irma72US #184
#81Mattie71US #121
#82Vivian71US #78
#83Norma70US #23
#84Patricia69US #11
#85Viola69US #103
#86Grace68US #52
#87Gertrude67US #86
#88Sarah65US #64
#89Edith64US #56
#90Mabel63US #135
#91Rosemary63US #88
#92Ramona62US #117
#93Inez61US #160
#94Verna60US #152
#95Agnes59US #85
#96Marguerite59US #147
#97Bobbie58US #166
#98Jean57US #12
#99Katherine57US #75
#100Daisy55US #169

Boys

#1James901US #3
#2John829US #2
#3Joseph734US #9
#4Robert573US #1
#5Charles550US #5
#6William453US #4
#7Willie374US #29
#8George365US #8
#9Edward307US #10
#10Henry307US #21
#11Louis271US #32
#12Thomas240US #11
#13Raymond225US #16
#14Albert224US #23
#15Frank218US #12
#16Clarence202US #35
#17Harold191US #14
#18Richard187US #6
#19Lawrence181US #38
#20Roy167US #34
#21Earl162US #37
#22Huey160
#23Paul157US #13
#24Walter155US #18
#25Donald150US #7
#26Arthur149US #22
#27Herbert146US #25
#28Joe146US #30
#29Alfred134US #33
#30Alvin129US #72
#31Ernest128US #43
#32Billy123US #27
#33Jack123US #15
#34David116US #19
#35Leroy115US #51
#36Eugene114US #20
#37Melvin108US #48
#38Herman107US #78
#39Lloyd106US #59
#40Johnnie100US #103
#41Leonard100US #42
#42Andrew98US #60
#43Harry97US #26
#44Calvin96US #94
#45Anthony94US #44
#46Johnny94US #117
#47Allen92US #93
#48Warren91US #85
#49Jessie87US #124
#50Samuel87US #52
#51Milton86US #92
#52Howard85US #31
#53Lee85US #87
#54Leon85US #81
#55Curtis84US #101
#56Eddie84US #105
#57Francis84US #40
#58Charlie82US #80
#59Sidney82US #142
#60Floyd81US #54
#61Fred81US #36
#62Ray81US #57
#63Carl76US #28
#64Leo73US #61
#65Ralph72US #24
#66Wilbert72US #192
#67Peter70US #56
#68Clyde69US #74
#69Norman69US #39
#70Daniel67US #47
#71Jimmie65US #100
#72Alton63US #176
#73Horace63US #147
#74Sam63US #109
#75Claude61US #116
#76Freddie61US #191
#77Roland61US #107
#78Wallace61US #104
#79Gerald58US #41
#80Lester57US #89
#81Kenneth56US #17
#82Oscar56US #122
#83Wilson54
#84Jesse53US #91
#85Morris52US #144
#86Philip51US #73
#87Clifton50US #183
#88Edwin50US #58
#89Lionel50
#90Percy50
#91Jerry49US #79
#92Vernon48US #70
#93Cecil47US #97
#94Bobby46US #65
#95Marvin46US #46
#96Stanley43US #45
#97Vincent43US #82
#98Clifford42US #68
#99Earnest42US #153
#100Roosevelt42

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑53Huey#22
↑39Dolores#38
↑32Curtis#55
↑28Johnnie#40
↑26Johnny#46
↑24Billy#32
↑22Leonard#41
↑21Geraldine#58

Falling

↓27Jesse#84
↓22Clifton#87
↓21Viola#85
↓21Percy#90
↓20Floyd#60
↓18Florence#59
↓18Hilda#77
↓18Patricia#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.