State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,426 Louisiana births in 1929 across 960 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#26Hueyoutside the national top 200
#61Eula#191 nationally
#75Wilbert#199 nationally
#84Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#76Alton#191 nationally
#88Percyoutside the national top 200
#92Leolaoutside the national top 200
#93Lioneloutside the national top 200
#65Yvonne#168 nationally
#81Irma#184 nationally
#70Freddie#172 nationally
#80Clifton#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,306US #1
#2Dorothy686US #3
#3Betty442US #2
#4Helen356US #4
#5Joyce294US #23
#6Doris289US #6
#7Marie280US #22
#8Mildred273US #18
#9Gloria271US #28
#10Annie258US #37
#11Shirley244US #9
#12Ruby236US #36
#13Ethel232US #56
#14Rose215US #26
#15Ruth215US #8
#16Audrey211US #58
#17Evelyn199US #19
#18Dolores195US #14
#19Margaret195US #5
#20Willie193US #76
#21Hazel182US #64
#22Thelma180US #41
#23Anna176US #20
#24Alice174US #21
#25Theresa174US #49
#26Elizabeth173US #15
#27Gladys162US #44
#28Louise155US #31
#29Barbara141US #7
#30Frances139US #16
#31Lillie139US #103
#32Rita137US #52
#33Lucille133US #57
#34Bernice131US #55
#35Lois127US #17
#36Virginia127US #11
#37Martha120US #27
#38Edna118US #51
#39Ella117US #102
#40Emma117US #69
#41Ida114US #96
#42Catherine106US #34
#43Rosa105US #129
#44Velma105US #128
#45Beatrice104US #72
#46Billie104US #79
#47Marion104US #53
#48Patricia104US #10
#49Josephine103US #45
#50Jessie102US #110
#51Geraldine101US #43
#52Bertha100US #93
#53Irene99US #29
#54Clara98US #65
#55Lillian98US #40
#56Beverly96US #39
#57Juanita96US #60
#58Margie96US #108
#59Florence94US #35
#60Bessie93US #107
#61Eula92US #191
#62Marjorie92US #30
#63Laura88US #90
#64Vera87US #99
#65Yvonne87US #168
#66Vivian85US #81
#67Lula83US #158
#68Mattie82US #121
#69Myrtle82US #117
#70Rosemary82US #80
#71Elaine81US #67
#72Alma78US #106
#73Leona78US #122
#74Carrie77US #148
#75Gertrude75US #95
#76Agnes74US #94
#77Elsie74US #78
#78Lena73US #138
#79Eva72US #83
#80Hilda69US #157
#81Irma69US #184
#82Norma69US #25
#83Joan68US #13
#84Grace67US #54
#85Rosie67US #154
#86Daisy66US #182
#87Lorraine64US #42
#88Edith63US #59
#89Eunice63US #145
#90Jean63US #12
#91Julia63US #88
#92Leola63
#93Mae63US #132
#94Peggy63US #70
#95Viola63US #109
#96Pearl62US #114
#97Georgia61US #115
#98Marilyn60US #33
#99Ann58US #46
#100Esther58US #71

Boys

#1James861US #2
#2John814US #3
#3Joseph724US #9
#4Robert565US #1
#5Charles516US #5
#6William481US #4
#7Willie371US #29
#8George367US #8
#9Edward305US #10
#10Henry277US #21
#11Louis246US #32
#12Raymond235US #15
#13Thomas234US #11
#14Albert216US #24
#15Clarence207US #37
#16Richard200US #6
#17Frank199US #12
#18Leroy171US #51
#19Walter166US #19
#20Paul164US #13
#21Roy164US #35
#22Harold160US #16
#23Lawrence160US #38
#24Earl154US #36
#25Arthur153US #22
#26Huey145
#27Jack145US #14
#28Donald136US #7
#29David135US #17
#30Herbert132US #25
#31Billy130US #23
#32Alvin129US #77
#33Ernest127US #43
#34Herman115US #75
#35Joe110US #30
#36Eugene104US #20
#37Floyd103US #58
#38Melvin101US #49
#39Andrew99US #59
#40Anthony99US #44
#41Harry94US #27
#42Lee94US #85
#43Alfred92US #41
#44Charlie92US #87
#45Milton92US #94
#46Samuel91US #53
#47Allen90US #86
#48Bobby90US #50
#49Ray90US #57
#50Fred88US #34
#51Eddie87US #102
#52Leon86US #81
#53Johnnie85US #103
#54Jessie84US #129
#55Clyde83US #74
#56Carl82US #28
#57Lloyd80US #62
#58Warren80US #92
#59Kenneth78US #18
#60Howard77US #31
#61Gerald75US #33
#62Lester75US #88
#63Leonard72US #42
#64Johnny71US #113
#65Leo71US #60
#66Francis69US #39
#67Curtis68US #99
#68Calvin67US #109
#69Ralph67US #26
#70Freddie65US #172
#71Jesse65US #93
#72Daniel64US #47
#73Norman61US #40
#74Peter60US #55
#75Wilbert60US #199
#76Alton59US #191
#77Jerry59US #61
#78Morris59US #147
#79Sidney59US #149
#80Clifton57US #178
#81Marvin57US #46
#82Jimmie56US #98
#83Philip56US #76
#84Wilfred56
#85Sam55US #105
#86Oscar54US #117
#87Earnest53US #155
#88Percy53
#89Roland53US #104
#90Wallace53US #106
#91Ronald52US #45
#92Vernon49US #71
#93Lionel48
#94Chester47US #96
#95Douglas47US #97
#96Theodore46US #65
#97Claude44US #119
#98Horace44US #153
#99Cecil42US #101
#100Edgar42US #116

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑46Bobby#48
↑36Patricia#48
↑27Billie#46
↑23Floyd#37
↑22Kenneth#59
↑21Rosemary#70
↑20Dolores#18
↑20Ida#41

Falling

↓26Pearl#96
↓25Horace#98
↓24Calvin#68
↓23Eva#79
↓22Lillian#55
↓22Leonard#63
↓22Claude#97
↓20Sidney#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.