State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,133 Louisiana births in 1930 across 942 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#37Hueyoutside the national top 200
#74Percyoutside the national top 200
#67Wilbert#192 nationally
#80Earlineoutside the national top 200
#83Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#67Eula#182 nationally
#86Leolaoutside the national top 200
#94Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#44Sidney#150 nationally
#95Emileoutside the national top 200
#78Alton#183 nationally
#100Lioneloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,200US #1
#2Dorothy677US #3
#3Betty521US #2
#4Helen369US #4
#5Joyce350US #18
#6Gloria314US #30
#7Doris286US #9
#8Shirley272US #11
#9Marie251US #26
#10Annie248US #40
#11Mildred244US #21
#12Ruby230US #36
#13Ruth212US #10
#14Margaret199US #5
#15Rose187US #29
#16Dolores184US #13
#17Barbara181US #6
#18Ethel176US #65
#19Willie173US #87
#20Lucille171US #59
#21Evelyn170US #19
#22Louise170US #31
#23Audrey167US #63
#24Thelma164US #45
#25Anna162US #23
#26Alice154US #20
#27Elizabeth152US #15
#28Lillie143US #111
#29Gladys138US #48
#30Theresa137US #50
#31Hazel136US #71
#32Rita134US #42
#33Ella132US #107
#34Frances125US #16
#35Geraldine125US #43
#36Martha123US #27
#37Catherine119US #35
#38Virginia119US #12
#39Bertha118US #95
#40Lillian117US #44
#41Patricia117US #7
#42Ida116US #94
#43Juanita115US #57
#44Lois112US #17
#45Laura110US #89
#46Bessie109US #108
#47Emma108US #73
#48Bernice105US #58
#49Clara104US #64
#50Jessie103US #114
#51Joan102US #8
#52Irene101US #33
#53Billie99US #79
#54Edna96US #51
#55Eva94US #86
#56Florence94US #38
#57Beverly93US #34
#58Elsie92US #88
#59Vera90US #104
#60Velma89US #127
#61Marjorie88US #32
#62Josephine87US #49
#63Margie86US #112
#64Pearl86US #121
#65Rosemary85US #82
#66Bobbie84US #135
#67Eula84US #182
#68Marilyn84US #22
#69Beatrice83US #76
#70Gertrude83US #96
#71Hilda83US #158
#72Rosa83US #129
#73Rosie81US #153
#74Lula78US #157
#75Myrtle76US #123
#76Sarah76US #70
#77Marion73US #60
#78Delores72US #66
#79Lorraine71US #46
#80Earline70
#81Patsy70US #97
#82Norma69US #25
#83Irma68US #180
#84Jean68US #14
#85Viola68US #116
#86Leola65
#87Peggy65US #67
#88Verna64US #151
#89Alma63US #109
#90Carrie63US #145
#91Julia63US #90
#92Yvonne63US #165
#93Esther60US #77
#94Grace59US #62
#95June59US #47
#96Vivian59US #91
#97Ann58US #41
#98Elaine58US #69
#99Mae58US #137
#100Maxine58US #93

Boys

#1James884US #2
#2John828US #3
#3Joseph688US #9
#4Robert569US #1
#5Charles526US #6
#6William509US #4
#7Willie360US #29
#8George351US #8
#9Edward319US #10
#10Henry295US #22
#11Thomas235US #11
#12Louis230US #34
#13Frank214US #13
#14Richard200US #5
#15Raymond197US #16
#16Donald195US #7
#17Albert191US #24
#18Harold182US #18
#19Paul178US #12
#20Clarence173US #39
#21Roy171US #33
#22Herbert167US #35
#23Leroy167US #53
#24Billy165US #20
#25Ernest160US #43
#26Joe157US #27
#27Lawrence154US #36
#28Walter152US #19
#29Earl149US #38
#30David148US #15
#31Arthur135US #23
#32Alvin131US #79
#33Bobby130US #41
#34Herman125US #78
#35Alfred121US #46
#36Jack120US #14
#37Huey119
#38Eugene118US #21
#39Melvin106US #50
#40Anthony103US #44
#41Eddie99US #97
#42Gerald97US #30
#43Samuel95US #55
#44Sidney95US #150
#45Leonard94US #45
#46Andrew92US #62
#47Lloyd90US #69
#48Lee88US #82
#49Harry87US #28
#50Floyd84US #61
#51Jessie83US #133
#52Leon83US #81
#53Milton83US #93
#54Allen82US #85
#55Leo81US #63
#56Jesse77US #94
#57Johnny77US #101
#58Fred75US #32
#59Ray75US #57
#60Kenneth73US #17
#61Charlie72US #91
#62Jerry72US #51
#63Ralph72US #25
#64Howard71US #31
#65Carl70US #26
#66Sam69US #110
#67Wilbert69US #192
#68Calvin68US #111
#69Johnnie67US #104
#70Curtis65US #106
#71Roland65US #107
#72Daniel64US #47
#73Francis63US #42
#74Percy63
#75Freddie62US #171
#76Oscar62US #124
#77Warren62US #96
#78Alton60US #183
#79Peter57US #56
#80Claude56US #122
#81Earnest56US #153
#82Norman56US #40
#83Wilfred55
#84Lester54US #95
#85Clifton53US #184
#86Clyde52US #76
#87Marvin52US #48
#88Vernon51US #72
#89Clifford50US #73
#90Ronald50US #37
#91Horace47US #158
#92Jimmie47US #86
#93Russell46US #60
#94Wilson45
#95Emile44
#96Douglas43US #89
#97Morris43US #152
#98Otis42US #172
#99Jimmy41US #102
#100Lionel41

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑35Sidney#44
↑32Joan#51
↑32Pearl#64
↑30Marilyn#68
↑24Eva#55
↑19Elsie#58
↑19Gerald#42
↑19Sam#66

Falling

↓31Clyde#86
↓30Marion#77
↓30Vivian#96
↓29Rosa#72
↓27Yvonne#92
↓27Elaine#98
↓24Beatrice#69
↓22Lester#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.