State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,648 Louisiana births in 1931 across 914 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#39Hueyoutside the national top 200
#48Dudleyoutside the national top 200
#65Wilbert#193 nationally
#77Eulaoutside the national top 200
#85Percyoutside the national top 200
#90Lioneloutside the national top 200
#79Alton#186 nationally
#94Mableoutside the national top 200
#83Clifton#188 nationally
#97Leolaoutside the national top 200
#85Johnnie#187 nationally
#99Irvinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,227US #1
#2Dorothy620US #3
#3Betty572US #2
#4Joyce352US #15
#5Helen299US #6
#6Gloria293US #23
#7Doris282US #10
#8Shirley275US #9
#9Marie272US #27
#10Mildred226US #26
#11Annie220US #41
#12Barbara220US #4
#13Margaret208US #7
#14Rose204US #30
#15Ruby191US #39
#16Ruth181US #11
#17Ethel172US #67
#18Evelyn172US #24
#19Audrey163US #64
#20Dolores156US #14
#21Frances154US #18
#22Alice150US #21
#23Anna149US #25
#24Gladys145US #55
#25Thelma145US #53
#26Hazel142US #74
#27Patricia141US #8
#28Willie141US #93
#29Martha139US #28
#30Elizabeth135US #16
#31Theresa134US #59
#32Rita130US #48
#33Lillie128US #112
#34Geraldine127US #38
#35Louise122US #33
#36Virginia122US #12
#37Lois120US #20
#38Catherine119US #36
#39Joan118US #5
#40Lucille116US #62
#41Billie112US #81
#42Jessie109US #122
#43Bertha105US #102
#44Lillian105US #47
#45Beverly104US #31
#46Ella104US #110
#47Juanita104US #57
#48Bessie102US #113
#49Irene100US #37
#50Bobbie94US #124
#51Laura93US #89
#52Ida92US #100
#53Josephine91US #51
#54Emma90US #76
#55Marion90US #66
#56Margie89US #107
#57Peggy89US #42
#58June87US #44
#59Clara84US #61
#60Florence84US #43
#61Bernice83US #63
#62Edna82US #52
#63Marilyn82US #19
#64Elsie81US #86
#65Rosa81US #138
#66Vera79US #111
#67Beatrice78US #85
#68Jean78US #13
#69Marjorie77US #34
#70Myrtle77US #134
#71Patsy77US #83
#72Yvonne77US #151
#73Eva76US #94
#74Verna76US #154
#75Sarah74US #71
#76Norma73US #22
#77Eula72
#78Alma69US #114
#79Elaine69US #72
#80Velma69US #131
#81Lula67US #162
#82Rosie67US #155
#83Carrie65US #148
#84Leona65US #133
#85Johnnie64US #187
#86Carolyn63US #60
#87Mattie63US #130
#88Hilda61US #167
#89Lena61US #149
#90Viola61US #127
#91Agnes60US #103
#92Grace60US #70
#93Jane59US #50
#94Mable59
#95Nancy59US #17
#96Vivian59US #82
#97Leola58
#98Lorraine58US #49
#99Ann57US #35
#100Irma56US #195

Boys

#1James914US #2
#2John762US #3
#3Joseph700US #9
#4Robert606US #1
#5Charles512US #6
#6William430US #4
#7George334US #8
#8Willie312US #31
#9Henry300US #22
#10Edward285US #11
#11Louis245US #37
#12Thomas223US #10
#13Frank204US #16
#14Donald197US #7
#15Paul195US #12
#16Albert191US #24
#17Clarence187US #39
#18Harold187US #18
#19Richard187US #5
#20Raymond186US #17
#21Earl167US #40
#22Roy152US #35
#23Billy151US #19
#24Ernest148US #47
#25Walter147US #20
#26Leroy145US #52
#27Lawrence140US #38
#28Bobby130US #32
#29David127US #13
#30Jack127US #15
#31Joe124US #29
#32Jerry119US #43
#33Alvin112US #80
#34Alfred110US #50
#35Eugene109US #21
#36Arthur102US #23
#37Herbert100US #41
#38Herman98US #83
#39Huey98
#40Gerald97US #26
#41Samuel97US #56
#42Kenneth96US #14
#43Melvin96US #51
#44Lloyd94US #68
#45Jessie91US #135
#46Anthony89US #46
#47Harry89US #30
#48Dudley87
#49Andrew86US #65
#50Allen84US #79
#51Eddie84US #95
#52Leon84US #84
#53Milton83US #99
#54Leonard82US #48
#55Johnny79US #105
#56Lee79US #90
#57Daniel78US #44
#58Ray77US #60
#59Warren77US #100
#60Carl74US #28
#61Fred74US #33
#62Leo72US #69
#63Peter72US #61
#64Jimmie71US #81
#65Wilbert71US #193
#66Charlie70US #94
#67Curtis70US #108
#68Francis70US #42
#69Calvin69US #119
#70Floyd69US #66
#71Johnnie67US #110
#72Norman67US #36
#73Ralph67US #25
#74Howard65US #34
#75Oscar63US #129
#76Clyde62US #77
#77Jesse62US #97
#78Roland61US #107
#79Alton58US #186
#80Lester58US #96
#81Sam57US #118
#82Sidney57US #158
#83Clifton56US #188
#84Jimmy55US #89
#85Percy53
#86Marvin51US #45
#87Claude48US #134
#88Douglas47US #85
#89Edwin47US #67
#90Lionel44
#91Morris44US #154
#92Hubert43US #137
#93Tommy43US #115
#94Cecil42US #102
#95Chester42US #106
#96Gilbert42US #92
#97Earnest41US #162
#98Edgar41US #122
#99Irvin41
#100Larry41US #88

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑37June#58
↑30Peggy#57
↑30Jerry#32
↑28Jimmie#64
↑22Marion#55
↑20Yvonne#72
↑19Elaine#79
↑18Kenneth#42

Falling

↓38Sidney#82
↓21Jesse#77
↓20Lucille#40
↓20Velma#80
↓20Floyd#70
↓19Lorraine#98
↓18Eva#73
↓17Hilda#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.