State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,340 Louisiana births in 1932 across 934 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#61Hueyoutside the national top 200
#70Eulaoutside the national top 200
#66Irma#194 nationally
#74Percyoutside the national top 200
#80Lioneloutside the national top 200
#82Wilbert#196 nationally
#75Alton#184 nationally
#94Dudleyoutside the national top 200
#97Wilfredoutside the national top 200
#72Roosevelt#171 nationally
#84Clifton#183 nationally
#74Hilda#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,313US #1
#2Dorothy670US #4
#3Betty584US #2
#4Joyce343US #12
#5Gloria330US #25
#6Shirley297US #9
#7Helen285US #8
#8Barbara276US #3
#9Doris253US #10
#10Marie251US #31
#11Annie242US #41
#12Ruby229US #38
#13Mildred216US #26
#14Ruth198US #11
#15Margaret196US #7
#16Rose196US #33
#17Audrey177US #61
#18Alice173US #21
#19Ethel173US #66
#20Elizabeth164US #17
#21Louise164US #36
#22Evelyn163US #23
#23Willie160US #91
#24Patricia158US #6
#25Geraldine154US #42
#26Anna146US #24
#27Rita145US #53
#28Dolores141US #18
#29Thelma140US #51
#30Lillie137US #111
#31Lucille135US #63
#32Gladys131US #54
#33Joan128US #5
#34Frances122US #19
#35Bobbie120US #113
#36Theresa120US #60
#37Hazel119US #75
#38Martha117US #27
#39Catherine115US #39
#40Lois114US #20
#41Virginia113US #14
#42Ella111US #108
#43Margie109US #102
#44Bertha105US #101
#45Beverly103US #28
#46Emma103US #76
#47Juanita101US #58
#48Laura101US #88
#49Clara100US #70
#50Edna98US #50
#51Peggy95US #40
#52Lillian91US #48
#53Rosa91US #131
#54Bernice90US #71
#55Bessie89US #117
#56Jessie88US #126
#57Patsy88US #77
#58Irene87US #43
#59Billie86US #93
#60Ida84US #105
#61Marion84US #73
#62Josephine81US #57
#63Elaine78US #68
#64Norma78US #22
#65Velma78US #133
#66Irma76US #194
#67Marilyn76US #16
#68Alma75US #119
#69Carolyn74US #46
#70Eula72
#71Marjorie72US #37
#72Mattie72US #125
#73Vera72US #121
#74Hilda70US #172
#75Eva69US #98
#76Ann68US #34
#77Jane68US #49
#78Vivian68US #90
#79Agnes67US #115
#80Beatrice67US #87
#81Edith66US #69
#82Jean66US #15
#83Jeanette66US #106
#84Myrtle66US #135
#85Rosie66US #152
#86June65US #44
#87Georgia64US #118
#88Lula64US #157
#89Nancy63US #13
#90Sarah63US #67
#91Sylvia63US #96
#92Yvonne63US #160
#93Elsie62US #97
#94Florence62US #47
#95Pearl62US #138
#96Rosemary62US #100
#97Fannie61US #164
#98Lorraine60US #55
#99Viola59US #136
#100Jo58US #103

Boys

#1James913US #2
#2John854US #3
#3Joseph692US #9
#4Robert673US #1
#5Charles581US #6
#6William475US #4
#7Willie373US #31
#8George332US #8
#9Henry284US #23
#10Donald278US #7
#11Edward277US #11
#12Thomas235US #10
#13Louis217US #39
#14Albert212US #26
#15Richard206US #5
#16Clarence191US #40
#17Frank190US #15
#18Raymond184US #19
#19Paul181US #13
#20Billy174US #20
#21Walter173US #21
#22David166US #12
#23Harold162US #18
#24Leroy159US #53
#25Lawrence158US #35
#26Earl152US #41
#27Roy151US #38
#28Eugene136US #22
#29Joe135US #29
#30Jerry134US #34
#31Bobby133US #30
#32Jack130US #17
#33Alvin125US #87
#34Ernest124US #47
#35Allen115US #80
#36Herbert114US #44
#37Anthony108US #45
#38Gerald106US #24
#39Lloyd103US #71
#40Alfred102US #49
#41Arthur102US #25
#42Leon101US #83
#43Ronald101US #16
#44Kenneth97US #14
#45Melvin97US #51
#46Samuel96US #56
#47Harry95US #32
#48Herman91US #89
#49Lee90US #86
#50Jessie89US #137
#51Johnny89US #96
#52Andrew88US #69
#53Carl87US #28
#54Curtis87US #103
#55Eddie86US #91
#56Fred84US #33
#57Howard79US #36
#58Ray78US #59
#59Jimmie77US #75
#60Peter77US #62
#61Huey76
#62Milton73US #106
#63Ralph72US #27
#64Clyde70US #82
#65Floyd70US #68
#66Johnnie70US #113
#67Leo70US #74
#68Calvin69US #119
#69Francis69US #43
#70Daniel67US #42
#71Leonard67US #48
#72Roosevelt67US #171
#73Norman66US #37
#74Percy66
#75Alton65US #184
#76Roland63US #111
#77Freddie61US #166
#78Oscar61US #138
#79Sidney60US #159
#80Lionel59
#81Charlie57US #90
#82Wilbert57US #196
#83Claude55US #126
#84Clifton54US #183
#85Morris54US #160
#86Sam53US #120
#87Jimmy52US #76
#88Larry52US #65
#89Warren52US #102
#90Lester50US #101
#91Marvin49US #46
#92Horace48US #168
#93Jesse48US #99
#94Dudley46
#95Vernon46US #78
#96Wallace46US #117
#97Wilfred46
#98Rodney44US #172
#99Chester41US #112
#100Earnest41US #169

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑34Irma#66
↑23Ann#76
↑18Vivian#78
↑17Carolyn#69
↑17Howard#57
↑16Elaine#63
↑16Jane#77
↑15Bobbie#35

Falling

↓46Dudley#94
↓34Florence#94
↓30Warren#89
↓29Elsie#93
↓28June#86
↓22Huey#61
↓20Yvonne#92
↓18Billie#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.