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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,634 Louisiana births in 1933 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.

#67Hueyoutside the national top 200
#68Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Wilbert#193 nationally
#79Earlineoutside the national top 200
#82Eulaoutside the national top 200
#86Irmaoutside the national top 200
#93Percyoutside the national top 200
#42Jessie#143 nationally
#32Roosevelt#132 nationally
#60Rosie#155 nationally
#62Freddie#156 nationally
#65Yvonne#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,140US #1
#2Betty562US #2
#3Dorothy509US #4
#4Barbara300US #3
#5Joyce291US #12
#6Gloria285US #31
#7Helen282US #8
#8Shirley249US #9
#9Ruby227US #43
#10Doris212US #10
#11Marie211US #33
#12Annie210US #37
#13Rose204US #35
#14Mildred193US #32
#15Margaret191US #7
#16Ethel176US #71
#17Alice175US #22
#18Audrey165US #59
#19Patricia165US #6
#20Willie165US #93
#21Anna154US #29
#22Elizabeth153US #17
#23Geraldine152US #42
#24Ruth144US #13
#25Joan138US #5
#26Martha130US #27
#27Lois127US #19
#28Lillie118US #111
#29Evelyn117US #30
#30Frances116US #18
#31Hazel112US #82
#32Catherine110US #44
#33Louise108US #39
#34Beverly107US #26
#35Dolores107US #21
#36Thelma107US #57
#37Juanita105US #63
#38Theresa105US #70
#39Virginia105US #15
#40Margie104US #95
#41Peggy103US #36
#42Gladys101US #60
#43Lucille100US #78
#44Clara99US #67
#45Rita97US #53
#46Bobbie96US #114
#47Ida96US #109
#48Edna89US #55
#49Jean89US #14
#50Carolyn87US #40
#51Ella87US #113
#52Emma87US #75
#53Bernice84US #83
#54Billie84US #92
#55Patsy83US #65
#56Lillian82US #51
#57Laura81US #91
#58Vera81US #121
#59Bessie80US #117
#60Rosie80US #155
#61Josephine79US #62
#62Jessie78US #127
#63Irene76US #46
#64Marion76US #73
#65Yvonne75US #159
#66Norma74US #23
#67Marjorie73US #41
#68Alma71US #124
#69Bertha71US #106
#70Eva71US #101
#71June71US #45
#72Florence70US #49
#73Sylvia70US #84
#74Myrtle69US #142
#75Rosa69US #132
#76Velma69US #137
#77Verna68US #168
#78Carrie67US #150
#79Earline67
#80Ann66US #34
#81Elsie65US #99
#82Eula63
#83Jeanette63US #103
#84Sarah63US #58
#85Marilyn62US #16
#86Irma61
#87Lula61US #166
#88Mattie61US #130
#89Beatrice60US #94
#90Janet60US #25
#91Lena58US #165
#92Agnes57US #118
#93Carol56US #20
#94Lucy56US #129
#95Nancy56US #11
#96Katherine55US #100
#97Delores54US #52
#98Julia54US #97
#99Marlene53US #50
#100Viola53US #138

Boys

#1James876US #2
#2John711US #3
#3Joseph670US #9
#4Charles553US #6
#5Robert552US #1
#6William384US #4
#7Willie320US #32
#8George310US #8
#9Donald258US #7
#10Thomas241US #10
#11Edward235US #11
#12Henry222US #24
#13Louis218US #40
#14Frank192US #16
#15Richard186US #5
#16Raymond173US #19
#17Albert169US #30
#18Billy168US #20
#19Bobby168US #26
#20Jerry166US #31
#21Paul155US #14
#22Harold138US #18
#23Roy138US #39
#24Lawrence137US #38
#25Clarence136US #43
#26Gerald134US #22
#27Earl127US #41
#28Leroy127US #56
#29Walter124US #21
#30David121US #13
#31Joe118US #27
#32Roosevelt116US #132
#33Arthur115US #25
#34Ronald115US #12
#35Alvin110US #88
#36Ernest109US #50
#37Melvin107US #51
#38Harry105US #35
#39Jack102US #17
#40Eugene101US #23
#41Alfred92US #57
#42Jessie90US #143
#43Anthony89US #46
#44Samuel84US #61
#45Andrew83US #76
#46Lee82US #79
#47Herbert80US #49
#48Fred78US #34
#49Leon78US #85
#50Johnnie77US #115
#51Allen76US #84
#52Carl75US #28
#53Daniel75US #42
#54Herman75US #96
#55Kenneth75US #15
#56Johnny74US #90
#57Warren74US #99
#58Lloyd73US #73
#59Clyde72US #87
#60Curtis71US #107
#61Eddie71US #93
#62Freddie71US #156
#63Floyd68US #69
#64Leonard68US #47
#65Lester67US #108
#66Peter67US #60
#67Huey66
#68Lionel66
#69Norman66US #37
#70Wilbert62US #193
#71Jimmy61US #64
#72Roland61US #114
#73Charlie60US #95
#74Howard60US #36
#75Larry59US #58
#76Leo55US #75
#77Milton55US #113
#78Francis54US #45
#79Jimmie54US #72
#80Oscar54US #142
#81Sidney54US #152
#82Ray52US #62
#83Ralph51US #29
#84Calvin50US #112
#85Jesse50US #100
#86Edgar49US #135
#87Morris49US #164
#88Douglas47US #81
#89Marvin47US #44
#90Clifton45US #177
#91Franklin45US #33
#92Claude44US #131
#93Percy44
#94Alton41US #184
#95Sam41US #121
#96Horace40US #165
#97Benjamin39US #118
#98Carroll38US #174
#99Earnest38US #166
#100Wallace37US #120

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑40Roosevelt#32
↑33Jean#49
↑32Warren#57
↑27Yvonne#65
↑25Rosie#60
↑25Lester#65
↑22Florence#72
↑19Carolyn#50

Falling

↓25Bertha#69
↓24Ray#82
↓22Rosa#75
↓20Irma#86
↓20Jimmie#79
↓20Ralph#83
↓19Lloyd#58
↓19Percy#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.