State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,705 Louisiana births in 1934 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.

#48Hueyoutside the national top 200
#66Lioneloutside the national top 200
#70Irmaoutside the national top 200
#57Alton#184 nationally
#78Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#88Percyoutside the national top 200
#89Eulaoutside the national top 200
#98Nolanoutside the national top 200
#98Johnnie#190 nationally
#59Roosevelt#149 nationally
#30Lillie#116 nationally
#18Willie#102 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,245US #1
#2Betty656US #2
#3Dorothy607US #5
#4Shirley426US #4
#5Barbara351US #3
#6Gloria315US #30
#7Joyce290US #12
#8Helen263US #9
#9Doris240US #11
#10Annie216US #38
#11Marie209US #34
#12Margaret198US #8
#13Ruby196US #39
#14Patricia178US #6
#15Ethel167US #78
#16Audrey166US #69
#17Rose158US #37
#18Willie156US #102
#19Geraldine153US #43
#20Mildred151US #35
#21Evelyn150US #29
#22Dolores148US #26
#23Frances145US #19
#24Joan145US #7
#25Anna140US #31
#26Lois139US #20
#27Ruth139US #13
#28Alice138US #25
#29Martha132US #27
#30Lillie130US #116
#31Elizabeth124US #18
#32Carolyn121US #33
#33Ella121US #113
#34Virginia119US #15
#35Theresa117US #77
#36Bobbie115US #110
#37Peggy115US #36
#38Clara114US #76
#39Thelma114US #65
#40Louise113US #40
#41Billie109US #92
#42Catherine107US #42
#43Juanita107US #64
#44Gladys105US #66
#45Lucille104US #84
#46Patsy103US #59
#47Bessie102US #128
#48Margie102US #103
#49Rita100US #63
#50Beverly99US #22
#51Vera99US #127
#52Emma98US #85
#53Sylvia98US #70
#54Edna97US #55
#55Laura95US #96
#56Bertha90US #112
#57Hazel87US #87
#58Norma87US #24
#59Bernice86US #82
#60Irene84US #49
#61Jessie84US #129
#62Lillian84US #52
#63Yvonne84US #137
#64Bonnie82US #58
#65Jean82US #16
#66Nancy82US #10
#67Josephine81US #60
#68Eva79US #100
#69Ida78US #118
#70Irma77
#71Jo77US #75
#72Marion77US #86
#73Elsie76US #107
#74Mattie75US #132
#75Ann73US #32
#76Florence72US #61
#77Beatrice71US #99
#78Delores71US #51
#79Carol70US #14
#80Georgia70US #122
#81Jeanette70US #106
#82Alma69US #123
#83Carrie69US #158
#84Janet69US #21
#85June69US #46
#86Elaine67US #54
#87Marilyn67US #17
#88Lula66US #166
#89Eula65
#90Nellie65US #126
#91Rosie65US #160
#92Velma65US #144
#93Joann64US #50
#94Jane63US #48
#95Myrtle63US #141
#96Edith62US #81
#97Rosa62US #136
#98Johnnie61US #190
#99Marjorie61US #41
#100Verna61US #177

Boys

#1James913US #2
#2John833US #3
#3Joseph651US #10
#4Charles611US #7
#5Robert587US #1
#6William419US #4
#7Willie326US #30
#8George307US #8
#9Donald294US #6
#10Edward268US #13
#11Henry256US #27
#12Louis216US #40
#13Thomas206US #9
#14Richard203US #5
#15Billy191US #20
#16Frank191US #16
#17Bobby180US #23
#18Paul173US #14
#19Clarence169US #45
#20Earl169US #41
#21Harold169US #18
#22Raymond169US #19
#23Albert164US #32
#24Jerry158US #25
#25Lawrence154US #34
#26Walter153US #21
#27David151US #12
#28Leroy140US #54
#29Ronald132US #11
#30Roy131US #35
#31Alvin130US #93
#32Joe128US #26
#33Ernest123US #51
#34Gerald111US #22
#35Jack109US #17
#36Arthur106US #29
#37Eddie106US #92
#38Melvin106US #55
#39Anthony104US #52
#40Eugene103US #24
#41Alfred102US #64
#42Herbert100US #57
#43Kenneth100US #15
#44Leon95US #87
#45Andrew94US #76
#46Herman92US #97
#47Johnny92US #83
#48Huey86
#49Ralph86US #31
#50Samuel85US #66
#51Harry84US #36
#52Jimmie84US #68
#53Clyde82US #84
#54Jimmy82US #56
#55Daniel81US #42
#56Fred81US #33
#57Alton79US #184
#58Floyd79US #73
#59Roosevelt79US #149
#60Lloyd77US #82
#61Howard76US #37
#62Milton76US #115
#63Carl75US #28
#64Jessie73US #144
#65Leonard72US #53
#66Lionel71
#67Warren71US #96
#68Charlie70US #100
#69Allen69US #88
#70Lee69US #79
#71Curtis68US #103
#72Larry68US #43
#73Peter67US #61
#74Ray67US #63
#75Johnnie66US #116
#76Lester64US #110
#77Roland63US #119
#78Wilbert62
#79Earnest59US #161
#80Sidney59US #159
#81Leo58US #86
#82Norman58US #38
#83Calvin57US #128
#84Oscar57US #143
#85Freddie55US #152
#86Francis53US #49
#87Jesse53US #102
#88Percy50
#89Marvin49US #44
#90Vernon48US #89
#91Nathaniel47US #174
#92Chester46US #123
#93Claude46US #130
#94Clifford46US #85
#95Theodore46US #74
#96Don45US #50
#97Franklin45US #46
#98Nolan45
#99Morris44US #158
#100Sam44US #127

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑37Alton#57
↑34Ralph#49
↑29Nancy#66
↑27Jimmie#52
↑24Eddie#37
↑20Sylvia#53
↑20Earnest#79
↑19Delores#78

Falling

↓32Marjorie#99
↓31Rosie#91
↓27Roosevelt#59
↓26Hazel#57
↓25Johnnie#75
↓24Lee#70
↓23Verna#100
↓23Freddie#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.