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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,594 Louisiana births in 1935 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.

#14Hueyoutside the national top 200
#64Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#55Alton#188 nationally
#69Percyoutside the national top 200
#89Eulaoutside the national top 200
#89Lioneloutside the national top 200
#77Roosevelt#179 nationally
#73Rosie#166 nationally
#35Ella#122 nationally
#92Lula#174 nationally
#39Lillie#118 nationally
#58Rosa#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,212US #1
#2Shirley764US #2
#3Betty644US #4
#4Dorothy568US #6
#5Barbara411US #3
#6Joyce300US #12
#7Gloria295US #32
#8Helen244US #10
#9Doris221US #13
#10Patricia218US #5
#11Ruby211US #41
#12Marie192US #33
#13Annie189US #38
#14Audrey189US #64
#15Mildred179US #35
#16Geraldine178US #40
#17Margaret176US #8
#18Rose174US #37
#19Joan159US #7
#20Ethel156US #82
#21Martha150US #24
#22Ruth150US #15
#23Elizabeth149US #17
#24Beverly146US #20
#25Evelyn137US #31
#26Willie135US #99
#27Anna133US #34
#28Carolyn131US #28
#29Alice123US #25
#30Louise123US #45
#31Frances122US #19
#32Dolores120US #26
#33Virginia119US #16
#34Juanita116US #72
#35Ella110US #122
#36Jean110US #18
#37Lucille109US #85
#38Lois108US #21
#39Lillie107US #118
#40Sylvia107US #60
#41Catherine105US #42
#42Hazel105US #92
#43Billie104US #106
#44Patsy104US #56
#45Bobbie102US #116
#46Emma102US #89
#47Peggy102US #36
#48Theresa101US #86
#49Clara100US #81
#50Thelma98US #76
#51Carol96US #11
#52Laura94US #101
#53Gladys93US #78
#54Margie93US #100
#55Ann90US #30
#56Rita90US #63
#57Marilyn88US #14
#58Rosa87US #137
#59Yvonne87US #98
#60Ida85US #121
#61Norma85US #29
#62Jessie83US #135
#63Jo83US #73
#64Edna81US #67
#65Vera79US #124
#66Bessie77US #129
#67Elaine76US #51
#68Velma76US #147
#69Sarah75US #61
#70Bertha74US #114
#71Delores73US #57
#72Mattie73US #136
#73Rosie73US #166
#74Irene72US #52
#75Marion72US #88
#76Bernice71US #90
#77Eva69US #110
#78Jeanette68US #104
#79Josephine68US #75
#80Lillian65US #66
#81Nancy65US #9
#82Vivian65US #112
#83Marjorie64US #46
#84Beatrice63US #107
#85Elsie62US #113
#86Florence62US #74
#87Julia61US #102
#88Bonnie59US #62
#89Eula59
#90Jane59US #43
#91Katherine58US #103
#92Lula58US #174
#93Myrtle58US #153
#94Carrie57US #158
#95Janice57US #47
#96June57US #55
#97Lucy57US #141
#98Alma55US #132
#99Grace54US #83
#100Loretta54US #69

Boys

#1James996US #2
#2John739US #3
#3Charles630US #6
#4Joseph622US #10
#5Robert584US #1
#6William441US #4
#7Willie344US #30
#8Donald332US #7
#9George317US #8
#10Henry257US #27
#11Edward243US #13
#12Richard233US #5
#13Thomas225US #9
#14Huey202
#15Louis202US #42
#16Frank200US #16
#17Raymond193US #17
#18Paul189US #14
#19Albert179US #31
#20Jerry175US #22
#21Leroy175US #50
#22Billy174US #19
#23Earl169US #46
#24Bobby165US #24
#25Ronald165US #12
#26Clarence163US #48
#27David160US #11
#28Walter160US #23
#29Harold153US #20
#30Roy149US #40
#31Gerald147US #21
#32Joe147US #25
#33Lawrence146US #35
#34Arthur140US #29
#35Alvin113US #91
#36Jimmy108US #47
#37Melvin108US #57
#38Eugene107US #26
#39Kenneth106US #15
#40Eddie105US #87
#41Ernest105US #55
#42Alfred104US #63
#43Larry104US #33
#44Floyd103US #76
#45Herbert99US #58
#46Harry95US #37
#47Jimmie94US #69
#48Carl92US #28
#49Allen90US #83
#50Johnny90US #74
#51Herman88US #101
#52Leon88US #86
#53Clyde86US #82
#54Samuel82US #62
#55Alton80US #188
#56Anthony80US #52
#57Ray80US #64
#58Jesse79US #104
#59Fred78US #34
#60Jack78US #18
#61Andrew76US #85
#62Jessie75US #140
#63Johnnie72US #118
#64Wilbert72
#65Lee71US #80
#66Leo71US #92
#67Norman71US #38
#68Francis68US #53
#69Percy68
#70Charlie66US #100
#71Calvin65US #127
#72Roland65US #119
#73Howard64US #39
#74Lloyd64US #84
#75Sidney64US #153
#76Curtis63US #108
#77Roosevelt63US #179
#78Leonard62US #54
#79Milton60US #117
#80Freddie59US #145
#81Peter59US #59
#82Marvin58US #45
#83Daniel57US #43
#84Ralph57US #32
#85Gene55US #66
#86Morris53US #159
#87Tommy52US #95
#88Claude51US #129
#89Lionel49
#90Oscar49US #143
#91Warren49US #97
#92Sam48US #126
#93Douglas47US #75
#94Lester46US #114
#95Philip45US #65
#96Wayne45US #49
#97Gilbert43US #111
#98Stanley41US #56
#99Wallace41US #133
#100Carroll40US #172

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑39Rosa#58
↑34Huey#14
↑30Marilyn#57
↑29Jean#36
↑29Larry#43
↑29Jesse#58
↑28Carol#51
↑26Beverly#24

Falling

↓35Ralph#84
↓28Daniel#83
↓25Jack#60
↓24Bonnie#88
↓24Warren#91
↓23Lionel#89
↓19Bessie#66
↓18Lillian#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.