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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,569 Louisiana births in 1937 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#50Hueyoutside the national top 200
#72Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#84Lioneloutside the national top 200
#63Rosie#178 nationally
#87Irmaoutside the national top 200
#60Alton#173 nationally
#85Roosevelt#190 nationally
#62Velma#164 nationally
#31Lillie#131 nationally
#95Clifton#193 nationally
#85Lula#182 nationally
#51Jessie#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,297US #1
#2Betty655US #5
#3Shirley611US #4
#4Barbara541US #2
#5Dorothy527US #8
#6Gloria309US #32
#7Joyce286US #11
#8Patricia249US #3
#9Ruby230US #52
#10Margaret225US #10
#11Helen224US #12
#12Marie206US #35
#13Rose193US #38
#14Carolyn186US #20
#15Doris186US #22
#16Audrey185US #85
#17Beverly180US #14
#18Annie168US #46
#19Elizabeth167US #17
#20Ethel165US #88
#21Geraldine160US #44
#22Martha158US #24
#23Willie156US #114
#24Frances155US #19
#25Evelyn153US #36
#26Alice149US #28
#27Mildred142US #43
#28Anna140US #39
#29Virginia136US #16
#30Ruth131US #15
#31Lillie129US #131
#32Yvonne129US #77
#33Carol128US #6
#34Joan127US #9
#35Lois125US #29
#36Sylvia125US #50
#37Patsy124US #54
#38Bobbie117US #122
#39Edna116US #74
#40Lucille113US #98
#41Dolores112US #37
#42Emma112US #89
#43Louise109US #48
#44Peggy109US #31
#45Norma102US #33
#46Thelma102US #78
#47Jean100US #23
#48Jo100US #73
#49Juanita100US #75
#50Theresa99US #95
#51Jessie97US #144
#52Clara94US #100
#53Laura94US #105
#54Catherine93US #47
#55Margie93US #111
#56Rita93US #69
#57Bertha92US #121
#58Ella91US #134
#59Hazel91US #106
#60Gladys90US #86
#61Janice89US #25
#62Velma86US #164
#63Rosie84US #178
#64Billie83US #126
#65Jane83US #42
#66Nancy82US #7
#67Sarah81US #65
#68Delores80US #68
#69Elaine80US #45
#70Ida80US #133
#71Joann80US #58
#72Marilyn80US #13
#73Ann78US #30
#74Jeanette78US #90
#75Beatrice77US #120
#76Georgia77US #132
#77Rosa76US #152
#78Loretta75US #63
#79Josephine74US #82
#80June72US #71
#81Florence71US #81
#82Marion71US #109
#83Eva70US #117
#84Janet69US #18
#85Lula68US #182
#86Carrie67US #172
#87Irma67
#88Bernice66US #104
#89Mattie64US #148
#90Bessie63US #143
#91Jacqueline62US #70
#92Vera62US #150
#93Wanda61US #55
#94Alma60US #138
#95Bonnie60US #64
#96Lillian60US #84
#97Katherine59US #103
#98Marjorie59US #57
#99Verna59US #192
#100Glenda58US #146

Boys

#1James943US #2
#2John940US #3
#3Robert716US #1
#4Joseph688US #12
#5Charles633US #6
#6William436US #4
#7Willie364US #32
#8George328US #10
#9Donald327US #7
#10Richard279US #5
#11Henry262US #30
#12Edward248US #13
#13Thomas239US #9
#14Louis235US #46
#15Frank202US #18
#16Bobby196US #24
#17Paul194US #15
#18Jerry191US #17
#19Joe185US #25
#20Raymond185US #19
#21Billy182US #22
#22Albert181US #37
#23Earl175US #48
#24Ronald172US #11
#25Clarence166US #54
#26Lawrence158US #38
#27Harold157US #21
#28Roy155US #40
#29David154US #8
#30Gerald152US #20
#31Walter151US #26
#32Leroy135US #56
#33Johnny130US #69
#34Kenneth128US #14
#35Larry122US #16
#36Ernest119US #53
#37Melvin119US #50
#38Eugene115US #33
#39Alvin114US #99
#40Arthur110US #31
#41Carl110US #28
#42Herman110US #101
#43Jimmy106US #45
#44Eddie105US #83
#45Allen103US #76
#46Alfred99US #60
#47Andrew99US #79
#48Anthony96US #47
#49Jimmie96US #72
#50Huey95
#51Leon95US #85
#52Herbert94US #65
#53Jesse93US #102
#54Jack89US #23
#55Harry88US #41
#56Clyde87US #93
#57Lloyd86US #91
#58Floyd85US #80
#59Lee84US #78
#60Alton82US #173
#61Calvin81US #125
#62Fred80US #35
#63Howard80US #42
#64Ralph79US #34
#65Leonard76US #58
#66Milton76US #121
#67Norman75US #43
#68Roland74US #126
#69Samuel70US #66
#70Lester69US #116
#71Warren69US #106
#72Wilbert69
#73Charlie68US #110
#74Curtis67US #109
#75Daniel67US #39
#76Russell67US #67
#77Gene66US #61
#78Johnnie66US #118
#79Peter63US #52
#80Sidney63US #163
#81Freddie62US #134
#82Jessie60US #148
#83Leo60US #97
#84Lionel59
#85Roosevelt59US #190
#86Oscar54US #154
#87Ray54US #71
#88Sam54US #132
#89Francis53US #55
#90Wayne53US #44
#91Morris52US #170
#92Douglas51US #74
#93Earnest51US #174
#94Claude50US #137
#95Clifton50US #193
#96Marvin50US #49
#97Edgar49US #145
#98Gary49US #29
#99Philip49US #62
#100Rodney49US #151

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑36Jesse#53
↑27Janice#61
↑24Norma#45
↑23Lloyd#57
↑21Edna#39
↑21Joann#71
↑20Velma#62
↑20Loretta#78

Falling

↓32Jessie#82
↓28Lillian#96
↓28Ray#87
↓27Leo#83
↓25Bernice#88
↓23Mattie#89
↓20Marjorie#98
↓20Huey#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.