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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,608 Louisiana births in 1938 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#63Wilbert#198 nationally
#89Melbaoutside the national top 200
#92Lioneloutside the national top 200
#62Sidney#168 nationally
#95Hueyoutside the national top 200
#91Roosevelt#195 nationally
#98Irmaoutside the national top 200
#33Lillie#132 nationally
#73Rosie#170 nationally
#88Alton#185 nationally
#70Jessie#163 nationally
#48Ella#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,327US #1
#2Barbara698US #2
#3Betty693US #4
#4Shirley565US #5
#5Dorothy499US #8
#6Gloria298US #36
#7Joyce282US #11
#8Patricia275US #3
#9Carolyn220US #15
#10Helen219US #13
#11Margaret214US #9
#12Annie207US #47
#13Marie196US #37
#14Rose195US #39
#15Geraldine192US #45
#16Martha184US #26
#17Elizabeth182US #17
#18Alice177US #29
#19Beverly173US #18
#20Doris173US #25
#21Audrey163US #87
#22Evelyn163US #38
#23Anna162US #40
#24Frances162US #23
#25Ruby159US #61
#26Carol157US #6
#27Patsy148US #55
#28Virginia147US #22
#29Sylvia145US #56
#30Mildred142US #52
#31Ethel139US #94
#32Ruth133US #21
#33Lillie130US #132
#34Peggy127US #35
#35Catherine125US #48
#36Lois124US #33
#37Willie124US #121
#38Yvonne121US #101
#39Bobbie118US #127
#40Janice117US #24
#41Louise116US #59
#42Ann115US #32
#43Dolores115US #43
#44Joan115US #10
#45Clara113US #98
#46Jean112US #27
#47Norma110US #34
#48Ella106US #140
#49Rita106US #74
#50Jo105US #78
#51Theresa105US #92
#52Emma102US #96
#53Edna100US #82
#54Juanita99US #80
#55Gladys98US #103
#56Hazel96US #111
#57Thelma95US #86
#58Jessie94US #150
#59Bertha92US #131
#60Nancy92US #7
#61Linda91US #31
#62Lucille91US #106
#63Wanda90US #49
#64Laura89US #108
#65Rosa89US #146
#66Elaine84US #42
#67Jeanette83US #91
#68Jane81US #44
#69Margie79US #109
#70Sarah79US #67
#71Delores78US #75
#72Josephine78US #83
#73Rosie77US #170
#74Eva75US #126
#75Bernice73US #112
#76Ida73US #141
#77Marilyn73US #19
#78Marjorie73US #53
#79Bessie72US #155
#80Bonnie72US #65
#81Irene72US #72
#82Billie71US #139
#83Jacqueline70US #69
#84Mattie70US #153
#85Katherine69US #105
#86Sandra69US #14
#87Loretta68US #62
#88Florence67US #90
#89Melba67
#90Velma67US #174
#91Lillian66US #88
#92Gail65US #77
#93Carrie64US #179
#94Vera64US #156
#95Janet63US #16
#96Judith63US #12
#97Joann61US #68
#98Irma59
#99Joy58US #159
#100June58US #79

Boys

#1James1,071US #2
#2John888US #3
#3Robert761US #1
#4Charles695US #6
#5Joseph669US #12
#6William507US #4
#7Willie391US #34
#8Donald370US #7
#9George366US #11
#10Edward279US #13
#11Richard278US #5
#12Thomas272US #9
#13Henry254US #30
#14Louis242US #47
#15Jerry240US #17
#16David212US #8
#17Ronald209US #10
#18Raymond208US #20
#19Albert203US #37
#20Paul200US #15
#21Gerald199US #19
#22Billy190US #24
#23Bobby190US #27
#24Joe190US #28
#25Frank184US #18
#26Larry175US #16
#27Earl174US #50
#28Roy164US #41
#29Lawrence156US #36
#30Leroy148US #61
#31Arthur141US #32
#32Melvin141US #54
#33Clarence140US #58
#34Walter140US #26
#35Harold139US #23
#36Eddie136US #79
#37Johnny134US #63
#38Alvin127US #98
#39Ernest124US #55
#40Kenneth122US #14
#41Anthony121US #46
#42Eugene115US #33
#43Jimmy114US #45
#44Herman111US #108
#45Allen106US #73
#46Harry102US #44
#47Herbert100US #68
#48Leon99US #85
#49Carl98US #29
#50Leonard98US #57
#51Alfred97US #69
#52Samuel97US #62
#53Jimmie92US #76
#54Curtis91US #101
#55Andrew87US #82
#56Freddie86US #132
#57Jack86US #25
#58Milton86US #127
#59Leo84US #104
#60Calvin81US #122
#61Floyd81US #96
#62Sidney81US #168
#63Wilbert81US #198
#64Daniel78US #39
#65Fred78US #38
#66Warren78US #102
#67Clyde77US #97
#68Jesse76US #107
#69Howard75US #42
#70Jessie75US #163
#71Lloyd74US #92
#72Roland74US #124
#73Johnnie72US #123
#74Ralph72US #35
#75Francis71US #51
#76Michael70US #21
#77Wayne70US #40
#78Lee69US #80
#79Marvin69US #53
#80Charlie68US #112
#81Russell68US #70
#82Norman67US #43
#83Ray66US #72
#84Tommy63US #77
#85Gary62US #22
#86Gene62US #65
#87Philip62US #64
#88Alton61US #185
#89Douglas61US #60
#90Peter61US #48
#91Roosevelt61US #195
#92Lionel60
#93Claude58US #131
#94Lester57US #115
#95Huey55
#96Earnest52US #176
#97Terry52US #86
#98Patrick51US #88
#99Sam51US #141
#100Oscar50US #158

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑31Ann#42
↑30Wanda#63
↑25Freddie#56
↑24Leo#59
↑21Janice#40
↑20Marjorie#78
↑20Curtis#54
↑19Catherine#35

Falling

↓45Huey#95
↓28Velma#90
↓28Alton#88
↓26Joann#97
↓24Lester#94
↓22Lucille#62
↓20June#100
↓19Lee#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.