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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,279 Louisiana births in 1939 across 961 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#78Lioneloutside the national top 200
#81Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#90Irmaoutside the national top 200
#92Melbaoutside the national top 200
#94Percyoutside the national top 200
#70Sidney#173 nationally
#40Bobbie#141 nationally
#44Lillie#143 nationally
#93Alton#192 nationally
#58Jessie#154 nationally
#83Rosie#171 nationally
#97Otis#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,487US #1
#2Betty670US #4
#3Barbara638US #2
#4Shirley547US #5
#5Dorothy443US #9
#6Gloria349US #36
#7Patricia294US #3
#8Carolyn280US #14
#9Joyce278US #12
#10Helen260US #16
#11Margaret231US #10
#12Elizabeth222US #18
#13Doris205US #29
#14Geraldine194US #41
#15Annie193US #54
#16Marie193US #37
#17Alice190US #31
#18Ruby182US #67
#19Rose181US #42
#20Frances180US #26
#21Martha177US #27
#22Linda172US #15
#23Audrey156US #98
#24Carol156US #6
#25Anna146US #43
#26Joan145US #11
#27Evelyn144US #40
#28Yvonne144US #90
#29Ethel140US #100
#30Mildred138US #55
#31Virginia136US #21
#32Patsy135US #56
#33Janice131US #24
#34Ruth131US #22
#35Beverly127US #25
#36Catherine124US #49
#37Norma123US #38
#38Peggy123US #34
#39Willie122US #126
#40Bobbie120US #141
#41Sylvia120US #62
#42Sandra118US #13
#43Edna116US #81
#44Lillie115US #143
#45Lois115US #35
#46Emma109US #89
#47Juanita106US #77
#48Lucille106US #110
#49Jeanette105US #82
#50Theresa105US #94
#51Jo103US #70
#52Jean100US #32
#53Ann98US #33
#54Elaine98US #45
#55Ella98US #132
#56Nancy97US #7
#57Margie96US #113
#58Bertha95US #135
#59Dolores94US #58
#60Louise92US #59
#61Laura91US #107
#62Hazel88US #118
#63Gladys87US #104
#64Joann87US #57
#65Rita86US #78
#66Thelma86US #88
#67Wanda86US #50
#68Delores84US #79
#69Marilyn84US #19
#70Judith83US #8
#71Sarah83US #68
#72Bessie82US #158
#73Judy80US #28
#74Eva78US #129
#75Jane78US #46
#76Georgia77US #131
#77Bonnie75US #61
#78Clara75US #103
#79Julia75US #91
#80Vera75US #153
#81Loretta74US #65
#82Ida73US #145
#83Rosie73US #171
#84Mattie72US #164
#85Maxine71US #137
#86Jessie70US #155
#87Josephine70US #84
#88Rosa70US #151
#89Glenda68US #112
#90Irma67
#91Marjorie67US #60
#92Melba67
#93June66US #83
#94Janet65US #17
#95Bernice64US #116
#96Gwendolyn64US #168
#97Jacqueline64US #72
#98Beatrice60US #136
#99Joy60US #166
#100Irene59US #74

Boys

#1James1,150US #2
#2John972US #3
#3Robert769US #1
#4Charles724US #6
#5Joseph659US #12
#6William495US #4
#7Willie360US #33
#8Donald359US #8
#9George347US #11
#10Thomas313US #9
#11Richard299US #5
#12Edward269US #15
#13Henry254US #31
#14Raymond247US #22
#15Jerry241US #16
#16Louis235US #49
#17David220US #7
#18Ronald213US #10
#19Paul212US #17
#20Harold189US #23
#21Frank188US #20
#22Roy188US #42
#23Albert187US #41
#24Billy186US #24
#25Gerald186US #19
#26Walter182US #25
#27Joe176US #27
#28Lawrence175US #36
#29Kenneth172US #13
#30Bobby169US #29
#31Earl169US #50
#32Larry165US #14
#33Clarence153US #60
#34Leroy153US #61
#35Arthur150US #32
#36Jimmy148US #43
#37Eugene137US #37
#38Melvin131US #51
#39Ernest123US #55
#40Johnny121US #62
#41Alvin118US #103
#42Herbert113US #68
#43Herman113US #111
#44Anthony108US #48
#45Eddie102US #81
#46Harry101US #45
#47Michael101US #18
#48Leon100US #86
#49Lee98US #78
#50Allen95US #72
#51Jack94US #26
#52Andrew92US #84
#53Daniel91US #38
#54Alfred90US #70
#55Carl89US #30
#56Samuel88US #63
#57Warren88US #104
#58Jessie84US #154
#59Floyd82US #94
#60Jesse82US #99
#61Jimmie82US #80
#62Wayne80US #39
#63Calvin78US #126
#64Lloyd78US #95
#65Ray78US #74
#66Freddie75US #138
#67Leonard74US #54
#68Clyde73US #101
#69Milton71US #128
#70Sidney68US #173
#71Curtis66US #98
#72Fred66US #40
#73Lester66US #116
#74Howard65US #47
#75Charlie64US #112
#76Norman64US #44
#77Ralph64US #35
#78Lionel63
#79Roland63US #131
#80Tommy63US #77
#81Wilbert62
#82Johnnie61US #120
#83Leo61US #108
#84Patrick60US #79
#85Philip59US #66
#86Don58US #56
#87Gene58US #69
#88Francis57US #53
#89Russell57US #73
#90Claude56US #141
#91Sam56US #145
#92Marvin55US #52
#93Alton53US #192
#94Percy51
#95Morris50US #165
#96Stanley49US #57
#97Otis48US #185
#98Carroll47US #179
#99Chester47US #133
#100Earnest46US #177

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑44Sandra#42
↑39Linda#22
↑33Joann#64
↑29Michael#47
↑29Lee#49
↑26Judith#70
↑21Lester#73
↑18Joan#26

Falling

↓33Clara#78
↓28Jessie#86
↓24Leo#83
↓23Rosa#88
↓20Bernice#95
↓19Louise#60
↓19Irene#100
↓18Wilbert#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.