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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,075 Louisiana births in 1941 across 1,017 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#63Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#83Irmaoutside the national top 200
#85Altonoutside the national top 200
#91Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#97Lioneloutside the national top 200
#48Lillie#144 nationally
#41Willie#136 nationally
#99Johnnie#192 nationally
#70Jessie#162 nationally
#87Rosie#177 nationally
#93Carrie#183 nationally
#56Bobbie#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,554US #1
#2Barbara761US #2
#3Betty638US #7
#4Linda466US #5
#5Patricia466US #3
#6Dorothy455US #14
#7Shirley452US #10
#8Gloria406US #26
#9Carolyn391US #11
#10Joyce298US #13
#11Margaret250US #12
#12Helen234US #24
#13Marie224US #42
#14Sandra223US #9
#15Martha219US #25
#16Brenda212US #41
#17Elizabeth212US #21
#18Carol200US #4
#19Geraldine200US #45
#20Doris197US #38
#21Alice195US #34
#22Patsy192US #52
#23Rose192US #49
#24Beverly184US #29
#25Annie182US #59
#26Frances182US #31
#27Judy178US #16
#28Ruby166US #69
#29Peggy161US #39
#30Virginia158US #23
#31Judith152US #6
#32Audrey147US #117
#33Mildred141US #64
#34Catherine139US #51
#35Sylvia137US #65
#36Ethel135US #116
#37Jo132US #66
#38Evelyn131US #50
#39Nancy131US #8
#40Ruth131US #28
#41Willie131US #136
#42Anna128US #56
#43Janice128US #22
#44Lois126US #43
#45Joan125US #17
#46Dolores119US #57
#47Elaine118US #44
#48Lillie115US #144
#49Ann112US #37
#50Rita111US #63
#51Bonnie110US #33
#52Norma109US #47
#53Clara108US #111
#54Theresa107US #95
#55Yvonne107US #120
#56Bobbie100US #145
#57Gail99US #68
#58Joann99US #58
#59Kathleen97US #36
#60Sarah97US #60
#61Jean96US #32
#62Louise96US #62
#63Delores95US #80
#64Emma94US #99
#65Jeanette93US #98
#66Ella92US #141
#67Glenda92US #96
#68Margie92US #122
#69Marilyn91US #30
#70Juanita89US #84
#71Laura89US #115
#72Katherine84US #85
#73Bertha83US #140
#74Hazel82US #131
#75Thelma82US #108
#76Charlotte81US #55
#77Ida80US #148
#78Janet79US #18
#79Edna78US #89
#80Gladys78US #118
#81Lucille78US #119
#82Georgia77US #127
#83Irma77
#84Wanda77US #53
#85Diane76US #40
#86Julia75US #88
#87Rosie71US #177
#88Joy70US #150
#89Jane69US #46
#90Loretta69US #81
#91Susan69US #27
#92Billie68US #149
#93Carrie68US #183
#94Gwendolyn67US #168
#95Irene67US #74
#96Jessie67US #165
#97Florence66US #107
#98Jacqueline65US #73
#99Johnnie65US #192
#100Bessie64US #173

Boys

#1James1,239US #1
#2John1,088US #3
#3Robert866US #2
#4Joseph774US #12
#5Charles767US #6
#6William560US #4
#7Donald381US #10
#8George369US #13
#9Willie368US #36
#10Jerry362US #14
#11Thomas349US #8
#12Richard335US #5
#13Edward321US #17
#14Ronald318US #9
#15David315US #7
#16Henry300US #28
#17Larry252US #11
#18Gerald240US #20
#19Paul223US #18
#20Frank221US #21
#21Louis216US #50
#22Raymond216US #22
#23Roy211US #39
#24Kenneth203US #15
#25Bobby198US #35
#26Billy184US #27
#27Earl176US #58
#28Albert174US #40
#29Harold169US #24
#30Johnny168US #55
#31Lawrence168US #34
#32Clarence167US #62
#33Walter167US #26
#34Arthur161US #33
#35Alvin157US #107
#36Michael157US #16
#37Leroy155US #67
#38Melvin144US #56
#39Joe138US #30
#40Ernest128US #61
#41Eugene125US #42
#42Harry125US #48
#43Carl124US #29
#44Eddie119US #78
#45Samuel119US #65
#46Herman118US #114
#47Fred115US #43
#48Jimmy115US #45
#49Daniel114US #31
#50Herbert112US #76
#51Anthony111US #46
#52Wayne111US #37
#53Allen109US #73
#54Andrew109US #82
#55Ralph108US #38
#56Alfred104US #74
#57Leonard104US #54
#58Jesse99US #99
#59Jack98US #32
#60Curtis93US #100
#61Jimmie93US #89
#62Warren93US #105
#63Wilbert93
#64Gary90US #19
#65Leon86US #93
#66Lee83US #81
#67Tommy83US #71
#68Floyd79US #102
#69Lloyd79US #96
#70Jessie77US #162
#71Peter77US #44
#72Ray77US #83
#73Freddie76US #138
#74Russell76US #75
#75Norman73US #49
#76Philip73US #52
#77Calvin70US #133
#78Gene70US #72
#79Johnnie70US #131
#80Leo70US #116
#81Lester70US #125
#82Patrick70US #70
#83Clyde68US #113
#84Milton68US #140
#85Alton67
#86Rodney67US #127
#87Howard65US #47
#88Charlie64US #115
#89Dennis62US #23
#90Roland61US #144
#91Roosevelt61
#92Ronnie59US #79
#93Sam59US #150
#94Sidney59US #172
#95Terry59US #64
#96Clifford58US #94
#97Lionel58
#98Marvin58US #63
#99Don56US #66
#100Douglas53US #53

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑34Fred#47
↑31Dolores#46
↑31Gary#64
↑29Bonnie#51
↑24Gail#57
↑23Harry#42
↑22Clara#53
↑21Lillie#48

Falling

↓38Juanita#70
↓37Sidney#94
↓27Bobbie#56
↓24Thelma#75
↓23Laura#71
↓23Calvin#77
↓21Jane#89
↓21Sam#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.