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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,437 Louisiana births in 1942 across 1,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#75Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#88Lioneloutside the national top 200
#99Clifton#198 nationally
#76Sidney#169 nationally
#43Willie#133 nationally
#50Freddie#140 nationally
#31Audrey#120 nationally
#62Bobbie#151 nationally
#97Carrie#185 nationally
#82Jessie#167 nationally
#49Yvonne#131 nationally
#69Lillie#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,625US #1
#2Barbara820US #2
#3Betty663US #9
#4Linda535US #4
#5Patricia529US #3
#6Dorothy479US #17
#7Carolyn468US #10
#8Shirley423US #12
#9Gloria391US #31
#10Joyce332US #13
#11Margaret288US #14
#12Sandra274US #6
#13Carol259US #5
#14Brenda232US #40
#15Judy230US #15
#16Elizabeth224US #22
#17Helen220US #26
#18Martha208US #29
#19Frances207US #30
#20Doris204US #41
#21Geraldine195US #47
#22Annie194US #62
#23Marie184US #43
#24Rose180US #50
#25Patsy179US #57
#26Virginia178US #23
#27Alice174US #39
#28Judith165US #7
#29Ruby160US #77
#30Beverly155US #32
#31Audrey147US #120
#32Janice147US #25
#33Joan147US #18
#34Jo146US #65
#35Mildred145US #71
#36Nancy143US #8
#37Elaine139US #45
#38Evelyn132US #53
#39Ann130US #38
#40Peggy130US #42
#41Catherine128US #49
#42Glenda127US #89
#43Willie127US #133
#44Rita126US #55
#45Anna125US #59
#46Ethel124US #124
#47Ruth123US #33
#48Sylvia122US #72
#49Yvonne120US #131
#50Bonnie118US #34
#51Emma118US #108
#52Diane115US #28
#53Lois113US #44
#54Marilyn112US #27
#55Kathleen111US #24
#56Louise110US #61
#57Janet109US #19
#58Jean108US #36
#59Thelma108US #121
#60Dolores105US #63
#61Sharon105US #11
#62Bobbie103US #151
#63Charlotte103US #51
#64Delores103US #86
#65Norma103US #52
#66Theresa103US #98
#67Joann102US #58
#68Wanda102US #54
#69Lillie100US #150
#70Edna96US #99
#71Juanita95US #90
#72Laura95US #115
#73Lucille93US #118
#74Dianne89US #109
#75Donna88US #20
#76Ida88US #153
#77Jeanette88US #104
#78Hazel87US #139
#79Jane87US #46
#80Clara86US #122
#81Ella84US #152
#82Jessie84US #167
#83Carole83US #35
#84Julia83US #95
#85Gladys81US #127
#86Sarah80US #67
#87Billie79US #143
#88Margie79US #126
#89Karen78US #16
#90Susan78US #21
#91Katherine76US #81
#92Gail75US #60
#93Jacqueline75US #69
#94Bertha74US #147
#95Eva74US #140
#96Vera73US #174
#97Carrie72US #185
#98Lillian71US #111
#99Gwendolyn68US #169
#100Vivian68US #125

Boys

#1James1,354US #1
#2John1,071US #3
#3Robert940US #2
#4Charles832US #7
#5Joseph772US #11
#6William662US #4
#7George446US #14
#8Willie434US #37
#9Thomas405US #8
#10Donald388US #10
#11Richard380US #5
#12David365US #6
#13Edward331US #17
#14Henry322US #31
#15Jerry321US #16
#16Ronald313US #9
#17Frank267US #21
#18Louis266US #51
#19Paul262US #19
#20Larry260US #12
#21Kenneth248US #15
#22Gerald227US #22
#23Douglas224US #23
#24Albert222US #40
#25Harold210US #27
#26Raymond205US #24
#27Bobby204US #43
#28Roy200US #42
#29Michael198US #13
#30Lawrence184US #30
#31Billy179US #35
#32Johnny177US #55
#33Walter172US #26
#34Arthur171US #29
#35Joe170US #33
#36Clarence167US #67
#37Leroy157US #69
#38Alvin148US #115
#39Jimmy148US #47
#40Earl147US #62
#41Ernest147US #61
#42Melvin137US #60
#43Eugene135US #45
#44Samuel132US #59
#45Herman129US #122
#46Alfred127US #76
#47Eddie127US #86
#48Herbert125US #83
#49Leon122US #93
#50Freddie119US #140
#51Gary113US #18
#52Andrew111US #80
#53Jesse108US #100
#54Anthony107US #44
#55Daniel107US #28
#56Harry106US #48
#57Warren105US #97
#58Lee104US #87
#59Wayne103US #41
#60Carl101US #36
#61Tommy100US #73
#62Jack99US #34
#63Lloyd97US #96
#64Milton96US #141
#65Allen95US #71
#66Jimmie95US #94
#67Curtis93US #98
#68Leo93US #120
#69Leonard89US #57
#70Ray89US #84
#71Ralph87US #38
#72Charlie86US #118
#73Fred86US #46
#74Clyde83US #109
#75Wilbert83
#76Sidney82US #169
#77Floyd80US #113
#78Howard80US #49
#79Patrick76US #64
#80Don75US #72
#81Lester74US #126
#82Ronnie74US #78
#83Russell74US #70
#84Francis71US #58
#85Gene70US #82
#86Terry70US #52
#87Calvin68US #136
#88Lionel68
#89Glenn67US #88
#90Peter67US #39
#91Rodney67US #121
#92Jessie66US #167
#93Johnnie66US #138
#94Norman66US #53
#95Philip63US #54
#96Roland62US #143
#97Roger61US #25
#98Stephen61US #32
#99Clifton59US #198
#100Sam59US #152

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑77Douglas#23
↑33Diane#52
↑25Glenda#42
↑23Freddie#50
↑21Janet#57
↑20Milton#64
↑19Don#80
↑18Sidney#76

Falling

↓35Gail#92
↓27Clara#80
↓26Sarah#86
↓26Fred#73
↓22Jessie#92
↓21Lillie#69
↓21Bertha#94
↓20Margie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.