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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,627 Louisiana births in 1943 across 1,059 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#84Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#80Carrie#192 nationally
#50Lillie#158 nationally
#67Sidney#173 nationally
#98Altonoutside the national top 200
#92Rosie#193 nationally
#59Ella#155 nationally
#72Jessie#166 nationally
#46Willie#139 nationally
#47Audrey#140 nationally
#58Bobbie#147 nationally
#99Clifton#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,605US #1
#2Barbara850US #2
#3Betty703US #10
#4Linda700US #4
#5Patricia576US #3
#6Carolyn513US #11
#7Shirley431US #12
#8Dorothy424US #19
#9Gloria398US #30
#10Sandra371US #6
#11Carol322US #5
#12Judy314US #13
#13Joyce289US #16
#14Brenda278US #35
#15Helen262US #28
#16Margaret245US #14
#17Judith226US #7
#18Elizabeth214US #23
#19Frances210US #31
#20Rose204US #50
#21Martha200US #29
#22Geraldine195US #51
#23Annie186US #69
#24Beverly185US #32
#25Doris181US #40
#26Virginia180US #25
#27Marie175US #45
#28Alice171US #38
#29Ruby169US #82
#30Sharon168US #8
#31Patsy166US #61
#32Ruth160US #33
#33Ann149US #37
#34Rita145US #52
#35Diane144US #24
#36Janice143US #26
#37Joan143US #21
#38Elaine141US #46
#39Evelyn140US #53
#40Ethel139US #126
#41Peggy139US #41
#42Catherine138US #48
#43Nancy138US #9
#44Jo134US #63
#45Mildred130US #76
#46Willie125US #139
#47Audrey124US #140
#48Janet124US #20
#49Juanita122US #91
#50Lillie120US #158
#51Lois120US #43
#52Jean119US #36
#53Edna116US #106
#54Kathleen116US #22
#55Anna115US #64
#56Emma115US #114
#57Glenda114US #83
#58Bobbie113US #147
#59Ella113US #155
#60Bonnie112US #34
#61Sylvia110US #77
#62Dianne109US #88
#63Dolores109US #74
#64Louise109US #70
#65Donna108US #17
#66Susan108US #18
#67Wanda108US #56
#68Delores107US #99
#69Bertha105US #150
#70Joann104US #60
#71Clara103US #133
#72Marilyn103US #27
#73Jane102US #44
#74Theresa100US #100
#75Charlotte99US #47
#76Gail99US #55
#77Katherine98US #78
#78Sarah97US #71
#79Laura96US #117
#80Carrie91US #192
#81Margie91US #128
#82Yvonne91US #141
#83Thelma90US #127
#84Jacqueline88US #65
#85Gwendolyn87US #161
#86Hazel86US #144
#87Julia85US #95
#88Jeanette82US #110
#89Norma82US #58
#90Lucille81US #125
#91Karen79US #15
#92Rosie79US #193
#93Cynthia76US #101
#94Jessie74US #177
#95Billie72US #138
#96Rosa72US #154
#97Diana71US #62
#98Florence71US #124
#99Gladys71US #131
#100Gayle70US #168

Boys

#1James1,398US #1
#2John1,178US #3
#3Robert1,053US #2
#4Charles812US #7
#5Joseph715US #13
#6William669US #4
#7Richard487US #5
#8George415US #14
#9Ronald409US #9
#10Donald405US #11
#11Willie392US #36
#12Thomas380US #8
#13David349US #6
#14Jerry338US #17
#15Edward325US #18
#16Larry310US #12
#17Henry299US #31
#18Kenneth280US #15
#19Paul274US #19
#20Michael273US #10
#21Frank257US #21
#22Roy251US #38
#23Gerald243US #23
#24Louis234US #53
#25Raymond224US #22
#26Albert220US #43
#27Johnny210US #52
#28Harold209US #27
#29Walter193US #26
#30Jimmy188US #42
#31Lawrence186US #32
#32Arthur183US #30
#33Leroy178US #74
#34Billy176US #37
#35Bobby176US #46
#36Clarence176US #68
#37Joe176US #35
#38Earl160US #60
#39Alvin158US #113
#40Eugene156US #47
#41Ernest143US #61
#42Eddie136US #80
#43Harry134US #50
#44Melvin132US #63
#45Anthony131US #44
#46Carl126US #33
#47Douglas122US #28
#48Wayne120US #41
#49Daniel116US #25
#50Tommy116US #77
#51Allen111US #76
#52Curtis111US #100
#53Samuel109US #62
#54Alfred108US #78
#55Gary107US #16
#56Ralph106US #40
#57Herman105US #129
#58Andrew104US #79
#59Jimmie104US #95
#60Herbert102US #86
#61Lee101US #91
#62Fred97US #45
#63Leonard97US #55
#64Freddie96US #143
#65Warren96US #102
#66Howard93US #48
#67Sidney90US #173
#68Calvin89US #126
#69Claude86US #152
#70Don85US #72
#71Jack85US #34
#72Jessie85US #166
#73Lloyd85US #104
#74Clyde83US #114
#75Floyd83US #112
#76Terry83US #49
#77Jesse81US #105
#78Patrick81US #69
#79Ronnie81US #71
#80Leon79US #103
#81Roland79US #150
#82Roger78US #24
#83Dennis77US #20
#84Wilbert76
#85Ray75US #84
#86Leo74US #133
#87Milton72US #141
#88Norman71US #56
#89Philip71US #57
#90Francis69US #64
#91Glenn69US #85
#92Stanley68US #54
#93Marvin67US #66
#94Gene66US #89
#95Peter66US #39
#96Russell64US #73
#97Sam62US #153
#98Alton61
#99Clifton61US #187
#100Phillip61US #81

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑31Sharon#30
↑25Bertha#69
↑24Susan#66
↑22Juanita#49
↑22Ella#59
↑20Jessie#72
↑19Lillie#50
↑19Calvin#68

Falling

↓33Yvonne#82
↓31Leon#80
↓24Thelma#83
↓24Norma#89
↓24Douglas#47
↓24Jesse#77
↓23Milton#87
↓18Marilyn#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.