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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,805 Louisiana births in 1944 across 1,037 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#70Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#85Lioneloutside the national top 200
#87Altonoutside the national top 200
#92Rosie#193 nationally
#100Clifton#195 nationally
#50Bobbie#144 nationally
#47Willie#138 nationally
#69Gwendolyn#160 nationally
#60Audrey#150 nationally
#78Jessie#167 nationally
#91Sidney#180 nationally
#72Lillie#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,640US #1
#2Barbara764US #2
#3Betty685US #10
#4Linda671US #3
#5Patricia589US #4
#6Carolyn498US #11
#7Dorothy486US #19
#8Shirley462US #15
#9Gloria388US #25
#10Sandra367US #6
#11Judy321US #12
#12Joyce313US #18
#13Carol299US #5
#14Margaret287US #14
#15Brenda273US #30
#16Helen233US #31
#17Martha227US #29
#18Elizabeth220US #23
#19Rose204US #52
#20Alice196US #38
#21Sharon188US #8
#22Beverly187US #35
#23Doris186US #42
#24Judith186US #9
#25Marie184US #48
#26Frances175US #33
#27Diane166US #24
#28Geraldine165US #53
#29Nancy163US #7
#30Janice152US #28
#31Virginia148US #26
#32Joan147US #22
#33Kathleen146US #20
#34Cheryl145US #36
#35Patsy142US #72
#36Annie141US #71
#37Elaine140US #46
#38Catherine139US #49
#39Wanda137US #58
#40Evelyn136US #57
#41Ruby134US #87
#42Ethel132US #127
#43Peggy127US #45
#44Ruth127US #32
#45Ann122US #39
#46Donna120US #17
#47Willie120US #138
#48Karen119US #16
#49Anna118US #74
#50Bobbie118US #144
#51Susan118US #13
#52Janet117US #21
#53Bonnie115US #34
#54Sylvia113US #83
#55Charlotte112US #50
#56Jean112US #37
#57Lois109US #47
#58Louise108US #69
#59Rita108US #54
#60Audrey106US #150
#61Sarah106US #67
#62Glenda105US #79
#63Mildred105US #81
#64Juanita104US #94
#65Gail102US #56
#66Marilyn102US #27
#67Theresa102US #96
#68Katherine101US #77
#69Gwendolyn100US #160
#70Jo99US #61
#71Jacqueline96US #64
#72Lillie95US #159
#73Yvonne95US #141
#74Laura93US #119
#75Margie93US #130
#76Dianne91US #90
#77Emma91US #118
#78Dolores90US #92
#79Bertha88US #151
#80Delores88US #97
#81Norma88US #66
#82Diana87US #60
#83Georgia87US #114
#84Jane87US #41
#85Clara86US #134
#86Julia83US #102
#87Jeanette82US #117
#88Ella80US #158
#89Thelma80US #131
#90Hazel78US #147
#91Ida78US #166
#92Rosie78US #193
#93Connie77US #51
#94Edna73US #112
#95Lucille72US #132
#96Gladys71US #137
#97Jessie71US #177
#98Rosa71US #145
#99Cynthia70US #105
#100Lillian69US #126

Boys

#1James1,379US #1
#2John1,234US #3
#3Robert1,026US #2
#4Charles871US #7
#5Joseph741US #13
#6William653US #4
#7George453US #14
#8Richard446US #5
#9Donald437US #11
#10Willie417US #31
#11David416US #6
#12Thomas405US #8
#13Ronald379US #10
#14Jerry353US #19
#15Michael332US #9
#16Henry331US #35
#17Larry329US #12
#18Edward324US #18
#19Kenneth284US #16
#20Roy245US #39
#21Paul244US #17
#22Raymond234US #22
#23Gerald230US #24
#24Louis228US #54
#25Johnny226US #45
#26Frank225US #21
#27Albert215US #44
#28Bobby199US #50
#29Jimmy199US #41
#30Billy197US #38
#31Harold191US #27
#32Clarence188US #74
#33Walter187US #26
#34Lawrence179US #32
#35Arthur169US #29
#36Joe158US #33
#37Anthony155US #46
#38Alvin154US #115
#39Gary151US #15
#40Earl150US #65
#41Wayne147US #37
#42Eddie146US #79
#43Harry145US #49
#44Melvin145US #67
#45Daniel144US #25
#46Leroy142US #78
#47Ernest141US #59
#48Jimmie120US #98
#49Herman118US #129
#50Jack114US #30
#51Herbert113US #90
#52Allen111US #77
#53Eugene111US #48
#54Andrew110US #81
#55Carl110US #36
#56Terry107US #43
#57Curtis106US #97
#58Leonard104US #56
#59Howard103US #53
#60Samuel103US #62
#61Tommy103US #70
#62Lee101US #85
#63Alfred100US #82
#64Calvin98US #124
#65Ralph97US #42
#66Dennis95US #20
#67Douglas95US #34
#68Lloyd94US #102
#69Patrick94US #64
#70Wilbert93
#71Fred92US #47
#72Jesse91US #103
#73Warren90US #100
#74Freddie88US #138
#75Roland85US #155
#76Ray81US #86
#77Roger81US #23
#78Jessie80US #167
#79Don79US #72
#80Leon77US #108
#81Ronnie76US #69
#82Claude75US #154
#83Charlie74US #120
#84Philip74US #60
#85Lionel73
#86Peter73US #40
#87Alton71
#88Milton70US #146
#89Norman70US #58
#90Clyde69US #111
#91Sidney69US #180
#92Floyd67US #110
#93Russell67US #63
#94Johnnie63US #131
#95Glenn62US #88
#96Lester61US #126
#97Danny59US #76
#98Leo59US #132
#99Stephen57US #28
#100Clifton56US #195

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑43Karen#48
↑28Wanda#39
↑21Kathleen#33
↑21Jack#50
↑20Charlotte#55
↑20Terry#56
↑19Donna#46
↑17Sarah#61

Falling

↓41Edna#94
↓29Ella#88
↓26Jo#70
↓25Rita#59
↓24Sidney#91
↓22Lillie#72
↓21Emma#77
↓20Douglas#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.