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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,237 Louisiana births in 1945 across 1,000 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#68Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#83Lioneloutside the national top 200
#90Rosie#186 nationally
#72Lillie#167 nationally
#56Bobbie#150 nationally
#95Sidney#186 nationally
#85Jessie#175 nationally
#57Audrey#143 nationally
#79Hazel#164 nationally
#100Jessie#185 nationally
#62Herman#146 nationally
#71Milton#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,467US #1
#2Barbara770US #3
#3Linda703US #2
#4Betty601US #11
#5Patricia545US #4
#6Shirley496US #14
#7Gloria440US #23
#8Dorothy435US #21
#9Sandra412US #6
#10Carolyn385US #12
#11Judy343US #13
#12Joyce298US #18
#13Carol296US #5
#14Margaret271US #15
#15Brenda269US #29
#16Helen218US #31
#17Elizabeth192US #26
#18Sharon192US #8
#19Rose190US #54
#20Annie184US #69
#21Martha184US #30
#22Diane176US #22
#23Susan170US #10
#24Janice163US #24
#25Kathleen161US #19
#26Doris160US #46
#27Marie158US #49
#28Judith156US #9
#29Alice150US #41
#30Cheryl148US #32
#31Elaine148US #44
#32Geraldine148US #56
#33Virginia148US #28
#34Nancy147US #7
#35Beverly146US #37
#36Frances146US #34
#37Donna140US #17
#38Ruby137US #95
#39Peggy136US #45
#40Evelyn132US #57
#41Ruth130US #33
#42Ann127US #39
#43Joan125US #25
#44Glenda124US #92
#45Patsy122US #84
#46Catherine120US #50
#47Jane119US #36
#48Jo118US #60
#49Mildred118US #93
#50Anna116US #73
#51Marilyn115US #27
#52Rita115US #59
#53Jean114US #38
#54Bonnie109US #35
#55Karen108US #16
#56Bobbie107US #150
#57Audrey106US #143
#58Willie105US #137
#59Dianne103US #72
#60Ethel101US #134
#61Wanda101US #58
#62Theresa100US #96
#63Charlotte99US #55
#64Gail99US #52
#65Lois98US #48
#66Emma97US #123
#67Laura97US #77
#68Louise94US #78
#69Sylvia93US #83
#70Delores90US #112
#71Juanita89US #108
#72Lillie87US #167
#73Cynthia86US #90
#74Diana85US #43
#75Janet85US #20
#76Yvonne85US #133
#77Clara83US #136
#78Gwendolyn83US #151
#79Hazel82US #164
#80Katherine81US #82
#81Jacqueline78US #63
#82Jeanette78US #122
#83Sue78US #66
#84Ella75US #158
#85Lucille75US #129
#86Margie75US #138
#87Sarah75US #76
#88Gladys73US #141
#89Norma73US #74
#90Rosie72US #186
#91Bertha71US #165
#92Julia71US #115
#93Pamela71US #42
#94Rosa71US #147
#95Dolores70US #103
#96Georgia70US #116
#97Connie69US #47
#98Rebecca68US #85
#99Sherry66US #104
#100Jessie65US #185

Boys

#1James1,287US #1
#2John1,116US #3
#3Robert992US #2
#4Charles824US #7
#5Joseph677US #14
#6William595US #4
#7Richard472US #5
#8Thomas393US #8
#9Donald383US #12
#10George383US #15
#11David379US #6
#12Michael375US #9
#13Willie374US #31
#14Larry371US #11
#15Ronald350US #10
#16Jerry313US #20
#17Edward306US #18
#18Kenneth300US #16
#19Henry255US #37
#20Paul239US #17
#21Louis228US #55
#22Johnny221US #45
#23Raymond218US #23
#24Roy208US #40
#25Harold206US #28
#26Frank205US #21
#27Albert192US #49
#28Gerald187US #25
#29Walter183US #27
#30Lawrence181US #30
#31Bobby166US #53
#32Gary165US #13
#33Arthur161US #34
#34Billy158US #42
#35Wayne154US #35
#36Earl153US #71
#37Eddie153US #81
#38Leroy150US #83
#39Joe149US #36
#40Jimmy148US #41
#41Clarence145US #82
#42Ernest143US #60
#43Alvin140US #120
#44Anthony137US #46
#45Harry125US #47
#46Melvin123US #78
#47Allen122US #74
#48Daniel120US #24
#49Eugene119US #50
#50Leonard112US #57
#51Jimmie111US #102
#52Tommy108US #75
#53Ronnie107US #67
#54Douglas106US #29
#55Patrick106US #63
#56Carl103US #39
#57Herbert103US #94
#58Terry102US #33
#59Alfred100US #88
#60Samuel100US #62
#61Dennis98US #19
#62Herman98US #146
#63Curtis96US #97
#64Lloyd96US #103
#65Lee93US #87
#66Ralph93US #44
#67Jesse88US #104
#68Wilbert88
#69Calvin87US #124
#70Fred85US #51
#71Milton85US #154
#72Freddie84US #145
#73Jack84US #32
#74Russell84US #64
#75Roger83US #22
#76Andrew81US #86
#77Howard81US #54
#78Warren80US #106
#79Leon79US #111
#80Ray79US #92
#81Roland79US #158
#82Floyd77US #114
#83Lionel75
#84Danny71US #56
#85Jessie71US #175
#86Rodney69US #105
#87Gene67US #100
#88Lester67US #131
#89Glenn66US #93
#90Charlie62US #128
#91Stephen62US #26
#92Clyde61US #121
#93Steve61US #79
#94Peter59US #38
#95Sidney59US #186
#96Johnnie58US #133
#97Norman58US #65
#98Philip57US #58
#99Oscar56US #176
#100Marvin55US #80

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑37Jane#47
↑28Susan#23
↑28Ronnie#53
↑26Cynthia#73
↑22Jo#48
↑19Russell#74
↑18Glenda#44
↑17Dianne#59

Falling

↓26Sarah#87
↓23Janet#75
↓23Jack#73
↓22Wanda#61
↓22Andrew#76
↓18Ethel#60
↓18Howard#77
↓17Dolores#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.