State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,168 Louisiana births in 1946 across 1,075 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#83Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#89Lioneloutside the national top 200
#94Irmaoutside the national top 200
#96Altonoutside the national top 200
#68Bobbie#171 nationally
#74Ella#177 nationally
#98Jessieoutside the national top 200
#82Sidney#183 nationally
#85Jessie#181 nationally
#86Lillie#178 nationally
#67Milton#156 nationally
#72Willie#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,598US #1
#2Linda926US #2
#3Barbara868US #4
#4Patricia732US #3
#5Betty707US #14
#6Shirley518US #18
#7Sandra508US #6
#8Carolyn493US #12
#9Gloria444US #26
#10Judy436US #11
#11Dorothy419US #23
#12Brenda416US #24
#13Carol337US #5
#14Joyce331US #20
#15Margaret306US #17
#16Sharon295US #9
#17Susan279US #8
#18Elizabeth240US #25
#19Beverly237US #30
#20Diane228US #19
#21Helen206US #36
#22Martha205US #32
#23Kathleen202US #16
#24Judith200US #10
#25Cynthia199US #46
#26Janice198US #22
#27Cheryl195US #27
#28Peggy195US #43
#29Rose195US #60
#30Nancy191US #7
#31Marie188US #54
#32Frances186US #39
#33Elaine182US #47
#34Doris180US #51
#35Alice179US #44
#36Geraldine179US #66
#37Catherine165US #48
#38Evelyn165US #65
#39Jo165US #53
#40Annie164US #97
#41Donna164US #13
#42Ruby160US #105
#43Virginia157US #31
#44Sylvia155US #82
#45Charlotte154US #64
#46Janet151US #21
#47Patsy147US #85
#48Wanda146US #59
#49Marilyn145US #29
#50Glenda142US #99
#51Dianne137US #76
#52Ruth135US #38
#53Lois134US #55
#54Karen132US #15
#55Bonnie131US #33
#56Rita129US #56
#57Joan126US #28
#58Jane124US #35
#59Diana123US #42
#60Ann122US #40
#61Mildred120US #103
#62Gwendolyn118US #132
#63Katherine118US #78
#64Juanita116US #110
#65Anna115US #87
#66Jean114US #37
#67Audrey112US #149
#68Bobbie112US #171
#69Delores112US #115
#70Jacqueline111US #62
#71Gail110US #49
#72Willie110US #159
#73Ethel109US #140
#74Ella108US #177
#75Theresa107US #96
#76Laura104US #75
#77Suzanne100US #52
#78Edna99US #126
#79Pamela98US #34
#80Phyllis98US #41
#81Thelma98US #150
#82Clara95US #145
#83Norma93US #77
#84Margie92US #138
#85Emma90US #131
#86Lillie88US #178
#87Yvonne88US #118
#88Connie87US #45
#89Sarah87US #92
#90Charlene86US #107
#91Hazel86US #175
#92Rebecca86US #68
#93Paulette85US #117
#94Irma84
#95Sheila83US #70
#96Louise79US #91
#97Gladys76US #157
#98Jessie76
#99Ellen75US #58
#100Julia75US #114

Boys

#1James1,490US #1
#2John1,413US #3
#3Robert1,264US #2
#4Charles954US #9
#5Joseph726US #14
#6William720US #4
#7Richard668US #5
#8Michael591US #7
#9Ronald522US #10
#10Donald491US #13
#11Thomas481US #8
#12David478US #6
#13George453US #16
#14Larry435US #11
#15Willie398US #40
#16Kenneth371US #15
#17Jerry361US #20
#18Edward340US #19
#19Paul306US #18
#20Henry300US #41
#21Johnny265US #47
#22Louis263US #63
#23Raymond255US #25
#24Frank252US #22
#25Gary252US #12
#26Jimmy247US #42
#27Roy246US #43
#28Harold222US #33
#29Gerald212US #27
#30Wayne209US #29
#31Albert204US #52
#32Bobby204US #53
#33Clarence202US #89
#34Walter199US #30
#35Billy188US #45
#36Lawrence187US #31
#37Leroy177US #90
#38Arthur174US #36
#39Joe168US #37
#40Dennis158US #17
#41Allen157US #74
#42Alvin157US #126
#43Ernest157US #71
#44Daniel156US #21
#45Anthony154US #44
#46Earl153US #82
#47Terry151US #26
#48Melvin148US #86
#49Ronnie147US #54
#50Eugene143US #57
#51Eddie133US #85
#52Harry131US #50
#53Glenn130US #81
#54Carl129US #39
#55Jimmie124US #104
#56Lloyd121US #106
#57Roger120US #23
#58Herbert119US #97
#59Tommy119US #77
#60Andrew116US #84
#61Alfred114US #94
#62Leonard113US #67
#63Curtis112US #99
#64Samuel111US #70
#65Danny106US #46
#66Lee106US #91
#67Milton106US #156
#68Ray105US #95
#69Fred104US #51
#70Rodney104US #93
#71Patrick102US #59
#72Stephen102US #24
#73Warren102US #105
#74Herman101US #152
#75Calvin98US #128
#76Leon98US #113
#77Ralph98US #48
#78Douglas97US #34
#79Freddie95US #151
#80Don94US #79
#81Jack94US #35
#82Sidney93US #183
#83Wilbert92
#84Russell91US #66
#85Jessie90US #181
#86Floyd87US #121
#87Howard87US #55
#88Clyde86US #122
#89Lionel86
#90Jesse83US #109
#91Philip77US #61
#92Steve77US #69
#93Charlie76US #135
#94Peter76US #38
#95Roland74US #166
#96Alton72
#97Bruce72US #32
#98Norman72US #76
#99Stanley71US #65
#100Johnnie70US #141

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑48Cynthia#25
↑36Glenn#53
↑29Janet#46
↑25Sylvia#44
↑21Dennis#40
↑19Danny#65
↑19Stephen#72
↑18Charlotte#45

Falling

↓28Louise#96
↓24Douglas#78
↓23Jesse#90
↓20Annie#40
↓19Emma#85
↓18Ann#60
↓16Patrick#71
↓15Anna#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.