State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,931 Louisiana births in 1947 across 1,126 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#64Bobbie#178 nationally
#90Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#94Rosieoutside the national top 200
#88Lillie#191 nationally
#96Jessie#195 nationally
#92Sidney#189 nationally
#48Ethel#144 nationally
#61Freddie#153 nationally
#84Willie#173 nationally
#91Ella#177 nationally
#66Herman#150 nationally
#49Alvin#129 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,649US #1
#2Mary1,643US #2
#3Barbara898US #4
#4Patricia803US #3
#5Betty684US #17
#6Carolyn578US #15
#7Sandra576US #5
#8Brenda498US #21
#9Shirley457US #19
#10Gloria448US #27
#11Judy438US #14
#12Dorothy415US #26
#13Carol352US #6
#14Sharon347US #9
#15Cynthia334US #33
#16Margaret334US #16
#17Joyce312US #20
#18Susan299US #8
#19Cheryl288US #24
#20Janice254US #22
#21Diane253US #18
#22Beverly243US #31
#23Elizabeth236US #25
#24Martha230US #32
#25Helen228US #38
#26Judith219US #12
#27Donna213US #10
#28Kathleen206US #11
#29Rose200US #65
#30Alice198US #47
#31Peggy196US #42
#32Doris191US #58
#33Frances189US #39
#34Nancy188US #7
#35Catherine187US #46
#36Marie186US #57
#37Evelyn184US #72
#38Dianne179US #83
#39Jo178US #51
#40Karen178US #13
#41Elaine177US #50
#42Annie172US #103
#43Bonnie163US #35
#44Virginia163US #34
#45Geraldine160US #78
#46Janet158US #23
#47Wanda156US #66
#48Ethel151US #144
#49Ruby151US #112
#50Marilyn150US #29
#51Charlotte149US #68
#52Glenda149US #96
#53Patsy148US #87
#54Rita141US #60
#55Gwendolyn140US #130
#56Pamela139US #28
#57Theresa136US #85
#58Gail135US #49
#59Ruth135US #44
#60Jane133US #36
#61Ann131US #41
#62Diana130US #48
#63Anna127US #92
#64Bobbie127US #178
#65Jacqueline127US #59
#66Lois127US #63
#67Laura124US #74
#68Joan123US #30
#69Sylvia123US #97
#70Katherine119US #76
#71Phyllis118US #37
#72Emma115US #141
#73Juanita114US #110
#74Connie113US #43
#75Delores111US #115
#76Mildred111US #109
#77Rebecca111US #52
#78Audrey110US #146
#79Sherry108US #67
#80Yvonne108US #117
#81Jean105US #40
#82Lorraine104US #84
#83Sheila103US #73
#84Willie102US #173
#85Thelma100US #153
#86Norma96US #82
#87Charlene95US #105
#88Lillie95US #191
#89Anita87US #94
#90Edna87US #131
#91Ella86US #177
#92Jeanette86US #125
#93Christine85US #45
#94Rosie84
#95Joann83US #89
#96Sarah82US #93
#97Sue82US #69
#98Suzanne81US #53
#99Julia78US #116
#100Clara77US #150

Boys

#1James1,579US #1
#2John1,522US #3
#3Robert1,240US #2
#4Charles1,001US #9
#5Joseph859US #14
#6William723US #4
#7Michael674US #7
#8Ronald658US #11
#9Donald596US #13
#10Richard585US #5
#11Larry582US #10
#12David548US #6
#13Thomas494US #8
#14George485US #16
#15Willie444US #42
#16Kenneth441US #15
#17Jerry360US #20
#18Edward331US #19
#19Henry323US #46
#20Louis305US #64
#21Paul302US #18
#22Johnny298US #49
#23Gary278US #12
#24Frank274US #23
#25Roy262US #48
#26Raymond255US #27
#27Wayne247US #30
#28Jimmy242US #44
#29Walter237US #34
#30Gerald236US #28
#31Harold221US #35
#32Albert219US #55
#33Billy216US #51
#34Bobby207US #60
#35Daniel207US #22
#36Lawrence206US #32
#37Clarence204US #88
#38Anthony184US #41
#39Earl182US #83
#40Arthur180US #38
#41Terry177US #26
#42Glenn173US #70
#43Eddie172US #80
#44Carl170US #40
#45Melvin170US #85
#46Ernest164US #75
#47Dennis163US #17
#48Leroy162US #98
#49Alvin161US #129
#50Harry159US #54
#51Joe158US #43
#52Samuel154US #72
#53Allen153US #73
#54Tommy147US #79
#55Ronnie143US #61
#56Alfred142US #96
#57Calvin141US #120
#58Stephen138US #21
#59Lloyd129US #112
#60Danny128US #39
#61Freddie128US #153
#62Douglas124US #31
#63Patrick124US #53
#64Leonard123US #71
#65Herbert120US #104
#66Herman120US #150
#67Russell120US #69
#68Eugene119US #59
#69Ralph119US #50
#70Jimmie118US #113
#71Jack115US #37
#72Curtis114US #99
#73Roger113US #25
#74Andrew112US #82
#75Howard112US #62
#76Rodney108US #94
#77Lee106US #92
#78Gregory104US #33
#79Ray102US #97
#80Warren101US #108
#81Bruce99US #29
#82Fred99US #56
#83Floyd94US #130
#84Don93US #86
#85Jesse93US #107
#86Leon93US #117
#87Steve93US #58
#88Barry90US #68
#89Milton90US #158
#90Wilbert90
#91Norman87US #81
#92Sidney87US #189
#93Clyde86US #128
#94Lester86US #142
#95Stanley84US #67
#96Jessie83US #195
#97Francis82US #84
#98Philip78US #57
#99Peter77US #36
#100Clifford76US #101

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑25Ethel#48
↑23Pamela#56
↑18Theresa#57
↑18Calvin#57
↑18Freddie#61
↑17Russell#67
↑16Douglas#62
↑16Bruce#81

Falling

↓25Sylvia#69
↓22Milton#89
↓21Suzanne#98
↓18Clara#100
↓18Eugene#68
↓17Ella#91
↓16Roger#73
↓15Mildred#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.