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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,187 Louisiana births in 1948 across 1,106 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#85Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#88Lioneloutside the national top 200
#78Lillie#189 nationally
#78Jessie#185 nationally
#92Sidney#199 nationally
#98Altonoutside the national top 200
#100Rosieoutside the national top 200
#81Bobbie#179 nationally
#73Willie#168 nationally
#58Ethel#152 nationally
#79Milton#160 nationally
#96Ella#177 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,598US #1
#2Mary1,483US #2
#3Barbara857US #3
#4Patricia820US #4
#5Betty629US #18
#6Brenda601US #17
#7Sandra543US #6
#8Carolyn521US #14
#9Shirley511US #20
#10Judy406US #16
#11Gloria405US #28
#12Dorothy378US #29
#13Susan352US #5
#14Sharon347US #9
#15Cynthia346US #27
#16Margaret341US #13
#17Carol296US #8
#18Joyce291US #21
#19Elizabeth266US #26
#20Cheryl261US #25
#21Diane259US #19
#22Donna258US #11
#23Beverly249US #31
#24Martha248US #32
#25Peggy240US #38
#26Kathleen234US #10
#27Nancy226US #7
#28Janice223US #23
#29Dianne204US #86
#30Catherine201US #41
#31Helen198US #40
#32Pamela192US #22
#33Karen189US #12
#34Marie189US #60
#35Rose186US #62
#36Doris183US #64
#37Judith178US #15
#38Annie175US #97
#39Frances174US #42
#40Virginia174US #36
#41Evelyn173US #74
#42Alice170US #49
#43Jo170US #56
#44Wanda169US #57
#45Deborah168US #30
#46Charlotte164US #69
#47Marilyn160US #33
#48Elaine156US #53
#49Patsy156US #98
#50Glenda154US #92
#51Geraldine144US #83
#52Janet143US #24
#53Gwendolyn140US #124
#54Theresa140US #63
#55Bonnie136US #34
#56Rita135US #59
#57Ruby130US #114
#58Ethel128US #152
#59Diana124US #48
#60Katherine124US #68
#61Ann121US #44
#62Jacqueline120US #58
#63Rebecca118US #50
#64Gail115US #51
#65Mildred115US #120
#66Jane114US #39
#67Connie113US #43
#68Joan112US #37
#69Juanita112US #107
#70Sherry111US #61
#71Phyllis110US #46
#72Lois109US #70
#73Willie109US #168
#74Delores107US #116
#75Sylvia107US #100
#76Anna106US #89
#77Laura103US #73
#78Lillie102US #189
#79Sheila102US #71
#80Ruth99US #45
#81Bobbie97US #179
#82Sarah97US #85
#83Suzanne94US #66
#84Yvonne94US #112
#85Audrey93US #157
#86Christine93US #35
#87Paula93US #52
#88Clara90US #160
#89Charlene89US #105
#90Emma86US #138
#91Kathryn86US #54
#92Louise85US #99
#93Jean84US #47
#94Margie84US #148
#95Norma84US #103
#96Ella82US #177
#97Loretta79US #115
#98Joann78US #94
#99Edna77US #139
#100Rosie77

Boys

#1James1,570US #1
#2John1,354US #3
#3Robert1,181US #2
#4Charles1,029US #9
#5Joseph827US #13
#6Michael759US #6
#7William756US #4
#8David672US #5
#9Larry635US #11
#10Ronald631US #10
#11Donald542US #14
#12Richard475US #7
#13Thomas470US #8
#14Kenneth462US #15
#15George455US #16
#16Willie413US #40
#17Edward384US #19
#18Jerry338US #21
#19Henry336US #45
#20Paul317US #18
#21Gary304US #12
#22Louis302US #64
#23Johnny287US #52
#24Frank283US #25
#25Roy256US #49
#26Lawrence238US #31
#27Wayne237US #34
#28Albert231US #55
#29Gerald230US #30
#30Harold223US #36
#31Earl219US #83
#32Terry217US #26
#33Clarence216US #87
#34Raymond215US #27
#35Daniel206US #22
#36Billy202US #53
#37Jimmy201US #50
#38Russell195US #67
#39Bobby194US #62
#40Walter191US #35
#41Arthur188US #44
#42Dennis187US #17
#43Melvin179US #81
#44Eddie178US #78
#45Leroy174US #97
#46Alvin173US #124
#47Glenn170US #73
#48Anthony168US #41
#49Joe165US #47
#50Ernest163US #76
#51Danny161US #39
#52Stephen153US #20
#53Tommy151US #79
#54Ronnie147US #59
#55Eugene146US #61
#56Roger146US #24
#57Allen143US #72
#58Curtis141US #101
#59Harry136US #57
#60Patrick136US #48
#61Samuel131US #70
#62Carl130US #42
#63Leonard130US #71
#64Rodney126US #92
#65Lloyd125US #118
#66Gregory118US #32
#67Alfred116US #96
#68Herbert116US #103
#69Herman114US #146
#70Ralph114US #51
#71Calvin111US #117
#72Freddie111US #152
#73Warren110US #109
#74Jimmie107US #120
#75Howard104US #63
#76Jack104US #43
#77Douglas102US #33
#78Jessie102US #185
#79Milton100US #160
#80Ray100US #100
#81Andrew99US #77
#82Philip98US #54
#83Steven97US #23
#84Bruce94US #28
#85Wilbert94
#86Leon93US #119
#87Jesse92US #108
#88Lionel88
#89Lee87US #93
#90Clyde83US #131
#91Fred83US #66
#92Sidney83US #199
#93Steve82US #60
#94Peter81US #37
#95Don80US #91
#96Stanley79US #65
#97Barry78US #74
#98Alton77
#99Charlie76US #144
#100Floyd76US #134

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑29Russell#38
↑24Pamela#32
↑18Jessie#78
↑17Roger#56
↑16Philip#82
↑15Suzanne#83
↑14Rebecca#63
↑14Sarah#82

Falling

↓21Ruth#80
↓18Emma#90
↓18Carl#62
↓17Bobbie#81
↓17Floyd#100
↓15Douglas#77
↓14Calvin#71
↓13Anna#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.