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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,405 Louisiana births in 1949 across 1,142 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#81Lioneloutside the national top 200
#84Sidneyoutside the national top 200
#85Jessie#200 nationally
#76Bobbie#188 nationally
#87Lillie#197 nationally
#100Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#80Willie#179 nationally
#75Ethel#164 nationally
#66Freddie#152 nationally
#96Bertha#181 nationally
#75Herman#157 nationally
#95Ella#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,559US #2
#2Linda1,550US #1
#3Barbara870US #4
#4Patricia865US #3
#5Brenda738US #13
#6Sandra537US #6
#7Carolyn508US #17
#8Shirley505US #18
#9Betty489US #22
#10Susan438US #5
#11Judy435US #20
#12Gloria419US #29
#13Cynthia390US #27
#14Sharon379US #10
#15Dorothy361US #32
#16Margaret350US #14
#17Joyce331US #26
#18Elizabeth311US #25
#19Carol294US #8
#20Deborah291US #15
#21Peggy276US #38
#22Janice275US #24
#23Kathleen271US #9
#24Donna267US #12
#25Diane258US #19
#26Rose251US #66
#27Beverly247US #31
#28Karen247US #11
#29Catherine234US #37
#30Cheryl231US #28
#31Dianne227US #85
#32Nancy206US #7
#33Wanda204US #56
#34Martha199US #34
#35Alice196US #53
#36Frances194US #49
#37Helen194US #46
#38Pamela192US #21
#39Judith191US #16
#40Gwendolyn173US #114
#41Bonnie171US #35
#42Jo171US #60
#43Virginia171US #39
#44Janet170US #23
#45Charlotte167US #71
#46Glenda162US #87
#47Katherine162US #59
#48Evelyn161US #80
#49Annie157US #103
#50Doris157US #69
#51Marilyn152US #33
#52Patsy152US #106
#53Geraldine150US #90
#54Rita150US #54
#55Rebecca149US #40
#56Elaine147US #57
#57Theresa147US #63
#58Marie143US #67
#59Joan135US #36
#60Gail131US #51
#61Phyllis129US #50
#62Ruby129US #123
#63Connie128US #43
#64Jacqueline126US #58
#65Laura123US #65
#66Diana120US #48
#67Ann118US #44
#68Sylvia118US #94
#69Anna114US #91
#70Lois114US #73
#71Juanita113US #107
#72Kathy113US #42
#73Delores111US #126
#74Christine110US #30
#75Ethel108US #164
#76Bobbie107US #188
#77Paula105US #55
#78Jane104US #41
#79Ruth104US #47
#80Willie104US #179
#81Sarah103US #84
#82Charlene101US #100
#83Jean101US #45
#84Emma95US #147
#85Sherry95US #68
#86Suzanne93US #62
#87Lillie88US #197
#88Audrey87US #161
#89Clara85US #168
#90Mildred85US #120
#91Sheila84US #76
#92Yvonne83US #109
#93Julia82US #112
#94Kathryn81US #52
#95Ella80US #177
#96Bertha76US #181
#97Sally76US #77
#98Edna75US #142
#99Norma75US #105
#100Darlene74US #75

Boys

#1James1,576US #1
#2John1,393US #3
#3Robert1,231US #2
#4Charles1,049US #9
#5Michael933US #5
#6Joseph795US #14
#7William767US #4
#8Larry683US #10
#9David675US #6
#10Ronald671US #11
#11Donald584US #13
#12Thomas565US #8
#13Richard560US #7
#14Kenneth482US #15
#15Willie451US #41
#16George414US #18
#17Edward379US #21
#18Jerry349US #23
#19Gary331US #12
#20Henry331US #46
#21Paul289US #17
#22Johnny283US #49
#23Albert266US #56
#24Louis263US #64
#25Gerald262US #33
#26Lawrence239US #32
#27Roy238US #51
#28Frank237US #27
#29Harold233US #42
#30Clarence226US #94
#31Daniel226US #22
#32Raymond221US #30
#33Walter213US #37
#34Wayne213US #35
#35Stephen205US #19
#36Glenn203US #61
#37Bobby201US #67
#38Anthony199US #36
#39Arthur195US #44
#40Terry195US #28
#41Dennis193US #16
#42Billy187US #57
#43Jimmy185US #53
#44Roger177US #25
#45Eddie175US #80
#46Samuel175US #62
#47Russell165US #69
#48Earl164US #91
#49Patrick159US #39
#50Leroy158US #101
#51Ronnie155US #65
#52Alvin153US #128
#53Danny153US #40
#54Carl151US #43
#55Ernest150US #76
#56Gregory150US #31
#57Melvin149US #82
#58Allen148US #71
#59Eugene144US #58
#60Joe138US #52
#61Bruce136US #26
#62Alfred132US #96
#63Leonard130US #74
#64Calvin127US #112
#65Andrew125US #75
#66Freddie123US #152
#67Herbert122US #107
#68Douglas121US #29
#69Ralph121US #50
#70Howard114US #63
#71Harry113US #59
#72Curtis111US #97
#73Tommy108US #84
#74Lloyd106US #124
#75Herman105US #157
#76Leon105US #121
#77Steven105US #20
#78Lee103US #93
#79Floyd101US #133
#80Jimmie101US #130
#81Lionel101
#82Jack98US #47
#83Milton98US #160
#84Sidney97
#85Jessie95US #200
#86Warren95US #115
#87Don94US #98
#88Jesse94US #110
#89Rodney94US #87
#90Mark93US #24
#91Peter93US #38
#92Stanley93US #60
#93Philip90US #55
#94Clyde89US #131
#95Ray89US #109
#96Steve86US #68
#97Frederick85US #70
#98Phillip85US #66
#99Fred82US #72
#100Wilbert81

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑25Deborah#20
↑23Bruce#61
↑21Floyd#79
↑17Stephen#35
↑16Andrew#65
↑15Samuel#46
↑14Bonnie#41
↑13Gwendolyn#40

Falling

↓25Mildred#90
↓25Rodney#89
↓24Marie#58
↓20Tommy#73
↓17Ethel#75
↓17Earl#48
↓15Sherry#85
↓15Ray#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.