State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,414 Louisiana births in 1950 across 1,153 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#79Lioneloutside the national top 200
#82Willieoutside the national top 200
#80Bobbie#195 nationally
#90Ella#198 nationally
#94Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#96Lillieoutside the national top 200
#97Monaoutside the national top 200
#93Sidney#195 nationally
#66Freddie#155 nationally
#89Ethel#176 nationally
#91Clara#178 nationally
#75Audrey#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,582US #2
#2Linda1,467US #1
#3Patricia928US #3
#4Barbara817US #4
#5Brenda802US #14
#6Sandra621US #8
#7Deborah524US #7
#8Betty516US #26
#9Carolyn484US #20
#10Shirley479US #19
#11Susan443US #5
#12Judy413US #25
#13Cynthia403US #23
#14Gloria363US #30
#15Sharon341US #11
#16Joyce328US #27
#17Dorothy326US #35
#18Donna323US #13
#19Margaret321US #15
#20Carol312US #9
#21Elizabeth302US #24
#22Janice301US #22
#23Cheryl259US #29
#24Peggy255US #41
#25Diane248US #16
#26Karen242US #12
#27Pamela236US #17
#28Martha234US #32
#29Nancy231US #6
#30Wanda225US #52
#31Dianne220US #90
#32Beverly218US #31
#33Jo217US #64
#34Catherine212US #34
#35Rose209US #69
#36Doris204US #74
#37Kathleen201US #10
#38Alice191US #57
#39Glenda188US #87
#40Helen188US #50
#41Virginia188US #43
#42Gwendolyn187US #113
#43Janet184US #18
#44Annie170US #106
#45Rebecca167US #36
#46Katherine160US #58
#47Marilyn160US #37
#48Marie158US #72
#49Charlotte157US #80
#50Connie156US #44
#51Jacqueline153US #55
#52Frances151US #51
#53Gail149US #42
#54Rita147US #56
#55Elaine141US #60
#56Judith141US #21
#57Bonnie138US #33
#58Debra137US #59
#59Evelyn136US #86
#60Theresa136US #65
#61Ann133US #45
#62Ruby130US #130
#63Patsy126US #117
#64Geraldine123US #102
#65Lois121US #83
#66Christine120US #28
#67Joan120US #40
#68Jane119US #39
#69Phyllis119US #53
#70Ruth116US #49
#71Kathy115US #38
#72Sherry112US #62
#73Laura109US #63
#74Paula108US #54
#75Audrey107US #158
#76Delores107US #129
#77Sarah106US #88
#78Sheila106US #70
#79Sylvia106US #97
#80Bobbie105US #195
#81Diana102US #47
#82Willie100
#83Anna97US #93
#84Darlene96US #79
#85Emma93US #154
#86Charlene90US #103
#87Kathryn90US #46
#88Suzanne87US #71
#89Ethel85US #176
#90Ella83US #198
#91Clara82US #178
#92Louise81US #109
#93Mildred80US #135
#94Gayle77US #133
#95Edna76US #157
#96Lillie76
#97Mona76
#98Lynn74US #76
#99Norma74US #104
#100Cathy73US #75

Boys

#1James1,534US #1
#2John1,339US #3
#3Robert1,237US #2
#4Charles1,054US #9
#5Michael1,041US #4
#6Larry791US #11
#7William765US #6
#8Joseph760US #13
#9David741US #5
#10Donald634US #14
#11Ronald606US #12
#12Richard577US #7
#13Kenneth526US #15
#14Thomas526US #8
#15George435US #20
#16Willie431US #42
#17Gary387US #10
#18Jerry377US #24
#19Edward363US #22
#20Henry298US #47
#21Johnny292US #50
#22Paul274US #18
#23Frank258US #29
#24Gerald256US #34
#25Raymond256US #31
#26Wayne247US #35
#27Daniel240US #21
#28Albert233US #56
#29Stephen232US #19
#30Bobby229US #65
#31Louis219US #66
#32Dennis217US #17
#33Roy214US #51
#34Terry200US #30
#35Lawrence195US #33
#36Clarence192US #95
#37Harold191US #45
#38Glenn189US #59
#39Jimmy187US #55
#40Danny185US #39
#41Alvin183US #121
#42Russell181US #67
#43Billy180US #57
#44Gregory178US #25
#45Melvin178US #87
#46Walter178US #40
#47Earl176US #92
#48Eddie175US #89
#49Anthony170US #36
#50Allen164US #71
#51Leroy159US #102
#52Steven158US #16
#53Carl156US #44
#54Arthur155US #46
#55Bruce148US #26
#56Ronnie146US #76
#57Patrick140US #38
#58Roger139US #27
#59Samuel139US #62
#60Eugene138US #58
#61Ernest134US #81
#62Alfred130US #96
#63Calvin127US #105
#64Mark127US #23
#65Lloyd125US #127
#66Freddie123US #155
#67Tommy120US #94
#68Joe119US #54
#69Herbert116US #112
#70Ralph116US #52
#71Leon115US #119
#72Andrew110US #68
#73Harry110US #61
#74Don109US #107
#75Rodney109US #88
#76Leonard107US #77
#77Douglas105US #28
#78Lee105US #91
#79Lionel102
#80Stanley101US #60
#81Philip100US #53
#82Jimmie99US #141
#83Curtis98US #97
#84Clyde97US #136
#85Herman96US #159
#86Barry95US #74
#87Floyd95US #143
#88Keith94US #78
#89Warren93US #118
#90Jack91US #48
#91Milton90US #161
#92Ray90US #111
#93Sidney89US #195
#94Wilbert89
#95Howard88US #63
#96Jesse88US #114
#97Steve88US #83
#98Timothy88US #32
#99Norman87US #90
#100Micheal86US #104

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑26Mark#64
↑25Steven#52
↑16Darlene#84
↑14Doris#36
↑14Rodney#75
↑13Deborah#7
↑13Connie#50
↑13Jacqueline#51

Falling

↓25Howard#95
↓17Judith#56
↓16Frances#52
↓16Bonnie#57
↓15Diana#81
↓15Arthur#54
↓14Kathleen#37
↓14Anna#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.