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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,641 Louisiana births in 1951 across 1,166 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#84Lioneloutside the national top 200
#82Ethel#191 nationally
#92Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#93Ellaoutside the national top 200
#90Bobbie#192 nationally
#85Clara#186 nationally
#87Herman#167 nationally
#86Freddie#165 nationally
#91Audrey#168 nationally
#64Ruby#140 nationally
#38Gwendolyn#112 nationally
#47Alvin#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,515US #2
#2Linda1,456US #1
#3Patricia991US #3
#4Deborah876US #4
#5Barbara852US #5
#6Brenda816US #14
#7Carolyn547US #22
#8Sandra542US #9
#9Susan471US #6
#10Betty464US #29
#11Shirley433US #27
#12Cynthia425US #20
#13Judy410US #26
#14Debra383US #18
#15Gloria380US #31
#16Joyce368US #28
#17Sharon368US #13
#18Donna358US #12
#19Elizabeth350US #23
#20Karen337US #8
#21Dorothy328US #42
#22Janice321US #21
#23Peggy298US #40
#24Margaret297US #17
#25Beverly296US #33
#26Nancy282US #7
#27Carol278US #11
#28Pamela273US #16
#29Wanda272US #52
#30Catherine266US #34
#31Kathleen249US #10
#32Rose243US #65
#33Martha235US #38
#34Cheryl230US #30
#35Janet225US #19
#36Dianne224US #90
#37Diane218US #15
#38Gwendolyn213US #112
#39Jo205US #67
#40Gail196US #36
#41Doris193US #80
#42Glenda190US #89
#43Alice183US #62
#44Rebecca177US #32
#45Helen176US #54
#46Katherine176US #55
#47Jacqueline174US #56
#48Virginia173US #47
#49Marilyn171US #41
#50Connie167US #44
#51Bonnie163US #37
#52Annie152US #113
#53Judith152US #25
#54Charlotte150US #84
#55Evelyn149US #88
#56Theresa148US #64
#57Paula147US #51
#58Sheila143US #69
#59Elaine141US #66
#60Frances141US #59
#61Kathy139US #35
#62Rita134US #61
#63Christine132US #24
#64Ruby132US #140
#65Joan129US #39
#66Marie129US #78
#67Phyllis126US #57
#68Ann122US #46
#69Laura121US #60
#70Jane116US #43
#71Patsy113US #121
#72Geraldine108US #108
#73Sherry108US #70
#74Yvonne107US #101
#75Charlene104US #103
#76Anna103US #94
#77Kathryn101US #45
#78Sylvia100US #97
#79Lois99US #85
#80Ruth99US #53
#81Jean98US #49
#82Ethel95US #191
#83Denise91US #48
#84Diana90US #50
#85Clara89US #186
#86Delores89US #141
#87Paulette86US #148
#88Cathy85US #71
#89Darlene85US #79
#90Bobbie84US #192
#91Audrey80US #168
#92Shelia79
#93Ella78
#94Norma78US #107
#95Sarah78US #91
#96Anita77US #96
#97Gayle76US #124
#98Mildred76US #146
#99Rhonda76US #111
#100Vicki75US #58

Boys

#1James1,567US #1
#2John1,296US #3
#3Robert1,293US #2
#4Michael1,197US #4
#5Charles1,125US #9
#6William829US #6
#7David821US #5
#8Joseph803US #14
#9Larry785US #11
#10Ronald676US #12
#11Donald657US #15
#12Kenneth594US #16
#13Richard565US #7
#14Thomas565US #8
#15Gary482US #10
#16George402US #22
#17Edward387US #23
#18Willie382US #45
#19Jerry369US #24
#20Paul364US #18
#21Henry314US #47
#22Johnny285US #50
#23Stephen284US #19
#24Daniel254US #21
#25Frank249US #31
#26Louis244US #76
#27Terry242US #30
#28Wayne242US #37
#29Raymond241US #32
#30Dennis238US #17
#31Roy226US #52
#32Bobby219US #77
#33Gerald216US #36
#34Gregory215US #25
#35Glenn214US #58
#36Lawrence214US #33
#37Walter214US #42
#38Albert211US #60
#39Harold211US #46
#40Billy198US #64
#41Anthony191US #34
#42Roger191US #29
#43Carl180US #43
#44Melvin178US #88
#45Clarence177US #98
#46Jimmy177US #62
#47Alvin171US #121
#48Leroy171US #111
#49Steven171US #13
#50Calvin169US #106
#51Mark168US #20
#52Eddie167US #89
#53Ernest162US #83
#54Arthur159US #44
#55Allen153US #72
#56Patrick152US #39
#57Bruce150US #26
#58Samuel150US #67
#59Danny149US #41
#60Curtis144US #91
#61Tommy143US #94
#62Earl135US #95
#63Ronnie133US #82
#64Russell133US #73
#65Douglas132US #27
#66Rodney131US #84
#67Andrew129US #69
#68Joe125US #57
#69Eugene121US #65
#70Leonard121US #80
#71Harry120US #70
#72Stanley120US #54
#73Lee119US #92
#74Ray114US #114
#75Timothy114US #28
#76Herbert111US #112
#77Alfred108US #100
#78Howard107US #74
#79Keith107US #59
#80Lloyd107US #125
#81Randy106US #56
#82Jesse104US #115
#83Barry103US #71
#84Lionel102
#85Ralph102US #51
#86Freddie100US #165
#87Herman100US #167
#88Phillip99US #79
#89Jimmie98US #145
#90Leon98US #122
#91Warren97US #118
#92Randall96US #66
#93Frederick93US #78
#94Micheal92US #97
#95Milton92US #169
#96Floyd91US #140
#97Dale90US #49
#98Steve90US #86
#99Don89US #117
#100Jack88US #48

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑44Debra#14
↑23Curtis#60
↑23Timothy#75
↑20Sheila#58
↑18Ray#74
↑17Paula#57
↑17Howard#78
↑16Roger#42

Falling

↓25Don#99
↓22Russell#64
↓20Freddie#86
↓19Danny#59
↓19Leon#90
↓18Marie#66
↓18Sarah#95
↓16Audrey#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.