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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,116 Louisiana births in 1952 across 1,178 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#87Etheloutside the national top 200
#91Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#94Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#97Lioneloutside the national top 200
#98Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#100Jessieoutside the national top 200
#92Herman#175 nationally
#96Edna#177 nationally
#96Freddie#177 nationally
#49Alvin#128 nationally
#37Gwendolyn#114 nationally
#80Delores#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,506US #2
#2Linda1,364US #1
#3Patricia977US #3
#4Deborah865US #4
#5Barbara781US #6
#6Brenda780US #15
#7Debra586US #9
#8Carolyn545US #24
#9Sandra513US #10
#10Susan491US #5
#11Cynthia475US #18
#12Betty461US #32
#13Shirley392US #28
#14Elizabeth380US #22
#15Judy376US #26
#16Karen361US #8
#17Donna360US #13
#18Sharon359US #14
#19Joyce357US #27
#20Pamela342US #17
#21Gloria328US #36
#22Dorothy307US #46
#23Peggy293US #43
#24Janice290US #23
#25Wanda289US #54
#26Margaret285US #21
#27Catherine263US #34
#28Carol262US #12
#29Nancy261US #7
#30Beverly249US #35
#31Kathleen246US #11
#32Martha240US #40
#33Diane237US #16
#34Janet237US #19
#35Cheryl232US #31
#36Rebecca227US #30
#37Gwendolyn210US #114
#38Rose199US #62
#39Jacqueline197US #58
#40Jo194US #55
#41Helen189US #63
#42Kathy189US #29
#43Glenda185US #97
#44Dianne177US #96
#45Doris170US #83
#46Katherine166US #59
#47Marilyn164US #38
#48Connie163US #44
#49Theresa163US #60
#50Gail161US #39
#51Paula159US #47
#52Evelyn154US #90
#53Alice152US #69
#54Bonnie152US #41
#55Charlotte151US #89
#56Frances151US #67
#57Laura149US #53
#58Christine148US #20
#59Sheila145US #64
#60Virginia142US #49
#61Patsy141US #128
#62Annie140US #127
#63Elaine136US #73
#64Ann135US #45
#65Marie133US #82
#66Diana126US #51
#67Joan126US #37
#68Cathy121US #56
#69Judith121US #25
#70Phyllis121US #65
#71Rita121US #66
#72Charlene119US #106
#73Darlene118US #77
#74Ruby114US #145
#75Kathryn113US #48
#76Denise110US #33
#77Rhonda110US #95
#78Sylvia108US #99
#79Lois105US #86
#80Delores104US #152
#81Ruth104US #57
#82Sherry103US #68
#83Yvonne101US #103
#84Marsha100US #75
#85Geraldine99US #119
#86Suzanne93US #84
#87Ethel92
#88Jane91US #42
#89Jean91US #50
#90Jennifer89US #107
#91Shelia87
#92Sarah86US #93
#93Vickie86US #76
#94Bobbie85
#95Lynn83US #71
#96Edna81US #177
#97Paulette81US #163
#98Anna80US #101
#99Juanita80US #125
#100Julie80US #85

Boys

#1James1,499US #1
#2John1,399US #3
#3Michael1,261US #4
#4Robert1,238US #2
#5Charles1,043US #9
#6David941US #5
#7Larry778US #14
#8William771US #6
#9Joseph764US #12
#10Donald687US #13
#11Richard680US #7
#12Ronald625US #15
#13Kenneth571US #16
#14Thomas536US #8
#15Gary491US #10
#16Willie401US #48
#17George390US #22
#18Paul374US #19
#19Jerry366US #26
#20Edward358US #23
#21Daniel311US #20
#22Gregory277US #24
#23Henry271US #50
#24Wayne269US #38
#25Stephen268US #21
#26Johnny264US #53
#27Terry254US #29
#28Mark244US #17
#29Anthony238US #34
#30Raymond238US #33
#31Louis237US #79
#32Roy237US #55
#33Frank236US #32
#34Steven234US #11
#35Albert230US #66
#36Dennis229US #18
#37Gerald228US #39
#38Bobby207US #77
#39Lawrence201US #35
#40Billy199US #65
#41Carl199US #45
#42Bruce194US #25
#43Glenn189US #61
#44Jimmy188US #72
#45Arthur183US #47
#46Clarence181US #102
#47Harold181US #51
#48Walter176US #44
#49Alvin170US #128
#50Danny170US #40
#51Melvin165US #91
#52Patrick163US #37
#53Samuel161US #67
#54Leroy155US #116
#55Calvin150US #108
#56Curtis149US #86
#57Eddie149US #93
#58Allen146US #78
#59Douglas146US #28
#60Ernest146US #87
#61Rodney146US #84
#62Barry144US #69
#63Russell143US #70
#64Roger139US #30
#65Joe138US #62
#66Timothy136US #27
#67Keith135US #49
#68Eugene134US #71
#69Randy134US #41
#70Leonard130US #83
#71Ronnie127US #82
#72Tommy122US #97
#73Warren122US #117
#74Andrew121US #68
#75Earl120US #98
#76Ralph117US #56
#77Dale116US #46
#78Floyd116US #149
#79Jack116US #52
#80Harry115US #75
#81Stanley112US #58
#82Ricky109US #81
#83Herbert107US #115
#84Lloyd107US #130
#85Lee106US #92
#86Micheal104US #94
#87Ray104US #113
#88Leon102US #124
#89Philip99US #60
#90Randall99US #63
#91Steve96US #85
#92Herman94US #175
#93Howard94US #73
#94Peter92US #36
#95Clyde91US #143
#96Freddie91US #177
#97Lionel91
#98Wilbert91
#99Alfred89US #104
#100Jessie85

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑23Mark#28
↑22Rhonda#77
↑21Barry#62
↑21Jack#79
↑20Cathy#68
↑20Dale#77
↑19Kathy#42
↑18Diana#66

Falling

↓22Anna#98
↓22Roger#64
↓22Alfred#99
↓18Jane#88
↓16Judith#69
↓15Howard#93
↓13Geraldine#85
↓13Earl#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.