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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,418 Louisiana births in 1954 across 1,234 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#71Shelia#190 nationally
#97Lioneloutside the national top 200
#100Willieoutside the national top 200
#94Herman#186 nationally
#45Alvin#135 nationally
#95Freddie#179 nationally
#40Gwendolyn#122 nationally
#74Annie#150 nationally
#43Glenda#114 nationally
#47Dianne#116 nationally
#97Ruby#162 nationally
#58Calvin#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,564US #1
#2Linda1,136US #2
#3Debra1,015US #6
#4Patricia981US #4
#5Deborah830US #3
#6Brenda712US #18
#7Barbara682US #7
#8Susan615US #5
#9Cynthia597US #10
#10Sandra567US #13
#11Carolyn512US #27
#12Karen498US #8
#13Pamela486US #12
#14Donna447US #11
#15Betty411US #36
#16Sharon394US #16
#17Judy353US #29
#18Shirley348US #33
#19Joyce333US #28
#20Janice329US #25
#21Elizabeth324US #20
#22Wanda315US #58
#23Marilyn298US #35
#24Cheryl288US #22
#25Beverly283US #31
#26Dorothy280US #55
#27Gloria280US #42
#28Nancy280US #9
#29Peggy280US #48
#30Janet276US #19
#31Kathy274US #23
#32Catherine268US #32
#33Rose254US #54
#34Rebecca250US #26
#35Diane249US #17
#36Connie247US #39
#37Margaret247US #21
#38Carol238US #15
#39Kathleen224US #14
#40Gwendolyn219US #122
#41Paula214US #38
#42Jo212US #53
#43Glenda204US #114
#44Martha204US #46
#45Jacqueline188US #68
#46Denise177US #24
#47Dianne177US #116
#48Gail177US #37
#49Rhonda171US #71
#50Katherine168US #64
#51Sheila167US #60
#52Theresa166US #47
#53Helen155US #72
#54Rita153US #67
#55Bonnie151US #52
#56Doris148US #93
#57Laura147US #45
#58Virginia146US #61
#59Ann145US #44
#60Sherry145US #62
#61Charlotte142US #113
#62Alice139US #81
#63Darlene133US #76
#64Evelyn132US #109
#65Joan130US #40
#66Yvonne130US #117
#67Christine129US #43
#68Marie128US #79
#69Vickie127US #69
#70Elaine126US #74
#71Shelia126US #190
#72Charlene125US #126
#73Cathy124US #59
#74Annie123US #150
#75Marsha123US #86
#76Sylvia122US #101
#77Jane119US #49
#78Phyllis119US #75
#79Sarah115US #103
#80Vicki114US #50
#81Judith112US #30
#82Frances111US #83
#83Suzanne109US #82
#84Kathryn107US #51
#85Jennifer106US #108
#86Diana105US #57
#87Julie104US #70
#88Anita102US #96
#89Lois98US #110
#90Debbie97US #92
#91Terry96US #88
#92Jean95US #56
#93Lisa93US #73
#94Loretta93US #125
#95Anna91US #105
#96Patsy91US #155
#97Ruby91US #162
#98Ruth88US #66
#99Stephanie88US #123
#100Willie88

Boys

#1James1,530US #3
#2Michael1,472US #1
#3John1,403US #4
#4Robert1,267US #2
#5David1,159US #5
#6Charles1,035US #10
#7William809US #6
#8Joseph754US #13
#9Donald724US #14
#10Larry675US #19
#11Richard675US #7
#12Kenneth657US #17
#13Ronald584US #15
#14Gary557US #9
#15Thomas527US #8
#16Paul415US #16
#17Jerry399US #31
#18Edward377US #22
#19George366US #24
#20Terry364US #27
#21Mark356US #12
#22Willie356US #53
#23Gregory329US #25
#24Stephen320US #20
#25Steven294US #11
#26Johnny291US #54
#27Daniel288US #18
#28Dennis272US #21
#29Anthony264US #32
#30Randy263US #33
#31Wayne252US #41
#32Bobby248US #72
#33Carl243US #47
#34Raymond240US #35
#35Henry237US #59
#36Frank228US #36
#37Gerald225US #44
#38Glenn220US #63
#39Louis215US #81
#40Roy212US #56
#41Billy208US #65
#42Danny207US #42
#43Albert202US #73
#44Lawrence195US #39
#45Alvin193US #135
#46Ricky193US #46
#47Jimmy191US #74
#48Keith190US #45
#49Patrick190US #38
#50Eddie188US #91
#51Melvin187US #92
#52Kevin186US #28
#53Walter184US #49
#54Bruce182US #30
#55Arthur178US #52
#56Harold176US #60
#57Roger175US #34
#58Calvin169US #117
#59Timothy166US #26
#60Clarence162US #108
#61Rodney162US #66
#62Ronnie156US #78
#63Ray154US #118
#64Samuel153US #71
#65Andrew149US #70
#66Stanley148US #58
#67Douglas145US #29
#68Allen142US #82
#69Earl142US #98
#70Curtis139US #84
#71Ernest138US #87
#72Leroy137US #125
#73Leonard135US #85
#74Randall133US #55
#75Micheal128US #88
#76Tommy127US #100
#77Barry126US #68
#78Ralph126US #61
#79Warren125US #126
#80Harry120US #86
#81Joe117US #67
#82Lee114US #96
#83Eugene112US #77
#84Peter112US #37
#85Jerome108US #114
#86Russell108US #69
#87Alfred107US #116
#88Dale107US #50
#89Rickey107US #113
#90Darrell106US #95
#91Herbert104US #128
#92Craig103US #51
#93Philip103US #62
#94Herman102US #186
#95Freddie99US #179
#96Jeffrey99US #23
#97Lionel97
#98Brian96US #48
#99Floyd93US #152
#100Marvin93US #97

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑23Ricky#46
↑22Timothy#59
↑20Laura#57
↑20Stanley#66
↑19Sherry#60
↑18Sarah#79
↑18Vicki#80
↑18Eddie#50

Falling

↓26Russell#86
↓19Alice#62
↓18Tommy#76
↓17Ruby#97
↓16Christine#67
↓15Elaine#70
↓15Patsy#96
↓14Diana#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.