State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,268 Louisiana births in 1955 across 1,237 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#76Shelia#181 nationally
#94Herman#194 nationally
#48Alvin#134 nationally
#40Gwendolyn#122 nationally
#46Glenda#128 nationally
#94Patsy#172 nationally
#92Annie#160 nationally
#66Leroy#133 nationally
#56Dianne#121 nationally
#53Rickey#114 nationally
#68Charlotte#129 nationally
#83Vanessa#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,343US #1
#2Linda1,094US #3
#3Debra976US #4
#4Patricia858US #6
#5Deborah768US #2
#6Brenda693US #18
#7Barbara654US #7
#8Cynthia654US #11
#9Susan591US #5
#10Sandra530US #13
#11Karen521US #8
#12Cheryl499US #19
#13Donna493US #10
#14Pamela489US #12
#15Carolyn448US #30
#16Sharon419US #16
#17Elizabeth339US #21
#18Janice333US #25
#19Betty329US #36
#20Janet315US #20
#21Joyce311US #29
#22Wanda307US #61
#23Judy302US #32
#24Shirley298US #37
#25Kathy289US #22
#26Catherine277US #28
#27Nancy269US #9
#28Carol262US #15
#29Beverly253US #34
#30Gloria249US #47
#31Diane246US #14
#32Peggy246US #51
#33Connie244US #35
#34Rebecca243US #27
#35Jo228US #58
#36Dorothy223US #64
#37Margaret222US #24
#38Marilyn222US #49
#39Rose222US #54
#40Gwendolyn220US #122
#41Kathleen210US #17
#42Denise206US #23
#43Sheila204US #57
#44Martha202US #53
#45Jacqueline201US #73
#46Glenda182US #128
#47Paula179US #39
#48Alice174US #87
#49Gail172US #42
#50Bonnie171US #45
#51Cathy169US #44
#52Helen167US #78
#53Doris165US #101
#54Rhonda164US #71
#55Theresa163US #38
#56Dianne158US #121
#57Sherry157US #56
#58Phyllis156US #74
#59Lisa154US #48
#60Katherine151US #65
#61Vickie149US #68
#62Darlene141US #76
#63Elaine137US #77
#64Debbie135US #63
#65Ann133US #43
#66Marie132US #92
#67Joan131US #46
#68Charlotte121US #129
#69Evelyn119US #112
#70Laura119US #41
#71Virginia117US #66
#72Rita116US #72
#73Stephanie115US #114
#74Judith113US #31
#75Christine112US #40
#76Shelia112US #181
#77Vicki111US #52
#78Jane109US #50
#79Julie109US #67
#80Sylvia109US #107
#81Terry108US #83
#82Yvonne108US #119
#83Vanessa107US #140
#84Robin106US #33
#85Charlene105US #130
#86Kim103US #75
#87Sheryl103US #125
#88Loretta102US #123
#89Diana101US #55
#90Terri101US #85
#91Jennifer98US #104
#92Annie97US #160
#93Melanie96US #141
#94Patsy95US #172
#95Anita92US #94
#96Frances91US #96
#97Kathryn90US #59
#98Sarah90US #108
#99Jean89US #60
#100Lynn89US #62

Boys

#1James1,484US #3
#2Michael1,473US #1
#3John1,391US #5
#4David1,227US #2
#5Robert1,215US #4
#6Charles1,003US #11
#7William758US #6
#8Donald731US #14
#9Joseph715US #13
#10Larry665US #19
#11Richard629US #7
#12Kenneth582US #15
#13Thomas550US #8
#14Ronald546US #18
#15Gary492US #12
#16Mark460US #9
#17Paul431US #16
#18Gregory409US #24
#19Willie382US #54
#20Jerry370US #33
#21Terry370US #28
#22Edward365US #25
#23George343US #26
#24Anthony335US #31
#25Stephen323US #21
#26Steven317US #10
#27Keith299US #39
#28Dennis298US #23
#29Daniel285US #17
#30Carl275US #47
#31Johnny274US #55
#32Randy272US #30
#33Henry271US #61
#34Raymond266US #36
#35Billy251US #69
#36Bobby234US #75
#37Frank233US #34
#38Glenn229US #59
#39Wayne224US #44
#40Gerald223US #48
#41Bruce222US #32
#42Ricky218US #46
#43Louis215US #82
#44Danny214US #45
#45Lawrence206US #42
#46Roy205US #58
#47Timothy205US #22
#48Alvin201US #134
#49Kevin200US #27
#50Albert193US #76
#51Walter183US #51
#52Patrick178US #41
#53Rickey177US #114
#54Micheal175US #87
#55Calvin172US #110
#56Douglas168US #29
#57Melvin167US #95
#58Jimmy164US #78
#59Harold162US #63
#60Arthur161US #56
#61Eddie159US #92
#62Ray158US #113
#63Rodney158US #65
#64Clarence157US #117
#65Ronnie154US #80
#66Leroy151US #133
#67Ernest148US #90
#68Curtis145US #79
#69Allen143US #84
#70Leonard143US #88
#71Russell142US #57
#72Samuel141US #71
#73Roger138US #37
#74Earl136US #106
#75Andrew133US #66
#76Eugene132US #81
#77Brian131US #40
#78Joe127US #68
#79Barry125US #70
#80Stanley122US #64
#81Warren121US #130
#82Jeffrey120US #20
#83Steve120US #72
#84Christopher116US #49
#85Dale115US #52
#86Harry115US #89
#87Tommy114US #108
#88Randall109US #53
#89Alfred108US #119
#90Ralph105US #67
#91Phillip104US #74
#92Don103US #125
#93Peter102US #35
#94Herman101US #194
#95Herbert100US #129
#96Darrell97US #91
#97Jeffery97US #73
#98Jerome96US #112
#99Leon96US #143
#100Philip95US #62

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑36Rickey#53
↑34Lisa#59
↑26Debbie#64
↑26Stephanie#73
↑22Cathy#51
↑21Keith#27
↑21Micheal#54
↑21Brian#77

Falling

↓19Sarah#98
↓18Rita#72
↓18Annie#92
↓16Yvonne#82
↓16Roger#73
↓15Marilyn#38
↓14Frances#96
↓14Stanley#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.