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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,142 Louisiana births in 1957 across 1,317 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#54Shelia#180 nationally
#100Monaoutside the national top 200
#42Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#61Alvin#144 nationally
#60Glenda#134 nationally
#100Darryl#172 nationally
#65Dianne#135 nationally
#95Belinda#164 nationally
#67Clarence#135 nationally
#66Charlotte#133 nationally
#49Calvin#114 nationally
#93Juanita#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,315US #1
#2Debra950US #4
#3Linda912US #3
#4Cynthia865US #7
#5Patricia794US #8
#6Brenda778US #13
#7Deborah686US #6
#8Karen642US #5
#9Barbara623US #9
#10Pamela594US #12
#11Susan587US #2
#12Sandra557US #15
#13Donna526US #10
#14Sharon498US #14
#15Cheryl447US #16
#16Carolyn417US #33
#17Kathy387US #20
#18Elizabeth365US #22
#19Lisa341US #26
#20Janice331US #32
#21Wanda315US #59
#22Shirley304US #46
#23Joyce303US #40
#24Betty291US #50
#25Judy282US #38
#26Janet279US #23
#27Kim274US #35
#28Cindy270US #19
#29Nancy270US #11
#30Beverly255US #48
#31Denise254US #25
#32Catherine251US #37
#33Connie249US #47
#34Rhonda247US #52
#35Rebecca238US #34
#36Carol235US #18
#37Debbie235US #27
#38Rose235US #69
#39Sheila235US #58
#40Diane230US #17
#41Darlene229US #57
#42Gwendolyn228US #132
#43Peggy228US #62
#44Margaret215US #29
#45Gloria213US #66
#46Marilyn210US #82
#47Theresa203US #36
#48Julie195US #28
#49Kathleen195US #21
#50Dorothy186US #74
#51Cathy181US #39
#52Jacqueline176US #91
#53Paula173US #49
#54Shelia172US #180
#55Jo170US #83
#56Martha164US #63
#57Katherine163US #72
#58Phyllis163US #90
#59Gail160US #54
#60Glenda160US #134
#61Jennifer157US #87
#62Laura156US #31
#63Vickie150US #70
#64Virginia149US #75
#65Dianne148US #135
#66Charlotte145US #133
#67Terry144US #92
#68Terri141US #68
#69Alice138US #106
#70Stephanie136US #110
#71Rita133US #78
#72Bonnie132US #64
#73Sherry131US #55
#74Robin128US #30
#75Diana123US #43
#76Tina123US #80
#77Helen121US #95
#78Vicki121US #51
#79Angela119US #89
#80Ann118US #44
#81Tammy117US #107
#82Christine116US #41
#83Anita114US #81
#84Doris114US #119
#85Jane113US #56
#86Sylvia113US #109
#87Marie110US #98
#88Teresa109US #24
#89Elaine106US #96
#90Charlene104US #136
#91Kathryn104US #65
#92Loretta104US #131
#93Juanita102US #156
#94Yvonne102US #124
#95Belinda101US #164
#96Anna100US #105
#97Evelyn99US #125
#98Joan99US #60
#99Annette98US #97
#100Mona96

Boys

#1Michael1,607US #1
#2James1,551US #2
#3John1,290US #5
#4David1,278US #3
#5Robert1,199US #4
#6Charles970US #11
#7William770US #6
#8Kenneth766US #14
#9Donald746US #15
#10Joseph733US #12
#11Richard713US #8
#12Mark613US #7
#13Ronald590US #17
#14Larry576US #22
#15Thomas530US #9
#16Gary491US #13
#17Gregory474US #23
#18Paul449US #18
#19Anthony425US #27
#20Keith408US #36
#21Steven382US #10
#22Terry378US #33
#23Ricky348US #40
#24Jerry345US #35
#25George337US #29
#26Edward331US #25
#27Timothy327US #19
#28Daniel323US #16
#29Stephen321US #24
#30Willie317US #63
#31Randy314US #31
#32Kevin286US #20
#33Johnny285US #61
#34Dennis269US #28
#35Raymond261US #39
#36Carl260US #49
#37Brian248US #26
#38Henry241US #75
#39Bruce224US #34
#40Bobby222US #78
#41Frank222US #38
#42Wayne222US #47
#43Danny217US #45
#44Glenn217US #62
#45Louis214US #86
#46Roy213US #65
#47Gerald212US #51
#48Billy209US #64
#49Calvin206US #114
#50Ronnie202US #73
#51Walter195US #58
#52Harold193US #74
#53Rickey192US #108
#54Micheal191US #85
#55Patrick190US #41
#56Lawrence184US #46
#57Darrell180US #90
#58Jimmy178US #77
#59Rodney178US #70
#60Arthur176US #66
#61Alvin173US #144
#62Albert169US #84
#63Curtis168US #80
#64Melvin167US #113
#65Barry160US #72
#66Steve158US #44
#67Clarence154US #135
#68Jeffery154US #52
#69Russell153US #54
#70Eddie152US #95
#71Tommy146US #102
#72Ernest144US #101
#73Randall143US #59
#74Ray140US #111
#75Douglas138US #30
#76Jeffrey138US #21
#77Leonard138US #94
#78Stanley137US #81
#79Eric135US #60
#80Eugene134US #92
#81Roger134US #42
#82Samuel131US #82
#83Joe128US #57
#84Earl126US #122
#85Reginald122US #142
#86Allen120US #91
#87Dale120US #50
#88Andrew118US #56
#89Craig118US #55
#90Tony116US #71
#91Jerome115US #126
#92Perry115US #145
#93Bryan114US #115
#94Leroy114US #148
#95Don112US #117
#96Peter112US #37
#97Christopher109US #43
#98Herbert104US #151
#99Ralph103US #76
#100Darryl102US #172

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑52Cindy#28
↑30Julie#48
↑22Lisa#19
↑20Darrell#57
↑19Terri#68
↑18Diana#75
↑17Brian#37
↑16Rhonda#34

Falling

↓25Leroy#94
↓21Allen#86
↓18Gloria#45
↓18Albert#62
↓17Ann#80
↓16Joan#98
↓15Doris#84
↓15Patrick#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.