State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,033 Louisiana births in 1958 across 1,294 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#53Shelia#180 nationally
#38Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#65Alvin#154 nationally
#63Glenda#141 nationally
#38Rickey#106 nationally
#56Calvin#123 nationally
#91Melanie#157 nationally
#81Belinda#144 nationally
#87Vanessa#148 nationally
#83Charlotte#140 nationally
#87Reginald#142 nationally
#52Tommy#104 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,211US #1
#2Linda927US #3
#3Debra822US #6
#4Patricia817US #5
#5Cynthia739US #8
#6Karen702US #4
#7Brenda609US #16
#8Pamela594US #11
#9Deborah579US #7
#10Susan561US #2
#11Donna542US #10
#12Barbara524US #9
#13Sandra502US #15
#14Sharon468US #17
#15Cheryl454US #13
#16Kathy446US #14
#17Lisa412US #19
#18Elizabeth411US #22
#19Carolyn390US #37
#20Debbie319US #24
#21Janice305US #35
#22Wanda300US #66
#23Denise295US #27
#24Connie283US #50
#25Shirley280US #52
#26Julie274US #23
#27Peggy270US #42
#28Betty264US #54
#29Janet262US #28
#30Cindy249US #25
#31Tammy249US #44
#32Rebecca247US #41
#33Darlene245US #49
#34Sheila245US #59
#35Beverly241US #55
#36Carol240US #20
#37Joyce239US #46
#38Gwendolyn232US #151
#39Judy225US #36
#40Kim223US #40
#41Margaret222US #31
#42Nancy218US #12
#43Catherine217US #38
#44Diane205US #18
#45Rhonda204US #48
#46Theresa204US #33
#47Cathy202US #34
#48Kathleen199US #21
#49Rose195US #78
#50Paula190US #53
#51Terri189US #51
#52Jacqueline185US #99
#53Shelia178US #180
#54Angela174US #83
#55Dorothy174US #86
#56Katherine174US #74
#57Vickie164US #75
#58Laura163US #29
#59Phyllis163US #94
#60Jennifer158US #81
#61Gail157US #72
#62Stephanie155US #113
#63Glenda154US #141
#64Jo152US #91
#65Martha151US #69
#66Annette150US #76
#67Marilyn147US #96
#68Gloria144US #77
#69Robin144US #32
#70Bonnie143US #63
#71Ann134US #47
#72Helen132US #100
#73Sherry130US #67
#74Diana128US #45
#75Sylvia128US #114
#76Christine127US #43
#77Alice123US #115
#78Terry121US #89
#79Anna119US #103
#80Vicki118US #57
#81Belinda116US #144
#82Joan116US #68
#83Charlotte115US #140
#84Marie114US #106
#85Anita112US #82
#86Leslie111US #79
#87Vanessa111US #148
#88Tina109US #71
#89Kathryn108US #58
#90Michelle107US #56
#91Melanie105US #157
#92Teresa103US #26
#93Virginia103US #85
#94Charlene102US #138
#95Lori102US #30
#96Dianne101US #143
#97Doris101US #131
#98Elaine101US #101
#99Carla100US #126
#100Sarah99US #117

Boys

#1Michael1,672US #1
#2James1,415US #3
#3David1,355US #2
#4John1,222US #5
#5Robert1,151US #4
#6Charles901US #11
#7Kenneth738US #14
#8Mark707US #7
#9Donald699US #18
#10William681US #6
#11Joseph675US #12
#12Richard632US #8
#13Ronald573US #19
#14Larry545US #22
#15Thomas527US #9
#16Gary468US #17
#17Gregory462US #23
#18Paul426US #15
#19Ricky425US #34
#20Keith391US #37
#21Terry391US #33
#22Jerry378US #35
#23Anthony369US #27
#24Steven346US #10
#25Kevin341US #20
#26Timothy333US #13
#27George309US #31
#28Edward307US #28
#29Willie305US #70
#30Brian297US #24
#31Dennis287US #29
#32Randy285US #32
#33Johnny271US #61
#34Stephen264US #26
#35Bobby260US #69
#36Carl254US #51
#37Daniel239US #16
#38Rickey234US #106
#39Gerald233US #58
#40Danny230US #45
#41Henry227US #83
#42Billy226US #64
#43Raymond221US #43
#44Ronnie221US #66
#45Patrick216US #42
#46Frank213US #38
#47Louis212US #94
#48Wayne210US #48
#49Eric203US #50
#50Glenn203US #76
#51Micheal201US #91
#52Tommy188US #104
#53Jeffery184US #59
#54Bruce182US #36
#55Allen181US #92
#56Calvin181US #123
#57Jimmy177US #73
#58Rodney177US #65
#59Douglas173US #30
#60Arthur170US #72
#61Darrell170US #90
#62Albert169US #89
#63Christopher168US #39
#64Lawrence167US #52
#65Alvin163US #154
#66Walter163US #63
#67Steve160US #44
#68Roy158US #75
#69Barry157US #79
#70Jeffrey157US #21
#71Curtis156US #82
#72Dale148US #46
#73Eddie143US #100
#74Randall143US #62
#75Russell142US #54
#76Harold141US #84
#77Scott140US #25
#78Mike138US #40
#79Samuel134US #85
#80Ray132US #121
#81Andrew129US #55
#82Bryan127US #101
#83Roger126US #47
#84Ernest124US #113
#85Craig123US #53
#86Melvin123US #122
#87Reginald123US #142
#88Chris122US #93
#89Earl122US #130
#90Clarence121US #138
#91Marvin116US #119
#92Joe112US #56
#93Stanley112US #88
#94Leonard110US #102
#95Don107US #112
#96Phillip107US #81
#97Jerome106US #129
#98Perry105US #132
#99Eugene104US #103
#100Peter104US #41

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑50Tammy#31
↑34Christopher#63
↑33Annette#66
↑31Allen#55
↑30Eric#49
↑25Angela#54
↑22Julie#26
↑19Tommy#52

Falling

↓31Dianne#96
↓29Virginia#93
↓24Harold#76
↓23Gloria#68
↓23Clarence#90
↓22Roy#68
↓22Melvin#86
↓21Marilyn#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.