State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,265 Louisiana births in 1959 across 1,348 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#42Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#53Shelia#170 nationally
#64Alvin#153 nationally
#57Vanessa#139 nationally
#100Kerry#178 nationally
#77Glenda#148 nationally
#87Dianne#158 nationally
#79Melanie#149 nationally
#80Belinda#150 nationally
#49Rickey#117 nationally
#76Charlotte#144 nationally
#92Leroy#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,131US #1
#2Linda803US #3
#3Cynthia793US #8
#4Donna788US #5
#5Patricia741US #6
#6Debra726US #7
#7Karen662US #4
#8Brenda576US #16
#9Pamela571US #12
#10Susan565US #2
#11Sandra560US #13
#12Lisa528US #10
#13Sharon522US #17
#14Deborah484US #9
#15Barbara441US #11
#16Cheryl406US #18
#17Kathy390US #15
#18Elizabeth389US #21
#19Tammy381US #31
#20Carolyn343US #42
#21Debbie323US #20
#22Denise306US #29
#23Wanda295US #65
#24Janet284US #28
#25Janice283US #37
#26Rhonda279US #45
#27Sheila279US #52
#28Connie278US #48
#29Cindy259US #25
#30Shirley259US #61
#31Betty256US #59
#32Carol250US #22
#33Darlene250US #66
#34Nancy236US #14
#35Rebecca236US #38
#36Julie233US #26
#37Angela232US #68
#38Kim229US #35
#39Beverly228US #55
#40Diane227US #19
#41Joyce223US #50
#42Gwendolyn220US #159
#43Theresa219US #34
#44Judy211US #41
#45Paula200US #51
#46Stephanie195US #101
#47Catherine194US #40
#48Peggy192US #57
#49Annette191US #64
#50Terri189US #46
#51Laura187US #30
#52Phyllis187US #103
#53Shelia187US #170
#54Cathy178US #39
#55Robin178US #32
#56Margaret177US #36
#57Vanessa170US #139
#58Marilyn167US #109
#59Jacqueline165US #111
#60Rose165US #88
#61Gloria162US #81
#62Tina152US #53
#63Dorothy149US #94
#64Jennifer146US #78
#65Jo145US #115
#66Kathleen145US #23
#67Christine143US #43
#68Martha141US #72
#69Alice138US #112
#70Bonnie135US #71
#71Sherry134US #58
#72Gail133US #75
#73Teresa131US #24
#74Michelle130US #47
#75Vickie128US #90
#76Charlotte126US #144
#77Glenda126US #148
#78Lori126US #27
#79Melanie126US #149
#80Belinda125US #150
#81Ann123US #44
#82Katherine121US #79
#83Terry121US #95
#84Leslie120US #84
#85Vicki109US #73
#86Virginia109US #93
#87Dianne108US #158
#88Anna106US #99
#89Valerie105US #60
#90Anita104US #87
#91Carla102US #118
#92Marie102US #104
#93Charlene100US #153
#94Joan100US #76
#95Melissa100US #127
#96Loretta98US #136
#97Suzanne98US #96
#98Diana97US #49
#99Kimberly97US #33
#100Sarah97US #119

Boys

#1Michael1,589US #1
#2David1,407US #2
#3James1,346US #3
#4John1,291US #4
#5Robert1,067US #5
#6Charles853US #11
#7Mark776US #6
#8Kenneth772US #15
#9William694US #7
#10Joseph689US #13
#11Donald633US #19
#12Richard617US #8
#13Ronald536US #21
#14Thomas515US #9
#15Kevin469US #14
#16Larry460US #25
#17Gregory433US #23
#18Paul431US #17
#19Ricky400US #34
#20Timothy399US #12
#21Anthony398US #26
#22Terry398US #33
#23Gary393US #20
#24Keith343US #39
#25Jerry321US #36
#26Steven315US #10
#27Edward314US #27
#28George312US #32
#29Brian306US #22
#30Dennis305US #29
#31Randy285US #31
#32Carl272US #54
#33Daniel270US #18
#34Danny268US #48
#35Willie262US #78
#36Stephen256US #28
#37Johnny244US #64
#38Wayne227US #51
#39Patrick216US #43
#40Gerald214US #61
#41Micheal212US #96
#42Bobby208US #71
#43Jimmy208US #69
#44Eric206US #46
#45Christopher205US #35
#46Craig203US #44
#47Jeffery203US #55
#48Louis199US #100
#49Rickey198US #117
#50Raymond197US #45
#51Rodney197US #67
#52Billy191US #65
#53Frank186US #42
#54Henry186US #83
#55Barry181US #73
#56Bryan181US #94
#57Bruce177US #38
#58Jeffrey177US #16
#59Ronnie176US #77
#60Calvin173US #125
#61Tommy173US #108
#62Randall172US #59
#63Albert171US #92
#64Alvin170US #153
#65Glenn167US #80
#66Chris166US #72
#67Roy165US #81
#68Walter164US #66
#69Melvin156US #122
#70Darrell154US #90
#71Russell154US #56
#72Steve153US #41
#73Lawrence152US #62
#74Douglas151US #30
#75Eddie150US #101
#76Arthur149US #76
#77Curtis148US #75
#78Samuel145US #86
#79Scott140US #24
#80Allen139US #97
#81Clarence131US #147
#82Tony130US #53
#83Harold129US #87
#84Ray124US #121
#85Perry123US #132
#86Reginald123US #144
#87Peter122US #40
#88Andrew121US #58
#89Ernest121US #118
#90Dale119US #49
#91Mike119US #37
#92Leroy113US #159
#93Joe112US #57
#94Leonard112US #109
#95Alfred106US #138
#96Earl105US #135
#97Roger105US #47
#98Philip102US #68
#99Stanley102US #98
#100Kerry101US #178

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑39Craig#46
↑30Vanessa#57
↑26Tina#62
↑26Bryan#56
↑22Chris#66
↑19Rhonda#26
↑19Teresa#73
↑18Christopher#45

Falling

↓26Katherine#82
↓25Allen#80
↓24Diana#98
↓21Peggy#48
↓18Kathleen#66
↓18Vickie#75
↓18Dale#90
↓16Arthur#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.