State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,021 Louisiana births in 1960 across 1,360 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#41Shelia#177 nationally
#49Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#60Vanessa#155 nationally
#97Tyrone#191 nationally
#67Glenda#158 nationally
#81Alvin#166 nationally
#66Belinda#150 nationally
#57Calvin#129 nationally
#79Charlotte#151 nationally
#86Darren#156 nationally
#90Clarence#157 nationally
#40Micheal#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,087US #1
#2Donna756US #5
#3Cynthia750US #9
#4Linda719US #3
#5Lisa712US #6
#6Patricia700US #7
#7Karen656US #4
#8Brenda617US #13
#9Sandra613US #11
#10Debra611US #8
#11Pamela501US #14
#12Susan497US #2
#13Sharon491US #16
#14Deborah448US #10
#15Barbara433US #12
#16Cheryl420US #17
#17Tammy405US #31
#18Elizabeth382US #18
#19Denise344US #29
#20Carolyn343US #43
#21Kathy296US #21
#22Rhonda296US #44
#23Connie292US #47
#24Janice286US #41
#25Wanda270US #66
#26Sheila255US #56
#27Debbie252US #24
#28Judy250US #48
#29Kim248US #34
#30Theresa246US #35
#31Rebecca243US #38
#32Angela242US #50
#33Janet237US #32
#34Nancy231US #15
#35Carol226US #23
#36Julie225US #28
#37Laura224US #25
#38Cindy221US #30
#39Betty212US #68
#40Tina211US #45
#41Shelia209US #177
#42Stephanie199US #91
#43Catherine198US #42
#44Paula196US #55
#45Darlene195US #75
#46Shirley194US #70
#47Margaret189US #36
#48Diane185US #22
#49Gwendolyn184US #163
#50Lori183US #20
#51Joyce182US #58
#52Beverly181US #60
#53Peggy180US #69
#54Robin179US #33
#55Jacqueline177US #85
#56Cathy171US #46
#57Phyllis168US #108
#58Terri166US #49
#59Annette164US #62
#60Vanessa159US #155
#61Gloria150US #79
#62Kimberly147US #26
#63Katherine142US #81
#64Sherry141US #54
#65Jennifer139US #61
#66Belinda136US #150
#67Glenda136US #158
#68Teresa135US #19
#69Michelle133US #39
#70Bonnie132US #71
#71Marilyn132US #118
#72Rose132US #98
#73Wendy128US #63
#74Melissa127US #109
#75Vickie127US #100
#76Anita126US #87
#77Laurie126US #37
#78Martha126US #83
#79Charlotte124US #151
#80Monica124US #140
#81Kathleen122US #27
#82Dorothy121US #95
#83Carla120US #110
#84Melanie120US #125
#85Terry120US #101
#86Marie119US #103
#87Leslie118US #92
#88Ann117US #51
#89Regina114US #105
#90Alice111US #119
#91Christine110US #40
#92Charlene108US #148
#93Anna107US #104
#94Sylvia101US #121
#95Toni101US #146
#96Gail98US #90
#97Joan97US #80
#98Loretta97US #138
#99Suzanne97US #78
#100Elaine96US #112

Boys

#1Michael1,556US #2
#2David1,362US #1
#3James1,354US #3
#4John1,265US #4
#5Robert1,066US #5
#6Charles811US #13
#7Mark780US #6
#8Kenneth724US #16
#9Joseph681US #12
#10William646US #7
#11Donald589US #19
#12Richard549US #8
#13Ronald488US #21
#14Gregory477US #24
#15Kevin475US #15
#16Larry458US #28
#17Thomas436US #9
#18Anthony435US #25
#19Paul431US #18
#20Timothy383US #11
#21Keith381US #35
#22Gary379US #22
#23Terry378US #34
#24Steven352US #10
#25Ricky341US #38
#26Jerry322US #37
#27Edward307US #26
#28Brian301US #20
#29Randy295US #32
#30Stephen294US #27
#31Carl289US #53
#32Willie287US #81
#33Dennis280US #31
#34Daniel269US #17
#35Christopher267US #29
#36George258US #33
#37Johnny254US #65
#38Raymond221US #46
#39Jeffrey218US #14
#40Micheal215US #105
#41Craig212US #41
#42Bobby210US #73
#43Patrick210US #45
#44Billy204US #67
#45Eric202US #44
#46Gerald202US #62
#47Henry202US #84
#48Danny201US #48
#49Frank200US #40
#50Jimmy195US #69
#51Wayne190US #58
#52Rodney186US #68
#53Bruce184US #39
#54Ronnie179US #87
#55Jeffery177US #55
#56Glenn175US #74
#57Calvin174US #129
#58Russell171US #56
#59Bryan167US #88
#60Scott167US #23
#61Albert163US #93
#62Darrell163US #104
#63Roy163US #80
#64Walter161US #70
#65Tony159US #52
#66Barry157US #72
#67Douglas157US #30
#68Randall157US #59
#69Eddie155US #102
#70Melvin154US #125
#71Louis152US #106
#72Tommy149US #112
#73Darryl148US #96
#74Chris147US #63
#75Lawrence144US #64
#76Dwayne142US #123
#77Curtis141US #79
#78Arthur137US #82
#79Mike137US #36
#80Steve137US #43
#81Alvin130US #166
#82Allen129US #99
#83Roger126US #47
#84Reginald125US #144
#85Rickey125US #138
#86Darren124US #156
#87Harold123US #92
#88Samuel122US #91
#89Leonard115US #113
#90Clarence114US #157
#91Dale111US #54
#92Andrew108US #51
#93Phillip107US #66
#94Joe106US #57
#95Ernest105US #120
#96Earl104US #139
#97Tyrone104US #191
#98Don103US #115
#99Lee101US #116
#100Peter100US #42

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑37Kimberly#62
↑28Lori#50
↑22Tina#40
↑21Melissa#74
↑19Katherine#63
↑19Jeffrey#39
↑19Scott#60
↑17Tony#65

Falling

↓36Rickey#85
↓24Christine#91
↓24Gail#96
↓23Louis#71
↓21Alice#90
↓19Dorothy#82
↓17Alvin#81
↓16Shirley#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.