State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,297 Louisiana births in 1961 across 1,367 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#55Shelia#189 nationally
#47Gwendolyn#165 nationally
#56Vanessa#153 nationally
#74Alvin#168 nationally
#100Tyrone#189 nationally
#69Charlotte#147 nationally
#67Belinda#141 nationally
#83Veronica#154 nationally
#86Clarence#155 nationally
#43Dwayne#111 nationally
#100Yolanda#167 nationally
#93Glenda#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,012US #1
#2Lisa882US #2
#3Karen661US #5
#4Donna647US #7
#5Linda645US #4
#6Cynthia589US #8
#7Brenda555US #11
#8Sharon538US #17
#9Patricia527US #6
#10Pamela508US #15
#11Debra506US #13
#12Sandra495US #9
#13Susan443US #3
#14Barbara403US #12
#15Deborah397US #10
#16Tammy387US #28
#17Elizabeth380US #19
#18Angela369US #38
#19Cheryl361US #20
#20Carolyn335US #42
#21Denise306US #30
#22Jacqueline301US #37
#23Kathy277US #25
#24Rhonda275US #46
#25Wanda263US #70
#26Robin262US #27
#27Connie261US #50
#28Laura260US #21
#29Janet255US #32
#30Julie249US #23
#31Jennifer248US #47
#32Lori247US #14
#33Sheila244US #59
#34Rebecca241US #44
#35Carla240US #77
#36Tina233US #41
#37Debbie231US #31
#38Nancy231US #16
#39Kim229US #36
#40Janice226US #52
#41Michelle218US #34
#42Paula216US #60
#43Cindy214US #33
#44Theresa214US #35
#45Carol195US #24
#46Stephanie194US #78
#47Gwendolyn193US #165
#48Judy191US #58
#49Shirley186US #85
#50Terri186US #51
#51Darlene182US #80
#52Catherine181US #48
#53Betty172US #87
#54Sherry171US #53
#55Shelia170US #189
#56Vanessa170US #153
#57Margaret164US #40
#58Beverly162US #66
#59Gloria158US #82
#60Joyce156US #62
#61Peggy154US #88
#62Diane153US #26
#63Melanie153US #123
#64Phyllis153US #120
#65Melissa152US #95
#66Cathy150US #55
#67Belinda144US #141
#68Annette142US #73
#69Charlotte138US #147
#70Kimberly138US #22
#71Christine136US #39
#72Renee131US #79
#73Teresa131US #18
#74Penny128US #101
#75Rose127US #111
#76Tracy125US #64
#77Anita123US #91
#78Katherine122US #86
#79Melinda122US #129
#80Monica122US #136
#81Terry121US #108
#82Ann118US #54
#83Veronica118US #154
#84Laurie117US #43
#85Martha116US #81
#86Bonnie114US #75
#87Kathleen114US #29
#88Wendy113US #61
#89Charlene112US #150
#90Marilyn109US #122
#91Regina109US #98
#92Alice108US #126
#93Glenda103US #159
#94Leslie100US #84
#95Marie100US #109
#96Sarah100US #113
#97Gail99US #94
#98Dawn98US #49
#99Suzanne97US #68
#100Yolanda96US #167

Boys

#1Michael1,584US #1
#2John1,328US #3
#3David1,257US #2
#4James1,245US #4
#5Robert1,055US #5
#6Mark849US #6
#7Charles753US #13
#8Joseph662US #12
#9Kenneth658US #16
#10William658US #7
#11Kevin561US #14
#12Donald545US #22
#13Gregory510US #23
#14Richard487US #8
#15Anthony438US #25
#16Paul417US #18
#17Ronald414US #24
#18Thomas414US #9
#19Gary400US #21
#20Larry363US #30
#21Terry361US #32
#22Timothy357US #15
#23Keith352US #35
#24Brian330US #20
#25Steven319US #10
#26Ricky299US #44
#27Daniel282US #17
#28Jerry279US #37
#29Patrick271US #39
#30Stephen267US #27
#31Randy259US #33
#32Edward253US #29
#33Carl249US #56
#34George248US #31
#35Jeffrey242US #11
#36Christopher240US #26
#37Johnny235US #70
#38Craig227US #43
#39Dennis226US #34
#40Willie225US #86
#41Jeffery221US #50
#42Billy215US #68
#43Dwayne215US #111
#44Raymond207US #48
#45Bobby206US #76
#46Gerald205US #62
#47Bruce195US #40
#48Scott194US #19
#49Wayne192US #61
#50Eric186US #38
#51Bryan185US #82
#52Troy185US #100
#53Danny183US #54
#54Micheal183US #103
#55Frank182US #41
#56Henry180US #92
#57Louis176US #105
#58Darryl174US #80
#59Darrell172US #101
#60Rodney171US #72
#61Tony167US #53
#62Roy165US #83
#63Russell165US #55
#64Douglas164US #28
#65Glenn164US #64
#66Todd164US #46
#67Chris163US #57
#68Harold162US #94
#69Barry155US #66
#70Jimmy155US #71
#71Melvin154US #128
#72Calvin151US #127
#73Curtis149US #75
#74Alvin145US #168
#75Ronnie141US #91
#76Roger140US #47
#77Walter140US #74
#78Randall139US #63
#79Albert135US #97
#80Tommy134US #116
#81Lawrence131US #67
#82Mike130US #36
#83Allen129US #96
#84Eddie128US #102
#85Samuel126US #89
#86Clarence125US #155
#87Dale125US #58
#88Arthur124US #85
#89Andrew123US #52
#90Phillip123US #69
#91Steve121US #45
#92Peter115US #42
#93Joe114US #60
#94Earl110US #139
#95Rickey110US #153
#96Reginald109US #144
#97Marvin107US #120
#98Jerome105US #136
#99Ernest102US #123
#100Tyrone102US #189

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑48Carla#35
↑34Jennifer#31
↑33Jacqueline#22
↑33Dwayne#43
↑28Robin#26
↑28Michelle#41
↑21Melanie#63
↑20Christine#71

Falling

↓26Glenda#93
↓21Ronnie#75
↓20Judy#48
↓20Jimmy#70
↓19Marilyn#90
↓18Albert#79
↓16Janice#40
↓16Bonnie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.