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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,487 Louisiana births in 1962 across 1,384 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#51Shelia#173 nationally
#97Byronoutside the national top 200
#63Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#84Alvin#177 nationally
#65Charlotte#154 nationally
#81Glenda#166 nationally
#91Vanessa#175 nationally
#71Veronica#144 nationally
#96Rickey#169 nationally
#91Clarence#163 nationally
#93Darren#165 nationally
#80Belinda#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary965US #2
#2Lisa887US #1
#3Karen662US #4
#4Cynthia601US #8
#5Donna593US #7
#6Sharon574US #17
#7Linda562US #5
#8Sandra548US #10
#9Brenda533US #12
#10Pamela501US #13
#11Patricia500US #6
#12Debra462US #15
#13Susan449US #3
#14Tammy425US #23
#15Deborah382US #9
#16Angela381US #36
#17Barbara377US #14
#18Elizabeth356US #20
#19Carolyn323US #46
#20Cheryl321US #24
#21Lori319US #11
#22Robin307US #25
#23Rhonda296US #45
#24Kim284US #37
#25Tina284US #33
#26Jacqueline280US #44
#27Connie262US #51
#28Jennifer251US #41
#29Denise249US #30
#30Wanda249US #77
#31Stephanie241US #70
#32Janice239US #58
#33Laura232US #21
#34Carla231US #78
#35Janet231US #35
#36Kathy229US #27
#37Sheila223US #52
#38Michelle220US #31
#39Debbie216US #32
#40Judy206US #63
#41Julie206US #22
#42Theresa206US #40
#43Rebecca205US #47
#44Cindy204US #34
#45Darlene197US #88
#46Paula193US #60
#47Carol189US #28
#48Melissa180US #68
#49Nancy179US #19
#50Melanie175US #106
#51Shelia175US #173
#52Margaret172US #43
#53Catherine170US #53
#54Kimberly170US #16
#55Annette163US #75
#56Joyce163US #74
#57Terri161US #54
#58Laurie158US #42
#59Monica156US #115
#60Sherry156US #48
#61Shirley154US #96
#62Betty153US #97
#63Gwendolyn151US #161
#64Phyllis151US #129
#65Charlotte150US #154
#66Beverly146US #69
#67Cathy146US #62
#68Leslie146US #80
#69Kathleen144US #29
#70Marilyn138US #127
#71Veronica138US #144
#72Christine136US #39
#73Kelly136US #38
#74Diane134US #26
#75Teresa133US #18
#76Peggy131US #93
#77Ann127US #56
#78Penny124US #92
#79Tracy124US #55
#80Belinda122US #149
#81Glenda122US #166
#82Melinda122US #118
#83Anita121US #81
#84Rose120US #116
#85Sarah119US #98
#86Wendy117US #64
#87Dorothy115US #111
#88Vickie114US #107
#89Martha113US #87
#90Regina112US #91
#91Vanessa112US #175
#92Bonnie110US #79
#93Gloria110US #90
#94Dawn109US #50
#95Renee108US #76
#96Terry108US #112
#97Katherine104US #84
#98Suzanne102US #65
#99Anna101US #100
#100Vicki101US #85

Boys

#1Michael1,492US #1
#2John1,285US #3
#3James1,250US #4
#4David1,166US #2
#5Robert975US #5
#6Mark811US #6
#7Charles713US #15
#8Joseph691US #13
#9Kenneth682US #18
#10Kevin609US #14
#11William599US #7
#12Gregory534US #21
#13Donald522US #23
#14Richard483US #8
#15Thomas441US #9
#16Ronald439US #25
#17Anthony432US #24
#18Paul408US #19
#19Terry369US #34
#20Keith352US #36
#21Steven349US #12
#22Timothy340US #16
#23Gary315US #22
#24Larry311US #31
#25Brian308US #20
#26Troy300US #67
#27Jeffrey291US #10
#28Patrick279US #40
#29Christopher276US #26
#30Scott267US #11
#31Stephen265US #28
#32Jerry263US #38
#33Randy263US #35
#34Ricky262US #50
#35Daniel261US #17
#36Edward251US #29
#37Todd246US #30
#38Eric245US #33
#39Carl241US #58
#40George240US #32
#41Jeffery218US #45
#42Gerald210US #65
#43Billy202US #71
#44Danny201US #54
#45Bobby199US #78
#46Bruce198US #41
#47Willie194US #89
#48Dennis192US #37
#49Glenn189US #55
#50Johnny187US #69
#51Bryan174US #82
#52Dwayne173US #119
#53Raymond173US #48
#54Ronnie173US #100
#55Barry172US #61
#56Darrell172US #102
#57Craig170US #51
#58Frank170US #42
#59Chris169US #60
#60Micheal168US #104
#61Wayne165US #63
#62Rodney162US #76
#63Jimmy159US #75
#64Henry155US #92
#65Reginald154US #133
#66Curtis153US #73
#67Douglas153US #27
#68Tony152US #52
#69Tommy151US #109
#70Albert149US #101
#71Roy146US #90
#72Jerome141US #131
#73Darryl138US #83
#74Louis138US #107
#75Walter138US #79
#76Lawrence132US #70
#77Randall132US #64
#78Eddie129US #105
#79Calvin128US #144
#80Steve128US #46
#81Roger127US #47
#82Allen126US #93
#83Russell121US #57
#84Alvin120US #177
#85Arthur119US #91
#86Don117US #123
#87Phillip117US #68
#88Marvin114US #118
#89Ernest113US #127
#90Samuel112US #88
#91Clarence111US #163
#92Mike108US #39
#93Darren107US #165
#94Andrew105US #49
#95Harold104US #95
#96Rickey103US #169
#97Byron102
#98Dale102US #62
#99Joe101US #59
#100Earl100US #147

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑31Reginald#65
↑29Todd#37
↑26Laurie#58
↑26Leslie#68
↑26Troy#26
↑26Jerome#72
↑21Monica#59
↑21Ronnie#54

Falling

↓35Vanessa#91
↓34Gloria#93
↓27Harold#95
↓23Renee#95
↓20Russell#83
↓19Katherine#97
↓19Craig#57
↓17Louis#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.