Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1910

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1910 were Mary for girls (586 babies) and John for boys (243). Social Security records list 14,551 babies born in Louisiana in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Octavia: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Aline: 33 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Olivia: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Cecile: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Ernestine: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elnora: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jeanne: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Corinne: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leola: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ophelia: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Adam: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sidney: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Percy: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Isaac: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Clifton: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ed: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alvin: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eddie: 44 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	586	1
2	Annie	169	19
3	Louise	157	20
4	Marie	152	9
5	Ethel	140	13
6	Lucille	135	31
7	Beatrice	132	36
8	Edna	132	18
9	Alice	128	10
10	Lillian	116	14
11	Helen	113	2
12	Hazel	101	24
13	Elizabeth	100	7
14	Thelma	98	25
15	Ruth	97	5
16	Anna	96	6
17	Josephine	96	30
18	Emma	92	34
19	Gladys	91	15
20	Florence	90	12
21	Rose	90	16
22	Viola	88	48
23	Lillie	87	54
24	Gertrude	86	26
25	Bessie	85	37
26	Pearl	85	39
27	Bertha	84	33
28	Lena	82	66
29	Myrtle	82	43
30	Alma	81	61
31	Mildred	81	8
32	Mattie	78	60
33	Eva	73	45
34	Irene	73	21
35	Margaret	73	3
36	Willie	73	56
37	Ruby	70	27
38	Laura	69	53
39	Evelyn	68	17
40	Dorothy	67	4
41	Clara	66	32
42	Ida	66	47
43	Agnes	65	41
44	Sarah	64	40
45	Carrie	63	70
46	Frances	63	11
47	Rosie	63	>100
48	Julia	59	49
49	Martha	59	28
50	Ella	58	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	243	1
2	James	225	2
3	Joseph	196	6
4	Willie	189	11
5	Henry	143	10
6	William	142	3
7	Robert	132	4
8	George	107	5
9	Albert	92	14
10	Joe	86	25
11	Louis	81	24
12	Charles	77	7
13	Walter	75	13
14	Frank	72	8
15	Edward	71	9
16	Thomas	70	12
17	Sam	63	40
18	Clarence	57	20
19	Arthur	49	17
20	Ernest	49	31
21	Earl	46	33
22	Paul	45	15
23	Eddie	44	59
24	Andrew	43	42
25	Alfred	42	38
26	Jack	41	23
27	Lawrence	41	35
28	David	39	30
29	Jessie	39	72
30	Charlie	36	34
31	Sidney	36	93
32	Fred	34	22
33	Alvin	32	85
34	Herbert	32	41
35	Samuel	32	32
36	Johnnie	30	74
37	Richard	30	21
38	Harry	29	16
39	Tom	29	82
40	Lee	28	49
41	Lester	28	64
42	Harold	27	18
43	Jesse	26	60
44	Isaac	25	>100
45	Leon	25	81
46	Anthony	24	37
47	Leo	23	51
48	Raymond	23	19
49	Roy	23	29
50	Claude	22	78

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