Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1912

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1912 were Mary for girls (658 babies) and John for boys (407). Social Security records list 20,049 babies born in Louisiana in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1912

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

Girls

Albertha: 22 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Aline: 33 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Myrtis: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Camille: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ophelia: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Elnora: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Yvonne: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Olivia: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cecile: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lelia: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Ivy: 16 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Murphy: 15 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Emile: 22 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Freddie: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Percy: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lionel: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Moses: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Charley: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Preston: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	658	–	1
2	Marie	203	–	10
3	Annie	195	–	27
4	Ethel	180	–	18
5	Louise	167	–	17
6	Mildred	167	↑12	6
7	Gladys	149	↑6	19
8	Helen	149	↓2	2
9	Lillian	135	–	14
10	Lucille	135	↓3	32
11	Beatrice	128	↑1	37
12	Edna	125	↑7	16
13	Willie	121	↑15	61
14	Elizabeth	120	↑7	8
15	Hazel	120	↓1	25
16	Ruby	119	↑4	23
17	Josephine	117	↓2	28
18	Ruth	117	↓2	5
19	Thelma	117	↓9	26
20	Alice	115	↓9	11
21	Bessie	112	↑9	43
22	Rose	109	↑2	15
23	Eva	106	↑23	49
24	Anna	103	↓16	7
25	Emma	101	↑8	35
26	Dorothy	97	↓1	3
27	Evelyn	97	↑20	13
28	Lillie	96	↓11	67
29	Margaret	95	↑9	4
30	Irene	94	↑12	22
31	Sarah	92	–	41
32	Gertrude	90	↑5	30
33	Myrtle	87	↓7	50
34	Bertha	86	↓11	36
35	Viola	83	–	52
36	Lena	80	↑9	72
37	Mabel	78	new	46
38	Ella	77	↓11	69
39	Mattie	77	–	70
40	Pearl	77	↑8	54
41	Ida	76	↑2	45
42	Alma	75	↓20	62
43	Bernice	75	↑1	51
44	Frances	75	↓15	9
45	Agnes	73	↓13	40
46	Grace	71	new	24
47	Beulah	70	↑2	80
48	Florence	70	↓14	12
49	Martha	70	↓8	29
50	Rosa	70	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	407	–	1
2	James	357	–	3
3	Joseph	296	–	5
4	William	269	–	2
5	Willie	255	–	22
6	Robert	209	–	4
7	Henry	190	↑1	12
8	George	184	↓1	6
9	Charles	156	↑3	7
10	Edward	147	–	8
11	Frank	138	↓2	9
12	Louis	130	↑7	20
13	Clarence	123	↑1	21
14	Albert	118	↓3	17
15	Thomas	118	↓2	10
16	Walter	91	–	11
17	Joe	88	↓2	36
18	Arthur	87	↑3	15
19	Ernest	78	↓1	32
20	Fred	76	↑2	26
21	Earl	74	↓4	34
22	Sam	74	↑9	63
23	Charlie	73	↑7	57
24	Lawrence	71	↑3	38
25	Richard	65	↓1	19
26	Roy	65	↑12	31
27	Paul	62	↓4	14
28	Harry	53	↑18	16
29	Leon	53	↑11	79
30	Andrew	51	↑2	44
31	David	51	↑2	29
32	Eddie	51	↓6	>100
33	Anthony	50	new	37
34	Herbert	50	new	39
35	Jack	50	↓15	28
36	Harold	49	↓1	13
37	Eugene	46	↓12	41
38	Alfred	44	↑6	40
39	Herman	44	↓3	50
40	Jessie	44	↓3	>100
41	Percy	44	new	>100
42	Samuel	43	↓13	30
43	Sidney	43	–	80
44	Alvin	42	↑6	86
45	Howard	41	new	25
46	Leroy	41	↓1	66
47	Peter	41	new	48
48	Johnnie	40	–	>100
49	Milton	35	new	64
50	Lee	33	↓1	78

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