Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1914

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1914 were Mary for girls (747 babies) and John for boys (503). Social Security records list 25,243 babies born in Louisiana in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1914

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

Girls

Enola: 20 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Octavia: 25 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Albertha: 22 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Myrtis: 21 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Elise: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Aline: 33 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lilly: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Edwina: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leola: 56 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Olivia: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Whitney: 15 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Murphy: 18 babies, 21× the national rate
Emile: 38 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Ivy: 16 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Jules: 27 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Wilton: 19 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Freddie: 31 babies, 8× the national rate
Odis: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dudley: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Percy: 49 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	747	–	1
2	Marie	259	–	10
3	Annie	209	–	33
4	Dorothy	209	↑14	3
5	Mildred	201	↑2	7
6	Louise	200	↓2	17
7	Helen	190	↓2	2
8	Ethel	185	↓2	21
9	Lucille	179	↓1	30
10	Thelma	177	–	26
11	Hazel	168	↓2	29
12	Lillian	161	↑5	16
13	Gladys	160	↑1	20
14	Alice	155	↑1	12
15	Beatrice	149	↓4	38
16	Ruby	148	↑6	24
17	Anna	144	↓1	6
18	Edna	137	↓5	19
19	Ruth	136	↓7	5
20	Willie	136	↓1	66
21	Bessie	128	↑5	55
22	Rose	125	↑7	15
23	Lillie	116	↑12	74
24	Evelyn	115	↑1	11
25	Frances	115	↑15	9
26	Josephine	115	↓5	23
27	Emma	113	↑3	39
28	Margaret	112	↓8	4
29	Gertrude	108	↑2	32
30	Irene	107	↑13	22
31	Myrtle	101	↑6	60
32	Pearl	100	↑17	56
33	Bertha	94	↓10	41
34	Ida	94	↓6	49
35	Alma	93	↑4	69
36	Florence	93	↓4	13
37	Carrie	92	↑7	91
38	Doris	90	new	36
39	Elizabeth	90	↓15	8
40	Martha	89	new	27
41	Bernice	87	↓3	43
42	Mattie	86	new	78
43	Mabel	85	↓10	58
44	Jessie	84	new	64
45	Eva	82	↑3	52
46	Edith	81	↑4	31
47	Inez	81	↓5	>100
48	Laura	79	↓12	59
49	Leona	79	new	79
50	Ella	78	↓4	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	503	–	1
2	James	470	–	3
3	Joseph	434	–	5
4	William	328	–	2
5	Robert	297	↑1	4
6	Willie	267	↓1	25
7	George	262	↑2	6
8	Charles	215	↑2	7
9	Henry	211	↓2	12
10	Louis	194	↑2	20
11	Frank	176	–	9
12	Edward	161	↓4	8
13	Albert	154	↑1	15
14	Thomas	147	↑1	11
15	Clarence	137	↓2	22
16	Walter	137	–	10
17	Joe	106	–	34
18	Earl	104	↑1	33
19	Lawrence	97	↑1	35
20	Ernest	94	↑10	38
21	Arthur	92	↓3	18
22	Paul	86	↓1	13
23	Roy	82	–	32
24	Harry	81	↑5	19
25	Richard	76	–	17
26	Fred	73	↑11	28
27	Herman	72	↑12	51
28	Harold	71	↓4	14
29	Alfred	70	↑15	41
30	Andrew	70	↑4	44
31	Samuel	70	new	36
32	David	69	↓4	29
33	Herbert	69	↓2	42
34	Charlie	66	↓2	65
35	Sam	65	↓9	67
36	Eddie	63	↓9	>100
37	Jack	63	↓15	27
38	Raymond	63	↑11	16
39	Sidney	60	↑4	89
40	Leon	59	↓2	85
41	Howard	58	new	26
42	Peter	57	new	48
43	Alvin	56	new	78
44	Lee	56	↑1	84
45	Leroy	56	↓3	60
46	Lloyd	54	new	66
47	Eugene	52	↓11	43
48	Anthony	51	↓8	37
49	Jessie	51	↓16	>100
50	Woodrow	51	↓15	71

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