Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1915

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1915 were Mary for girls (817 babies) and James for boys (607). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,868 babies born in Louisiana in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1915

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

Girls

Orelia: 15 babies, 48.7× the national rate
Emelda: 15 babies, 39.9× the national rate
Odette: 19 babies, 35.8× the national rate
Enola: 21 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Octavia: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Albertha: 19 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Myrtis: 25 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Camille: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Celestine: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Aline: 39 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Murphy: 36 babies, 35.7× the national rate
Whitney: 21 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Ivy: 21 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Emile: 31 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Junius: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Wilton: 24 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jules: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Rene: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jewel: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Nolan: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	817	–	1
2	Mildred	300	↑3	6
3	Marie	279	↓1	11
4	Dorothy	253	–	3
5	Helen	225	↑2	2
6	Annie	223	↓3	36
7	Lillian	223	↑5	15
8	Louise	211	↓2	18
9	Ruth	211	↑10	5
10	Hazel	209	↑1	26
11	Lucille	208	↓2	29
12	Thelma	205	↓2	30
13	Ruby	202	↑3	24
14	Ethel	184	↓6	23
15	Gladys	179	↓2	21
16	Alice	173	↓2	13
17	Beatrice	173	↓2	37
18	Edna	168	–	20
19	Evelyn	163	↑5	10
20	Anna	162	↓3	7
21	Margaret	161	↑7	4
22	Bessie	148	↓1	57
23	Elizabeth	146	↑16	8
24	Josephine	146	↑2	22
25	Willie	141	↓5	72
26	Irene	132	↑4	17
27	Bertha	127	↑6	46
28	Rose	125	↓6	16
29	Frances	123	↓4	9
30	Bernice	121	↑11	42
31	Agnes	114	new	45
32	Lillie	114	↓9	84
33	Eva	113	↑12	55
34	Florence	113	↑2	14
35	Ella	112	↑15	75
36	Emma	112	↓9	40
37	Ida	112	↓3	54
38	Myrtle	110	↓7	58
39	Virginia	106	new	12
40	Eunice	101	new	>100
41	Pearl	101	↓9	56
42	Doris	98	↓4	34
43	Laura	98	↑5	61
44	Alma	97	↓9	70
45	Inez	96	↑2	>100
46	Mabel	96	↓3	62
47	Vivian	96	new	78
48	Clara	93	new	38
49	Julia	93	new	44
50	Martha	92	↓10	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	607	↑1	3
2	John	600	↓1	1
3	Joseph	536	–	5
4	William	411	–	2
5	Willie	364	↑1	30
6	Robert	355	↓1	4
7	George	305	–	6
8	Henry	270	↑1	14
9	Charles	245	↓1	7
10	Louis	225	–	23
11	Edward	217	↑1	8
12	Frank	208	↓1	9
13	Albert	188	–	17
14	Thomas	188	–	10
15	Clarence	152	–	24
16	Walter	142	–	11
17	Paul	138	↑5	13
18	Lawrence	132	↑1	37
19	Joe	128	↓2	38
20	Arthur	126	↑1	18
21	Earl	126	↓3	33
22	Ernest	119	↓2	35
23	Fred	111	↑3	26
24	Roy	97	↓1	32
25	Harry	96	↓1	19
26	Samuel	96	↑5	39
27	Harold	93	↑1	12
28	Sam	93	↑7	68
29	Herman	86	↓2	56
30	Leon	85	↑10	82
31	Richard	84	↓6	15
32	Jack	83	↑5	27
33	David	82	↓1	31
34	Alvin	81	↑9	81
35	Herbert	81	↓2	40
36	Leroy	81	↑9	66
37	Charlie	80	↓3	75
38	Lee	80	↑6	84
39	Alfred	77	↓10	42
40	Eddie	77	↓4	>100
41	Eugene	76	↑6	41
42	Jessie	75	↑7	>100
43	Anthony	74	↑5	36
44	Sidney	73	↓5	94
45	Raymond	69	↓7	16
46	Wilson	66	new	>100
47	Andrew	65	↓17	46
48	Claude	65	new	96
49	Francis	63	new	29
50	Leonard	62	new	44

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