Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1916

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1916 were Mary for girls (881 babies) and John for boys (674). Social Security records list 32,560 babies born in Louisiana in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1916

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: 16 babies, 44.9× the national rate
Odile: 16 babies, 34.9× the national rate
Enola: 27 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Augustine: 15 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Octavia: 34 babies, 18× the national rate
Albertha: 25 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Myrtis: 28 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Celestine: 21 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Gertie: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Aline: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 18 babies, 36× the national rate
Ivy: 28 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Whitney: 19 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Murphy: 24 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Emile: 36 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Ivory: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Dalton: 24 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jules: 25 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Hilton: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Junius: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	881	–	1
2	Marie	293	↑1	12
3	Mildred	266	↓1	6
4	Dorothy	253	–	3
5	Helen	247	–	2
6	Annie	246	–	36
7	Ruth	226	↑2	5
8	Gladys	217	↑7	22
9	Hazel	211	↑1	31
10	Louise	208	↓2	18
11	Ruby	204	↑2	23
12	Ethel	199	↑2	25
13	Lillian	193	↓6	16
14	Thelma	193	↓2	29
15	Alice	187	↑1	13
16	Lucille	183	↓5	30
17	Willie	179	↑8	73
18	Beatrice	168	↓1	38
19	Margaret	166	↑2	4
20	Josephine	150	↑4	21
21	Anna	149	↓1	7
22	Edna	149	↓4	19
23	Rose	149	↑5	15
24	Elizabeth	148	↓1	8
25	Bertha	144	↑2	49
26	Evelyn	140	↓7	11
27	Irene	138	↓1	17
28	Myrtle	137	↑10	58
29	Frances	132	–	9
30	Bessie	130	↓8	56
31	Bernice	127	↓1	42
32	Ida	124	↑5	54
33	Clara	122	↑15	39
34	Agnes	120	↓3	50
35	Florence	119	↓1	14
36	Lillie	119	↓4	88
37	Laura	115	↑6	64
38	Lena	114	new	85
39	Gertrude	106	new	35
40	Alma	105	↑4	70
41	Doris	105	↑1	32
42	Eva	103	↓9	55
43	Emma	102	↓7	41
44	Pearl	100	↓3	57
45	Vivian	100	↑2	77
46	Martha	97	↑4	24
47	Rosa	97	new	>100
48	Inez	96	↓3	>100
49	Jessie	96	new	68
50	Mattie	95	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	674	↑1	1
2	James	615	↓1	3
3	Joseph	557	–	5
4	William	433	–	2
5	Robert	362	↑1	4
6	Willie	362	↓1	30
7	George	355	–	7
8	Henry	288	–	14
9	Charles	252	–	6
10	Edward	252	↑1	8
11	Frank	237	↑1	9
12	Louis	197	↓2	22
13	Albert	193	–	17
14	Thomas	189	–	10
15	Clarence	158	–	24
16	Walter	153	–	11
17	Earl	148	↑4	32
18	Joe	147	↑1	35
19	Lawrence	137	↓1	38
20	Paul	131	↓3	12
21	Arthur	129	↓1	18
22	Ernest	128	–	36
23	Roy	104	↑1	33
24	Harold	103	↑3	13
25	Herbert	102	↑10	40
26	Sam	99	↑2	74
27	Richard	95	↑4	15
28	Harry	93	↓3	19
29	Alvin	92	↑5	82
30	Herman	92	↓1	56
31	Andrew	89	↑16	46
32	David	87	↑1	28
33	Eddie	87	↑7	>100
34	Jack	87	↓2	26
35	Fred	84	↓12	29
36	Leon	84	↓6	85
37	Leroy	83	↓1	63
38	Raymond	82	↑7	16
39	Eugene	80	↑2	39
40	Jessie	80	↑2	>100
41	Lee	79	↓3	83
42	Anthony	76	↑1	37
43	Charlie	72	↓6	68
44	Samuel	72	↓18	41
45	Alfred	71	↓6	43
46	Sidney	69	↓2	95
47	Percy	67	new	>100
48	Howard	66	new	25
49	Claude	65	↓1	93
50	Leo	63	new	47

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