Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1917

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1917 were Mary for girls (957 babies) and John for boys (666). Social Security records list 33,901 babies born in Louisiana in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1917

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: 20 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Enola: 25 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Olevia: 15 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Myrtis: 32 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Doretha: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Albertha: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Gertie: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Camille: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Vernice: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 21 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Curley: 16 babies, 27.9× the national rate
Murphy: 31 babies, 26× the national rate
Pierre: 18 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Ivy: 22 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Emile: 35 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jules: 28 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Nolan: 32 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Felton: 17 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Junius: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	957	–	1
2	Dorothy	329	↑2	3
3	Marie	312	↓1	12
4	Helen	297	↑1	2
5	Mildred	280	↓2	6
6	Annie	260	–	35
7	Gladys	225	↑1	23
8	Ethel	224	↑4	24
9	Hazel	218	–	31
10	Lucille	215	↑6	29
11	Louise	212	↓1	19
12	Thelma	201	↑2	32
13	Ruby	199	↓2	27
14	Edna	190	↑8	20
15	Lillian	190	↓2	15
16	Ruth	190	↓9	5
17	Willie	180	–	72
18	Beatrice	179	–	39
19	Evelyn	178	↑7	11
20	Margaret	174	↓1	4
21	Alice	159	↓6	13
22	Anna	148	↓1	7
23	Elizabeth	148	↑1	8
24	Rose	147	↓1	16
25	Lillie	146	↑11	86
26	Myrtle	146	↑2	58
27	Irene	142	–	17
28	Bertha	137	↓3	51
29	Bessie	136	↑1	61
30	Josephine	135	↓10	21
31	Frances	130	↓2	9
32	Bernice	128	↓1	42
33	Agnes	127	↑1	48
34	Laura	127	↑3	65
35	Alma	125	↑5	71
36	Doris	125	↑5	25
37	Gertrude	121	↑2	37
38	Clara	117	↓5	41
39	Pearl	117	↑5	57
40	Edith	116	new	28
41	Marjorie	115	new	36
42	Emma	114	↑1	46
43	Mattie	109	↑7	94
44	Eva	108	↓2	54
45	Eunice	105	new	>100
46	Mabel	104	new	68
47	Vera	102	new	66
48	Ella	101	new	83
49	Florence	101	↓14	14
50	Grace	101	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	666	–	1
2	James	637	–	3
3	Joseph	604	–	5
4	William	410	–	2
5	Willie	377	↑1	31
6	Robert	364	↓1	4
7	George	318	–	6
8	Henry	279	–	15
9	Charles	265	–	7
10	Edward	249	–	8
11	Louis	237	↑1	23
12	Frank	213	↓1	9
13	Thomas	199	↑1	10
14	Albert	185	↓1	18
15	Walter	184	↑1	11
16	Clarence	172	↓1	25
17	Paul	149	↑3	13
18	Joe	128	–	35
19	Lawrence	122	–	36
20	Earl	120	↓3	32
21	Sam	119	↑5	72
22	Harold	116	↑2	12
23	Ernest	115	↓1	37
24	Arthur	112	↓3	17
25	Roy	112	↓2	33
26	David	110	↑6	28
27	Richard	109	–	14
28	Fred	104	↑7	29
29	Herman	102	↑1	58
30	Leroy	102	↑7	60
31	Leon	98	↑5	82
32	Andrew	97	↓1	48
33	Harry	96	↓5	19
34	Lloyd	92	new	53
35	Eddie	91	↓2	>100
36	Jack	91	↓2	22
37	Woodrow	89	new	73
38	Herbert	80	↓13	40
39	Howard	80	↑9	26
40	Anthony	79	↑2	38
41	Samuel	79	↑3	42
42	Lee	78	↓1	85
43	Johnnie	77	new	>100
44	Wilson	77	new	>100
45	Alvin	75	↓16	81
46	Claude	75	↑3	98
47	Eugene	75	↓8	39
48	Jessie	75	↓8	>100
49	Raymond	74	↓11	16
50	Charlie	72	↓7	67

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