Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1918

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,111 babies) and John for boys (847). Social Security records list 37,932 babies born in Louisiana in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1918

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

Girls

Odile: 17 babies, 50× the national rate
Orelia: 17 babies, 47.5× the national rate
Enola: 35 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Olevia: 15 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Augustine: 19 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Octavia: 25 babies, 14× the national rate
Albertha: 29 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Doretha: 17 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Myrtis: 25 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Aline: 54 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 21 babies, 44.1× the national rate
Murphy: 29 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Curley: 15 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Whitney: 15 babies, 18× the national rate
Emile: 41 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ivy: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Jules: 36 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Nolan: 28 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Junius: 25 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Dalton: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,111	–	1
2	Dorothy	380	–	3
3	Marie	346	–	12
4	Helen	331	–	2
5	Mildred	328	–	6
6	Annie	278	–	36
7	Hazel	267	↑2	33
8	Louise	241	↑3	18
9	Lucille	238	↑1	29
10	Ruth	238	↑6	5
11	Gladys	231	↓4	22
12	Ethel	224	↓4	28
13	Ruby	217	–	27
14	Anna	210	↑8	10
15	Lillian	206	–	15
16	Thelma	204	↓4	32
17	Willie	203	–	70
18	Edna	198	↓4	23
19	Alice	197	↑2	13
20	Beatrice	189	↓2	40
21	Margaret	185	↓1	4
22	Evelyn	182	↓3	11
23	Elizabeth	167	–	9
24	Irene	165	↑3	16
25	Frances	159	↑6	8
26	Josephine	157	↑4	24
27	Doris	153	↑9	19
28	Gertrude	148	↑9	39
29	Bernice	142	↑3	41
30	Rose	140	↓6	17
31	Lena	138	new	93
32	Lillie	138	↓7	89
33	Agnes	134	–	47
34	Bessie	130	↓5	61
35	Bertha	129	↓7	51
36	Clara	129	↑2	43
37	Myrtle	129	↓11	62
38	Eunice	128	↑7	>100
39	Florence	127	↑10	14
40	Mattie	127	↑3	100
41	Ida	125	new	57
42	Pearl	122	↓3	56
43	Rosa	119	new	>100
44	Ella	118	↑4	84
45	Emma	118	↓3	46
46	Eva	118	↓2	55
47	Rita	117	new	58
48	Marjorie	114	↓7	34
49	Jessie	113	new	75
50	Hilda	112	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	847	–	1
2	James	732	–	3
3	Joseph	649	–	7
4	William	518	–	2
5	Robert	415	↑1	4
6	Willie	408	↓1	29
7	George	389	–	6
8	Henry	328	–	16
9	Charles	304	–	5
10	Louis	266	↑1	24
11	Edward	264	↓1	8
12	Frank	256	–	9
13	Albert	239	↑1	19
14	Thomas	211	↓1	10
15	Clarence	183	↑1	23
16	Walter	177	↓1	11
17	Paul	158	–	14
18	Woodrow	144	↑19	58
19	Earl	139	↑1	31
20	Joe	134	↓2	34
21	Wilson	133	↑23	>100
22	Arthur	129	↑2	17
23	Ernest	124	–	37
24	Harold	123	↓2	13
25	Alfred	120	new	42
26	Roy	120	↓1	32
27	Sam	116	↓6	75
28	Lawrence	115	↓9	38
29	Leon	114	↑2	77
30	Samuel	111	↑11	43
31	Jack	110	↑5	21
32	Eddie	109	↑3	>100
33	David	108	↓7	28
34	Raymond	108	↑15	15
35	Alvin	107	↑10	80
36	Harry	107	↓3	20
37	Charlie	105	↑13	70
38	Fred	102	↓10	33
39	Richard	101	↓12	12
40	Andrew	99	↓8	46
41	Sidney	93	new	94
42	Herman	92	↓13	65
43	Jessie	92	↑5	>100
44	Lee	90	↓2	86
45	Howard	87	↓6	26
46	Leroy	87	↓16	57
47	Eugene	84	–	35
48	Lloyd	84	↓14	51
49	Jesse	83	new	78
50	Allen	81	new	98

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