Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1919

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,164 babies) and John for boys (826). Social Security records list 39,629 babies born in Louisiana in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1919

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: 18 babies, 40.7× the national rate
Enola: 31 babies, 26× the national rate
Olevia: 21 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Augustine: 26 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Doretha: 27 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Albertha: 26 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Myrtis: 31 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Octavia: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Gertie: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Aline: 45 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Octave: 16 babies, 48.7× the national rate
Antoine: 26 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Whitney: 23 babies, 28× the national rate
Murphy: 34 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Pierre: 19 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Ivy: 17 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Jules: 40 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Emile: 45 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Ivory: 18 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Nolan: 26 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,164	–	1
2	Dorothy	418	–	3
3	Helen	360	↑1	2
4	Marie	346	↓1	12
5	Mildred	340	–	6
6	Hazel	306	↑1	32
7	Annie	301	↓1	35
8	Ruth	266	↑2	5
9	Ruby	265	↑4	24
10	Ethel	264	↑2	28
11	Lillian	244	↑4	17
12	Gladys	242	↓1	21
13	Louise	241	↓5	20
14	Lucille	234	↓5	27
15	Rita	217	↑32	54
16	Willie	203	↑1	61
17	Anna	201	↓3	10
18	Thelma	200	↓2	31
19	Alice	196	–	13
20	Edna	196	↓2	22
21	Margaret	189	–	4
22	Rose	185	↑8	19
23	Beatrice	184	↓3	41
24	Elizabeth	179	↓1	8
25	Evelyn	175	↓3	11
26	Lillie	170	↑6	81
27	Bessie	160	↑7	59
28	Josephine	160	↓2	26
29	Frances	155	↓4	9
30	Doris	153	↓3	18
31	Irene	153	↓7	16
32	Bernice	148	↓3	42
33	Bertha	147	↑2	52
34	Ella	136	↑10	87
35	Martha	134	new	25
36	Myrtle	134	↑1	67
37	Virginia	134	new	7
38	Agnes	131	↓5	50
39	Ida	129	↑2	57
40	Lena	127	↓9	94
41	Florence	126	↓2	14
42	Gertrude	125	↓14	39
43	Pearl	122	↓1	56
44	Marjorie	121	↑4	33
45	Alma	119	new	76
46	Jessie	119	↑3	75
47	Laura	118	new	71
48	Marguerite	118	new	96
49	Viola	114	new	58
50	Clara	113	↓14	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	826	–	1
2	James	759	–	3
3	Joseph	700	–	7
4	William	509	–	2
5	Robert	437	–	4
6	George	424	↑1	6
7	Willie	403	↓1	23
8	Henry	323	–	16
9	Charles	314	–	5
10	Edward	286	↑1	8
11	Louis	269	↓1	28
12	Albert	248	↑1	18
13	Frank	247	↓1	9
14	Thomas	240	–	10
15	Clarence	211	–	25
16	Walter	164	–	11
17	Paul	161	–	15
18	Joe	157	↑2	35
19	Lawrence	149	↑9	38
20	Earl	141	↓1	31
21	Arthur	138	↑1	19
22	Richard	135	↑17	12
23	Roy	132	↑3	32
24	Ernest	129	↓1	36
25	Herman	122	↑17	61
26	Harry	118	↑10	20
27	Eddie	117	↑5	99
28	Alvin	116	↑7	76
29	Samuel	116	↑1	43
30	Harold	115	↓6	13
31	Andrew	113	↑9	47
32	Leroy	108	↑14	55
33	Woodrow	108	↓15	91
34	Raymond	104	–	14
35	Jack	103	↓4	21
36	David	101	↓3	27
37	Eugene	101	↑10	33
38	Fred	101	–	30
39	Jessie	101	↑4	>100
40	Herbert	99	new	40
41	Wilson	95	↓20	>100
42	Sam	92	↓15	75
43	Alfred	89	↓18	42
44	Anthony	87	new	41
45	Lee	87	↓1	82
46	Sidney	86	↓5	96
47	Howard	84	↓2	24
48	Lloyd	82	–	58
49	Johnnie	81	new	95
50	Leon	81	↓21	80

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