Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1920

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1920 were Mary for girls (1,301 babies) and John for boys (913). Social Security records list 41,336 babies born in Louisiana in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1920

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

Girls

Emelda: 19 babies, 35.9× the national rate
Orelia: 15 babies, 29.4× the national rate
Olevia: 18 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Enola: 31 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Octavia: 29 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Doretha: 30 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Albertha: 27 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Gertie: 28 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Myrtis: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
Elouise: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 15 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Whitney: 30 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Murphy: 33 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Ivy: 20 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Ivory: 21 babies, 15× the national rate
Pierre: 17 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Felton: 19 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Junius: 35 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Emile: 32 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jules: 20 babies, 12× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	1,301	–	1
2	Dorothy	497	–	2
3	Helen	388	–	3
4	Mildred	363	↑1	6
5	Marie	343	↓1	13
6	Annie	290	↑1	35
7	Rita	283	↑8	52
8	Hazel	264	↓2	34
9	Lucille	264	↑5	29
10	Ruby	255	↓1	26
11	Ruth	241	↓3	5
12	Gladys	233	–	22
13	Lillian	229	↓2	18
14	Ethel	228	↓4	30
15	Louise	228	↓2	19
16	Evelyn	213	↑9	12
17	Margaret	213	↑4	4
18	Doris	211	↑12	14
19	Alice	206	–	15
20	Willie	206	↓4	74
21	Thelma	205	↓3	31
22	Anna	199	↓5	10
23	Elizabeth	196	↑1	8
24	Edna	192	↓4	27
25	Frances	184	↑4	9
26	Irene	183	↑5	17
27	Lillie	174	↓1	90
28	Beatrice	171	↓5	41
29	Rose	171	↓7	20
30	Josephine	167	↓2	28
31	Bernice	166	↑1	40
32	Myrtle	150	↑4	68
33	Emma	145	new	46
34	Ella	141	–	88
35	Bertha	138	↓2	57
36	Pearl	136	↑7	62
37	Bessie	135	↓10	71
38	Gertrude	132	↑4	42
39	Vivian	132	new	64
40	Virginia	131	↓3	7
41	Marjorie	128	↑3	24
42	Rosa	125	new	>100
43	Florence	124	↓2	16
44	Ida	119	↓5	66
45	Mattie	119	new	96
46	Lena	114	↓6	98
47	Martha	114	↓12	23
48	Agnes	113	↓10	54
49	Alma	109	↓4	80
50	Eva	109	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	John	913	–	1
2	James	869	–	4
3	Joseph	745	–	7
4	William	567	–	2
5	Robert	468	–	3
6	George	432	–	6
7	Charles	401	↑2	5
8	Willie	372	↓1	29
9	Henry	330	↓1	17
10	Edward	326	–	8
11	Louis	282	–	28
12	Frank	278	↑1	9
13	Thomas	256	↑1	11
14	Albert	240	↓2	19
15	Clarence	187	–	26
16	Lawrence	181	↑3	36
17	Walter	181	↓1	13
18	Arthur	171	↑3	18
19	Harold	163	↑11	12
20	Joe	161	↓2	35
21	Paul	160	↓4	14
22	Earl	151	↓2	31
23	Roy	147	–	32
24	Richard	134	↓2	10
25	David	120	↑11	25
26	Ernest	120	↓2	37
27	Raymond	120	↑7	15
28	Harry	119	↓2	21
29	Leroy	118	↑3	56
30	Eugene	116	↑7	30
31	Jack	116	↑4	20
32	Alvin	112	↓4	76
33	Alfred	111	↑10	42
34	Herman	107	↓9	66
35	Samuel	106	↓6	44
36	Leon	102	↑14	75
37	Andrew	100	↓6	49
38	Fred	100	–	33
39	Sam	100	↑3	84
40	Warren	99	new	39
41	Charlie	98	new	70
42	Eddie	94	↓15	>100
43	Lee	93	↑2	82
44	Jessie	92	↓5	>100
45	Lloyd	92	↑3	58
46	Howard	91	↑1	24
47	Sidney	91	↓1	>100
48	Anthony	87	↓4	43
49	Milton	85	new	74
50	Leo	81	new	48

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