Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1921

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,195 babies) and James for boys (859). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,442 babies born in Louisiana in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1921

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: 17 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Emelda: 23 babies, 40.3× the national rate
Odile: 15 babies, 37.6× the national rate
Enola: 25 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Olevia: 21 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Augustine: 24 babies, 16× the national rate
Albertha: 27 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Doretha: 27 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 47 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Octavia: 22 babies, 11× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 22 babies, 36.4× the national rate
Murphy: 28 babies, 25× the national rate
Whitney: 22 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Emile: 44 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jules: 27 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Nolan: 37 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Felton: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Junius: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Wilton: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Percy: 86 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,195	–	1
2	Dorothy	640	–	2
3	Marie	418	↑2	14
4	Helen	411	↓1	3
5	Mildred	388	↓1	7
6	Ruth	298	↑5	5
7	Annie	291	↓1	36
8	Rita	279	↓1	48
9	Doris	262	↑9	13
10	Louise	259	↑5	22
11	Thelma	256	↑10	30
12	Ruby	252	↓2	26
13	Hazel	249	↓5	34
14	Ethel	246	–	32
15	Lucille	243	↓6	31
16	Gladys	240	↓4	24
17	Evelyn	235	↓1	12
18	Willie	222	↑2	74
19	Margaret	221	↓2	4
20	Alice	219	↓1	15
21	Rose	203	↑8	20
22	Anna	198	–	11
23	Lillian	198	↓10	19
24	Marjorie	191	↑17	16
25	Beatrice	188	↑3	41
26	Bernice	185	↑5	39
27	Edna	182	↓3	27
28	Lillie	180	↓1	94
29	Elizabeth	175	↓6	10
30	Bessie	163	↑7	75
31	Josephine	162	↓1	28
32	Frances	159	↓7	9
33	Irene	158	↓7	18
34	Myrtle	155	↓2	73
35	Ida	148	↑9	67
36	Florence	147	↑7	17
37	Audrey	140	new	82
38	Agnes	138	↑10	56
39	Catherine	137	new	23
40	Ella	135	↓6	89
41	Hilda	135	new	>100
42	Virginia	134	↓2	6
43	Bertha	131	↓8	59
44	Martha	130	↑3	21
45	Emma	124	↓12	52
46	Vera	122	new	76
47	Pearl	120	↓11	65
48	Shirley	119	new	44
49	Gertrude	117	↓11	46
50	Lena	117	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	859	↑1	4
2	John	834	↓1	1
3	Joseph	775	–	7
4	William	534	–	3
5	Robert	496	–	2
6	George	404	–	6
7	Charles	396	–	5
8	Willie	377	–	34
9	Louis	336	↑2	29
10	Edward	324	–	8
11	Henry	321	↓2	17
12	Albert	272	↑2	20
13	Frank	272	↓1	9
14	Thomas	256	↓1	11
15	Clarence	216	–	28
16	Walter	188	↑1	15
17	Paul	176	↑4	14
18	Earl	158	↑4	31
19	Roy	157	↑4	32
20	Raymond	151	↑7	16
21	Lawrence	150	↓5	37
22	Harold	149	↓3	12
23	Joe	149	↓3	36
24	Arthur	148	↓6	19
25	Warren	148	↑15	24
26	Herman	136	↑8	64
27	Richard	135	↓3	10
28	Ernest	131	↓2	38
29	Alvin	128	↑3	73
30	Fred	128	↑8	33
31	Harry	127	↓3	21
32	Leroy	127	↓3	55
33	David	126	↓8	25
34	Jack	124	↓3	18
35	Samuel	123	–	44
36	Lloyd	109	↑9	58
37	Leo	104	↑13	50
38	Alfred	102	↓5	43
39	Andrew	102	↓2	51
40	Herbert	100	new	42
41	Sidney	93	↑6	>100
42	Allen	92	new	94
43	Eugene	91	↓13	26
44	Sam	89	↓5	85
45	Eddie	87	↓3	>100
46	Charlie	86	↓5	76
47	Percy	86	new	>100
48	Anthony	85	–	40
49	Howard	85	↓3	27
50	Leon	85	↓14	74

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