Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1922

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,268 babies) and James for boys (953). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,427 babies born in Louisiana in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1922

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: 20 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Eola: 19 babies, 26× the national rate
Leana: 16 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Enola: 27 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Zenobia: 17 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Augustine: 22 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Gertie: 34 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Albertha: 28 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Octavia: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Doretha: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 23 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Murphy: 36 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Whitney: 20 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Ivy: 19 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Emile: 51 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Jules: 28 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Huey: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Ivory: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nolan: 34 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lionel: 52 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,268	–	1
2	Dorothy	672	–	2
3	Helen	411	↑1	3
4	Marie	396	↓1	14
5	Mildred	385	–	8
6	Annie	312	↑1	30
7	Ruby	269	↑5	26
8	Thelma	269	↑3	31
9	Doris	268	–	11
10	Rita	261	↓2	52
11	Ruth	257	↓5	5
12	Margaret	248	↑7	4
13	Ethel	245	↑1	32
14	Gladys	241	↑2	25
15	Louise	240	↓5	22
16	Hazel	235	↓3	37
17	Lucille	229	↓2	33
18	Evelyn	216	↓1	13
19	Willie	216	↓1	70
20	Lillian	205	↑3	19
21	Alice	195	↓1	15
22	Anna	190	–	12
23	Elizabeth	189	↑6	9
24	Edna	180	↑3	29
25	Marjorie	177	↓1	16
26	Lillie	174	↑2	85
27	Bernice	166	↓1	41
28	Irene	166	↑5	17
29	Rose	164	↓8	23
30	Beatrice	163	↓5	43
31	Frances	162	↑1	10
32	Josephine	161	↓1	27
33	Gloria	159	new	61
34	Myrtle	153	–	75
35	Pearl	152	↑12	71
36	Martha	149	↑8	21
37	Emma	147	↑8	50
38	Ella	145	↑2	90
39	Florence	144	↓3	18
40	Shirley	143	↑8	39
41	Ida	141	↓6	65
42	Bertha	140	↑1	63
43	Agnes	139	↓5	62
44	Virginia	137	↓2	7
45	Audrey	133	↓8	89
46	Lena	126	↑4	>100
47	Catherine	122	↓8	24
48	Margie	122	new	100
49	Alma	119	new	84
50	Laura	119	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	953	–	4
2	John	870	–	1
3	Joseph	780	–	7
4	William	583	–	3
5	Robert	547	–	2
6	Charles	425	↑1	5
7	Willie	421	↑1	28
8	George	415	↓2	6
9	Henry	392	↑2	17
10	Edward	316	–	8
11	Louis	315	↓2	27
12	Frank	256	↑1	10
13	Thomas	248	↑1	11
14	Clarence	229	↑1	29
15	Albert	223	↓3	20
16	Walter	199	–	15
17	Paul	187	–	14
18	Earl	184	–	31
19	Harold	173	↑3	13
20	Lawrence	169	↑1	36
21	Ernest	162	↑7	37
22	Roy	158	↓3	32
23	Raymond	148	↓3	16
24	Arthur	147	–	19
25	Herman	147	↑1	66
26	Richard	146	↑1	9
27	David	141	↑6	24
28	Joe	139	↓5	35
29	Andrew	129	↑10	53
30	Leroy	125	↑2	55
31	Jack	119	↑3	18
32	Warren	116	↓7	45
33	Harry	112	↓2	22
34	Milton	112	new	74
35	Sam	108	↑9	84
36	Alvin	107	↓7	73
37	Jessie	107	new	>100
38	Samuel	106	↓3	43
39	Sidney	106	↑2	>100
40	Herbert	105	–	40
41	Leon	104	↑9	77
42	Alfred	103	↓4	42
43	Anthony	98	↑5	39
44	Eugene	95	↓1	25
45	Eddie	94	–	>100
46	Howard	93	↑3	26
47	Leo	92	↓10	51
48	Charlie	91	↓2	72
49	Fred	91	↓19	33
50	Lloyd	90	↓14	59

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