Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1923

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,263 babies) and John for boys (895). Social Security records list 42,064 babies born in Louisiana in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1923

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: 26 babies, 41.3× the national rate
Enola: 21 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Octavia: 22 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Augustine: 18 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Albertha: 31 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Doretha: 26 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Myrtis: 29 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Melvina: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mercedes: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gertie: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Curley: 28 babies, 31× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Murphy: 32 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Ivy: 16 babies, 20× the national rate
Emile: 54 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Huey: 22 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Felton: 21 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Jules: 29 babies, 14× the national rate
Nolan: 41 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Junius: 24 babies, 11× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,263	–	1
2	Dorothy	661	–	2
3	Marie	399	↑1	14
4	Helen	395	↓1	3
5	Mildred	335	–	8
6	Annie	292	–	34
7	Ruby	283	–	25
8	Doris	264	↑1	11
9	Ruth	264	↑2	6
10	Evelyn	251	↑8	12
11	Margaret	236	↑1	4
12	Louise	233	↑3	22
13	Ethel	232	–	38
14	Lucille	229	↑3	35
15	Hazel	228	↑1	40
16	Rita	228	↓6	50
17	Willie	222	↑2	67
18	Anna	219	↑4	13
19	Gladys	217	↓5	29
20	Gloria	204	↑13	48
21	Thelma	202	↓13	31
22	Alice	201	↓1	15
23	Rose	195	↑6	23
24	Shirley	190	↑16	26
25	Elizabeth	185	↓2	9
26	Frances	185	↑5	10
27	Edna	184	↓3	32
28	Lillian	180	↓8	20
29	Lillie	177	↓3	91
30	Irene	165	↓2	17
31	Josephine	163	↑1	30
32	Beatrice	160	↓2	46
33	Marjorie	157	↓8	16
34	Bernice	150	↓7	43
35	Myrtle	142	↓1	84
36	Martha	138	–	21
37	Audrey	135	↑8	85
38	Florence	134	↑1	18
39	Margie	125	↑9	>100
40	Juanita	124	new	51
41	Emma	123	↓4	53
42	Ella	122	↓4	93
43	Virginia	122	↑1	7
44	Bessie	121	new	81
45	Catherine	121	↑2	24
46	Clara	121	new	49
47	Lois	121	new	27
48	Ida	119	↓7	68
49	Vera	118	new	82
50	Laura	114	–	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	895	↑1	1
2	James	887	↓1	4
3	Joseph	793	–	7
4	William	527	–	3
5	Robert	501	–	2
6	Charles	434	–	5
7	George	412	↑1	6
8	Willie	371	↓1	30
9	Henry	369	–	18
10	Edward	314	–	8
11	Thomas	292	↑2	12
12	Louis	288	↓1	27
13	Frank	254	↓1	11
14	Albert	250	↑1	20
15	Clarence	209	↓1	29
16	Walter	196	–	16
17	Harold	177	↑2	13
18	Paul	173	↓1	14
19	Lawrence	171	↑1	36
20	Earl	164	↓2	31
21	Leroy	162	↑9	55
22	Roy	161	–	32
23	Raymond	153	–	15
24	Arthur	151	–	19
25	Warren	150	↑7	43
26	Richard	145	–	9
27	Ernest	139	↓6	38
28	David	130	↓1	24
29	Harry	128	↑4	22
30	Herman	122	↓5	66
31	Joe	121	↓3	35
32	Samuel	117	↑6	45
33	Fred	112	↑16	33
34	Alvin	111	↑2	73
35	Jessie	109	↑2	>100
36	Jack	108	↓5	17
37	Eugene	106	↑7	25
38	Herbert	104	↑2	40
39	Alfred	103	↑3	42
40	Leon	103	↑1	77
41	Andrew	102	↓12	53
42	Anthony	101	↑1	39
43	Eddie	98	↑2	>100
44	Milton	98	↓10	81
45	Sidney	96	↓6	>100
46	Lloyd	95	↑4	59
47	Lee	87	new	85
48	Charlie	86	–	79
49	Howard	84	↓3	26
50	Leonard	83	new	37

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