Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1924

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,289 babies) and James for boys (925). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,704 babies born in Louisiana in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1924

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: 28 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Enola: 29 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Augustine: 20 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Zenobia: 15 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Octavia: 23 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Ceola: 17 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Doretha: 35 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Albertha: 28 babies, 11× the national rate
Celestine: 31 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 32 babies, 9.3× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 18 babies, 45.8× the national rate
Alcide: 19 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Murphy: 30 babies, 27× the national rate
Emile: 49 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Ivy: 17 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Huey: 24 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Junius: 33 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Ivory: 19 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Felton: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Dudley: 33 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,289	–	1
2	Dorothy	810	–	2
3	Helen	450	↑1	3
4	Marie	388	↓1	14
5	Mildred	347	–	8
6	Doris	307	↑2	9
7	Ruth	307	↑2	6
8	Ruby	281	↓1	26
9	Annie	275	↓3	32
10	Willie	269	↑7	68
11	Ethel	267	↑2	39
12	Gloria	260	↑8	41
13	Hazel	255	↑2	42
14	Margaret	254	↓3	5
15	Shirley	240	↑9	19
16	Louise	239	↓4	24
17	Thelma	232	↑4	33
18	Lucille	225	↓4	37
19	Rita	219	↓3	49
20	Evelyn	218	↓10	12
21	Anna	211	↓3	13
22	Gladys	211	↓3	30
23	Alice	201	↓1	15
24	Elizabeth	195	↑1	11
25	Rose	188	↓2	25
26	Lillian	181	↑2	23
27	Beatrice	177	↑5	50
28	Irene	175	↑2	18
29	Betty	173	new	4
30	Bernice	170	↑4	47
31	Frances	164	↓5	10
32	Josephine	162	↓1	34
33	Virginia	161	↑10	7
34	Bessie	149	↑10	86
35	Edna	148	↓8	31
36	Marjorie	147	↓3	17
37	Myrtle	145	↓2	89
38	Lois	144	↑9	22
39	Juanita	141	↑1	48
40	Ella	137	↑2	94
41	Emma	137	–	57
42	Lillie	136	↓13	97
43	Catherine	134	↑2	27
44	Audrey	126	↓7	84
45	Jessie	126	new	91
46	Marion	125	new	46
47	Margie	124	↓8	>100
48	Martha	121	↓12	21
49	Bertha	120	new	65
50	Florence	119	↓12	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	925	↑1	4
2	John	859	↓1	2
3	Joseph	790	–	7
4	Robert	630	↑1	1
5	William	532	↓1	3
6	Charles	450	–	5
7	George	412	–	6
8	Willie	383	–	30
9	Henry	375	–	18
10	Edward	307	–	9
11	Louis	277	↑1	28
12	Frank	263	↑1	12
13	Thomas	238	↓2	11
14	Albert	222	–	21
15	Clarence	204	–	29
16	Walter	186	–	16
17	Richard	184	↑9	8
18	Harold	175	↓1	13
19	Paul	169	↓1	14
20	Lawrence	168	↓1	36
21	Raymond	161	↑2	15
22	Roy	160	–	31
23	Earl	146	↓3	33
24	Arthur	144	–	20
25	Leroy	143	↓4	53
26	Joe	141	↑5	35
27	Jack	135	↑9	17
28	David	131	–	24
29	Ernest	129	↓2	37
30	Herman	129	–	70
31	Alvin	125	↑3	73
32	Calvin	119	new	44
33	Leon	113	↑7	76
34	Warren	113	↓9	58
35	Harry	108	↓6	22
36	Anthony	105	↑6	39
37	Eugene	105	–	25
38	Lloyd	99	↑8	61
39	Herbert	95	↓1	41
40	Samuel	93	↓8	45
41	Jessie	92	↓6	>100
42	Sidney	91	↑3	>100
43	Charlie	90	↑5	80
44	Allen	88	new	94
45	Howard	88	↑4	26
46	Alfred	84	↓7	43
47	Fred	84	↓14	32
48	Leo	83	new	51
49	Milton	82	↓5	81
50	Eddie	81	↓7	>100

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