Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1925

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,303 babies) and James for boys (955). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,125 babies born in Louisiana in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1925

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

Girls

Odile: 16 babies, 45.5× the national rate
Emelda: 21 babies, 43× the national rate
Enola: 23 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Odette: 17 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Olevia: 15 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Augustine: 25 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Octavia: 19 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 38 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Doretha: 29 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Gertie: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 20 babies, 46.1× the national rate
Leonce: 16 babies, 46.1× the national rate
Curley: 17 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Murphy: 30 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Whitney: 16 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Ivy: 24 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Emile: 44 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Junius: 46 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Jules: 26 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Nolan: 31 babies, 11.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,303	–	1
2	Dorothy	733	–	2
3	Helen	433	–	4
4	Mildred	336	↑1	9
5	Marie	335	↓1	16
6	Gloria	328	↑6	20
7	Annie	316	↑2	32
8	Ruth	312	↓1	6
9	Doris	299	↓3	8
10	Ruby	270	↓2	30
11	Willie	260	↓1	68
12	Shirley	251	↑3	17
13	Margaret	233	↑1	5
14	Betty	230	↑15	3
15	Hazel	227	↓2	45
16	Louise	225	–	27
17	Rose	223	↑8	26
18	Gladys	220	↑4	33
19	Ethel	217	↓8	43
20	Thelma	216	↓3	35
21	Rita	207	↓2	48
22	Elizabeth	196	↑2	10
23	Lucille	195	↓5	41
24	Evelyn	194	↓4	12
25	Anna	185	↓4	13
26	Alice	184	↓3	15
27	Virginia	174	↑6	7
28	Audrey	172	↑16	78
29	Lillian	171	↓3	25
30	Frances	165	↑1	11
31	Lillie	164	↑11	91
32	Bernice	160	↓2	46
33	Edna	149	↑2	37
34	Joyce	149	new	59
35	Ella	147	↑5	93
36	Catherine	146	↑7	29
37	Martha	141	↑11	23
38	Lois	140	–	18
39	Irene	137	↓11	19
40	Bertha	134	↑9	74
41	Clara	133	new	55
42	Beatrice	132	↓15	50
43	Josephine	128	↓11	36
44	Juanita	127	↓5	49
45	Bessie	126	↓11	87
46	Emma	120	↓5	57
47	Marjorie	119	↓11	21
48	Myrtle	117	↓11	95
49	Rosa	116	new	>100
50	Eva	115	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	955	–	4
2	John	877	–	2
3	Joseph	798	–	7
4	Robert	575	–	1
5	William	555	–	3
6	Charles	455	–	5
7	George	423	–	6
8	Willie	362	–	27
9	Henry	361	–	18
10	Edward	317	–	9
11	Louis	280	–	29
12	Frank	250	–	12
13	Clarence	233	↑2	30
14	Thomas	231	↓1	11
15	Albert	218	↓1	21
16	Lawrence	192	↑4	36
17	Harold	191	↑1	14
18	Roy	185	↑4	32
19	Raymond	170	↑2	15
20	Walter	168	↓4	16
21	Paul	167	↓2	13
22	Arthur	164	↑2	20
23	Earl	164	–	31
24	Ernest	158	↑5	37
25	Richard	153	↓8	8
26	Leroy	150	↓1	52
27	Joe	130	↓1	34
28	Alvin	125	↑3	70
29	David	124	↓1	22
30	Herbert	121	↑9	42
31	Jack	115	↓4	17
32	Harry	114	↑3	23
33	Leon	113	–	76
34	Samuel	107	↑6	46
35	Eugene	105	↑2	24
36	Warren	105	↓2	66
37	Fred	104	↑10	33
38	Lloyd	103	–	62
39	Calvin	100	↓7	47
40	Charlie	98	↑3	78
41	Alfred	95	↑5	43
42	Herman	95	↓12	69
43	Lee	95	new	82
44	Anthony	94	↓8	39
45	Andrew	93	new	56
46	Jessie	93	↓5	>100
47	Allen	91	↓3	94
48	Howard	90	↓3	26
49	Milton	90	–	80
50	Eddie	89	–	>100

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