Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1926

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1926 were Mary for girls (1,341 babies) and James for boys (952). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,712 babies born in Louisiana in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1926

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: 27 babies, 39.5× the national rate
Olevia: 22 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Enola: 23 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Augustine: 20 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Octavia: 23 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Albertha: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Doretha: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Myrtis: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Celestine: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Una: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 23 babies, 40.1× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Ivy: 19 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Murphy: 33 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Huey: 22 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Emile: 39 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Junius: 38 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Jules: 28 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Felton: 20 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Nolan: 31 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	1,341	–	1
2	Dorothy	777	–	2
3	Helen	411	–	4
4	Marie	368	↑1	18
5	Doris	325	↑4	7
6	Gloria	312	–	20
7	Mildred	311	↓3	9
8	Annie	305	↓1	34
9	Ruby	287	↑1	30
10	Shirley	282	↑2	14
11	Ruth	272	↓3	6
12	Ethel	260	↑7	41
13	Hazel	255	↑2	48
14	Willie	251	↓3	73
15	Betty	243	↓1	3
16	Audrey	235	↑12	60
17	Anna	228	↑8	15
18	Margaret	222	↓5	5
19	Thelma	218	↑1	36
20	Alice	213	↑6	17
21	Rose	213	↓4	25
22	Gladys	210	↓4	35
23	Lucille	206	–	43
24	Joyce	204	↑10	44
25	Rita	198	↓4	50
26	Louise	192	↓10	27
27	Evelyn	186	↓3	13
28	Bernice	182	↑4	45
29	Elizabeth	178	↓7	11
30	Lillie	171	↑1	99
31	Frances	167	↓1	10
32	Edna	158	↑1	38
33	Lillian	158	↓4	28
34	Bertha	145	↑6	76
35	Lois	144	↑3	19
36	Ella	142	↓1	98
37	Jessie	141	new	93
38	Virginia	141	↓11	8
39	Bessie	140	↑6	89
40	Irene	139	↓1	21
41	Juanita	136	↑3	52
42	Catherine	135	↓6	31
43	Josephine	135	–	37
44	Marjorie	131	↑3	22
45	Martha	130	↓8	24
46	Beatrice	126	↓4	58
47	Emma	125	↓1	59
48	Florence	125	new	26
49	Clara	119	↓8	61
50	Ida	119	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	952	–	3
2	John	877	–	2
3	Joseph	790	–	8
4	Robert	601	–	1
5	William	576	–	4
6	Charles	469	–	5
7	George	431	–	6
8	Willie	385	–	28
9	Henry	308	–	19
10	Edward	301	–	10
11	Frank	269	↑1	12
12	Louis	262	↓1	30
13	Thomas	259	↑1	11
14	Albert	241	↑1	21
15	Clarence	217	↓2	29
16	Paul	207	↑5	13
17	Walter	200	↑3	17
18	Raymond	185	↑1	15
19	Richard	184	↑6	7
20	Roy	184	↓2	34
21	Harold	173	↓4	14
22	Leroy	169	↑4	51
23	Lawrence	165	↓7	36
24	Earl	161	↓1	32
25	Jack	148	↑6	16
26	Arthur	145	↓4	20
27	Joe	140	–	33
28	Alvin	137	–	72
29	David	136	–	22
30	Ernest	131	↓6	37
31	Lloyd	126	↑7	60
32	Floyd	125	new	53
33	Leon	120	–	73
34	Donald	116	new	9
35	Herman	116	↑7	69
36	Andrew	115	↑9	59
37	Eugene	115	↓2	23
38	Herbert	112	↓8	44
39	Samuel	112	↓5	48
40	Alfred	110	↑1	45
41	Calvin	108	↓2	65
42	Charlie	105	↓2	81
43	Melvin	104	new	47
44	Anthony	103	–	42
45	Fred	101	↓8	31
46	Harry	100	↓14	25
47	Jessie	100	↓1	>100
48	Eddie	93	↑2	>100
49	Milton	88	–	83
50	Sidney	87	new	>100

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