Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1927

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,378 babies) and James for boys (1,029). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,025 babies born in Louisiana in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1927

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: 21 babies, 35.2× the national rate
Enola: 30 babies, 31.4× the national rate
Olevia: 15 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Augustine: 20 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Joycelyn: 16 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Albertha: 26 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Eve: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Myrtis: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Doretha: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 17 babies, 32.5× the national rate
Huey: 62 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Murphy: 35 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Ivy: 19 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Junius: 32 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Emile: 37 babies, 15× the national rate
Felton: 22 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Nolan: 38 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Jules: 24 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lionel: 49 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,378	–	1
2	Dorothy	782	–	2
3	Helen	416	–	4
4	Marie	347	–	20
5	Betty	346	↑10	3
6	Doris	319	↓1	7
7	Mildred	308	–	11
8	Annie	277	–	36
9	Joyce	273	↑15	35
10	Shirley	270	–	9
11	Gloria	265	↓5	22
12	Willie	245	↑2	71
13	Ethel	244	↓1	47
14	Ruby	242	↓5	30
15	Anna	235	↑2	16
16	Ruth	228	↓5	6
17	Evelyn	217	↑10	15
18	Margaret	217	–	5
19	Rita	206	↑6	54
20	Alice	205	–	17
21	Audrey	205	↓5	62
22	Thelma	204	↓3	38
23	Rose	203	↓2	23
24	Hazel	197	↓11	53
25	Gladys	189	↓3	37
26	Louise	182	–	27
27	Lillie	181	↑3	94
28	Elizabeth	175	↑1	13
29	Theresa	174	new	52
30	Lucille	173	↓7	45
31	Frances	168	–	12
32	Lillian	168	↑1	32
33	Bernice	166	↓5	49
34	Edna	164	↓2	40
35	Ella	162	↑1	98
36	Irene	144	↑4	21
37	Beatrice	139	↑9	67
38	Emma	137	↑9	64
39	Catherine	134	↑3	31
40	Bertha	133	↓6	80
41	Florence	127	↑7	28
42	Clara	126	↑7	63
43	Jessie	126	↓6	95
44	Lois	126	↓9	19
45	Juanita	124	↓4	55
46	Laura	124	new	82
47	Virginia	123	↓9	8
48	Margie	121	new	>100
49	Marjorie	121	↓5	25
50	Bessie	116	↓11	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	1,029	–	3
2	John	961	–	2
3	Joseph	833	–	9
4	Robert	592	–	1
5	William	560	–	4
6	Charles	493	–	5
7	Willie	393	↑1	27
8	George	375	↓1	7
9	Henry	345	–	19
10	Edward	307	–	10
11	Louis	270	↑1	29
12	Frank	254	↓1	12
13	Thomas	252	–	11
14	Albert	243	–	23
15	Walter	206	↑2	17
16	Clarence	194	↓1	32
17	Richard	192	↑2	6
18	Raymond	187	–	15
19	Paul	180	↓3	13
20	Earl	175	↑4	33
21	Ernest	168	↑9	41
22	Roy	165	↓2	34
23	Leroy	164	↓1	51
24	Harold	158	↓3	14
25	Jack	154	–	16
26	Alvin	151	↑2	66
27	Arthur	140	↓1	22
28	Eugene	140	↑9	20
29	Lawrence	139	↓6	37
30	David	132	↓1	21
31	Donald	130	↑3	8
32	Joe	128	↓5	30
33	Samuel	128	↑6	49
34	Herbert	122	↑4	42
35	Herman	114	–	70
36	Andrew	107	–	56
37	Lloyd	105	↓6	58
38	Melvin	105	↑5	48
39	Eddie	104	↑9	>100
40	Floyd	104	↓8	53
41	Harry	104	↑5	25
42	Alfred	102	↓2	45
43	Leon	99	↓10	78
44	Calvin	97	↓3	73
45	Jessie	95	↑2	>100
46	Lee	95	new	86
47	Charlie	93	↓5	80
48	Ray	93	new	60
49	Anthony	92	↓5	43
50	Allen	90	new	95

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