Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1928

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1928 were Mary for girls (1,266 babies) and James for boys (901). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,810 babies born in Louisiana in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1928

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: 20 babies, 41× the national rate
Enola: 21 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Joycelyn: 21 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Verdie: 15 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Myrtis: 33 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Doretha: 31 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Albertha: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Gertie: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Celestine: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ouida: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 160 babies, 42.7× the national rate
Antoine: 23 babies, 35.9× the national rate
Ivy: 24 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Murphy: 25 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Emile: 39 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Junius: 32 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Jules: 36 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Felton: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Nolan: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lionel: 50 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	1,266	–	1
2	Dorothy	663	–	3
3	Betty	396	↑2	2
4	Helen	347	↓1	4
5	Marie	312	↓1	21
6	Doris	306	–	7
7	Joyce	287	↑2	30
8	Annie	276	–	37
9	Mildred	268	↓2	15
10	Shirley	267	–	10
11	Gloria	257	–	25
12	Rose	248	↑11	24
13	Margaret	227	↑5	5
14	Ruth	227	↑2	6
15	Ruby	216	↓1	34
16	Willie	209	↓4	74
17	Audrey	204	↑4	60
18	Hazel	196	↑6	59
19	Ethel	195	↓6	55
20	Alice	194	–	19
21	Gladys	190	↑4	41
22	Anna	184	↓7	16
23	Louise	183	↑3	31
24	Theresa	174	↑5	49
25	Elizabeth	169	↑3	14
26	Thelma	169	↓4	40
27	Evelyn	167	↓10	17
28	Frances	167	↑3	13
29	Lucille	166	↑1	51
30	Bernice	149	↑3	53
31	Lois	149	↑13	18
32	Virginia	148	↑15	9
33	Lillian	146	↓1	35
34	Lillie	139	↓7	>100
35	Rita	138	↓16	57
36	Edna	129	↓2	45
37	Ella	127	↓2	100
38	Dolores	119	new	20
39	Irene	119	↓3	28
40	Bertha	117	–	81
41	Catherine	117	↓2	33
42	Bessie	115	↑8	>100
43	Emma	115	↓5	67
44	Marion	114	new	47
45	Juanita	111	–	58
46	Josephine	110	new	42
47	Barbara	109	new	8
48	Rosa	108	new	>100
49	Martha	106	new	22
50	Laura	103	↓4	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	901	–	3
2	John	829	–	2
3	Joseph	734	–	9
4	Robert	573	–	1
5	Charles	549	↑1	5
6	William	453	↓1	4
7	Willie	374	–	29
8	George	365	–	8
9	Edward	307	↑1	10
10	Henry	307	↓1	21
11	Louis	271	–	32
12	Thomas	240	↑1	11
13	Raymond	225	↑5	16
14	Albert	224	–	23
15	Frank	218	↓3	12
16	Clarence	202	–	35
17	Harold	191	↑7	14
18	Richard	187	↓1	6
19	Lawrence	181	↑10	38
20	Roy	167	↑2	34
21	Earl	162	↓1	37
22	Huey	160	new	>100
23	Paul	157	↓4	13
24	Walter	155	↓9	18
25	Donald	150	↑6	7
26	Arthur	149	↑1	22
27	Herbert	146	↑7	25
28	Joe	146	↑4	30
29	Alfred	134	↑13	33
30	Alvin	129	↓4	72
31	Ernest	128	↓10	43
32	Billy	123	new	27
33	Jack	123	↓8	15
34	David	116	↓4	19
35	Leroy	115	↓12	51
36	Eugene	114	↓8	20
37	Melvin	108	↑1	48
38	Herman	107	↓3	78
39	Lloyd	106	↓2	59
40	Johnnie	100	new	>100
41	Leonard	100	new	42
42	Andrew	98	↓6	60
43	Harry	97	↓2	26
44	Calvin	96	–	94
45	Anthony	94	↑4	44
46	Johnny	94	new	>100
47	Allen	92	↑3	93
48	Warren	91	new	85
49	Jessie	88	↓4	>100
50	Samuel	87	↓17	52

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