Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1929

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,306 babies) and James for boys (861). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,428 babies born in Louisiana in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1929

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: 17 babies, 36.9× the national rate
Olevia: 22 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Enola: 27 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Augustine: 18 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Myrtis: 35 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Albertha: 29 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Doretha: 24 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Audry: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gertie: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Earline: 56 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 145 babies, 42.5× the national rate
Antoine: 15 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Murphy: 33 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Whitney: 16 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Emile: 39 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Felton: 29 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Junius: 31 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Jules: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Nolan: 26 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lionel: 48 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,306	–	1
2	Dorothy	686	–	3
3	Betty	442	–	2
4	Helen	357	–	4
5	Joyce	294	↑2	23
6	Doris	289	–	6
7	Marie	280	↓2	22
8	Mildred	273	↑1	18
9	Gloria	271	↑2	28
10	Annie	258	↓2	37
11	Shirley	244	↓1	9
12	Ruby	236	↑3	36
13	Ethel	232	↑6	56
14	Rose	215	↓2	26
15	Ruth	215	↓1	8
16	Audrey	211	↑1	58
17	Evelyn	199	↑10	19
18	Dolores	195	↑20	14
19	Margaret	195	↓6	5
20	Willie	193	↓4	76
21	Hazel	182	↓3	64
22	Thelma	180	↑4	41
23	Anna	176	↓1	20
24	Alice	174	↓4	21
25	Theresa	174	↓1	49
26	Elizabeth	173	↓1	15
27	Gladys	162	↓6	44
28	Louise	155	↓5	31
29	Barbara	141	↑18	7
30	Frances	139	↓2	16
31	Lillie	139	↑3	>100
32	Rita	137	↑3	52
33	Lucille	133	↓4	57
34	Bernice	131	↓4	55
35	Lois	127	↓4	17
36	Virginia	127	↓4	11
37	Martha	120	↑12	27
38	Edna	118	↓2	51
39	Ella	117	↓2	>100
40	Emma	117	↑3	69
41	Ida	114	new	96
42	Catherine	106	↓1	34
43	Rosa	105	↑5	>100
44	Velma	105	new	>100
45	Beatrice	104	new	72
46	Billie	104	new	79
47	Marion	104	↓3	53
48	Patricia	104	new	10
49	Josephine	103	↓3	45
50	Jessie	102	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	861	–	2
2	John	814	–	3
3	Joseph	724	–	9
4	Robert	565	–	1
5	Charles	517	–	5
6	William	481	–	4
7	Willie	371	–	29
8	George	367	–	8
9	Edward	305	–	10
10	Henry	277	–	21
11	Louis	246	–	32
12	Raymond	235	↑1	15
13	Thomas	234	↓1	11
14	Albert	216	–	24
15	Clarence	207	↑1	37
16	Richard	200	↑2	6
17	Frank	199	↓2	12
18	Leroy	171	↑17	51
19	Walter	166	↑5	19
20	Paul	164	↑3	13
21	Roy	164	↓1	35
22	Harold	160	↓5	16
23	Lawrence	160	↓4	38
24	Earl	154	↓3	36
25	Arthur	153	↑1	22
26	Huey	145	↓4	>100
27	Jack	145	↑6	14
28	Donald	136	↓3	7
29	David	135	↑5	17
30	Herbert	132	↓3	25
31	Billy	130	↑1	23
32	Alvin	129	↓2	77
33	Ernest	127	↓2	43
34	Herman	115	↑4	75
35	Joe	110	↓7	30
36	Eugene	104	–	20
37	Floyd	103	new	58
38	Melvin	101	↓1	49
39	Andrew	99	↑3	59
40	Anthony	99	↑5	44
41	Harry	94	↑2	27
42	Lee	94	new	85
43	Alfred	92	↓14	41
44	Charlie	92	new	87
45	Milton	92	new	94
46	Samuel	91	↑4	53
47	Allen	90	–	86
48	Bobby	90	new	50
49	Ray	90	new	57
50	Fred	88	new	34

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