Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1930

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,200 babies) and James for boys (884). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,133 babies born in Louisiana in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1930

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: 16 babies, 35.5× the national rate
Enola: 18 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Joycelyn: 20 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Elvina: 15 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Doretha: 35 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Albertha: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Gertie: 26 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Myrtis: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Earline: 70 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Elouise: 34 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 22 babies, 41.1× the national rate
Huey: 119 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Murphy: 33 babies, 31.3× the national rate
Whitney: 21 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Emile: 44 babies, 21× the national rate
Ivy: 17 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Pierre: 18 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Junius: 18 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Nolan: 35 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jules: 23 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,200	–	1
2	Dorothy	677	–	3
3	Betty	521	–	2
4	Helen	369	–	4
5	Joyce	350	–	18
6	Gloria	314	↑3	30
7	Doris	286	↓1	9
8	Shirley	272	↑3	11
9	Marie	251	↓2	26
10	Annie	248	–	40
11	Mildred	244	↓3	21
12	Ruby	230	–	36
13	Ruth	212	↑2	10
14	Margaret	199	↑5	5
15	Rose	187	↓1	29
16	Dolores	184	↑2	13
17	Barbara	181	↑12	6
18	Ethel	176	↓5	65
19	Willie	173	↑1	87
20	Lucille	171	↑13	59
21	Evelyn	170	↓4	19
22	Louise	170	↑6	31
23	Audrey	168	↓7	63
24	Thelma	164	↓2	45
25	Anna	162	↓2	23
26	Alice	154	↓2	20
27	Elizabeth	152	↓1	15
28	Lillie	143	↑3	>100
29	Gladys	138	↓2	48
30	Theresa	137	↓5	50
31	Hazel	136	↓10	71
32	Rita	134	–	42
33	Ella	132	↑6	>100
34	Frances	125	↓4	16
35	Geraldine	125	new	43
36	Martha	123	↑1	27
37	Catherine	119	↑5	35
38	Virginia	119	↓2	12
39	Bertha	118	new	95
40	Lillian	117	new	44
41	Patricia	117	↑7	7
42	Ida	116	↓1	94
43	Juanita	115	new	57
44	Lois	112	↓9	17
45	Laura	110	new	89
46	Bessie	109	new	>100
47	Emma	108	↓7	73
48	Bernice	105	↓14	58
49	Clara	104	new	64
50	Jessie	103	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	884	–	2
2	John	828	–	3
3	Joseph	688	–	9
4	Robert	569	–	1
5	Charles	526	–	6
6	William	509	–	4
7	Willie	360	–	29
8	George	351	–	8
9	Edward	319	–	10
10	Henry	295	–	22
11	Thomas	235	↑2	11
12	Louis	230	↓1	34
13	Frank	214	↑4	13
14	Richard	200	↑2	5
15	Raymond	197	↓3	16
16	Donald	195	↑12	7
17	Albert	191	↓3	24
18	Harold	182	↑4	18
19	Paul	178	↑1	12
20	Clarence	173	↓5	39
21	Roy	171	–	33
22	Herbert	167	↑8	35
23	Leroy	167	↓5	53
24	Billy	165	↑7	20
25	Ernest	160	↑8	43
26	Joe	157	↑9	27
27	Lawrence	154	↓4	36
28	Walter	152	↓9	19
29	Earl	149	↓5	38
30	David	148	↓1	15
31	Arthur	135	↓6	23
32	Alvin	131	–	79
33	Bobby	130	↑15	41
34	Herman	125	–	78
35	Alfred	121	↑8	46
36	Jack	120	↓9	14
37	Huey	119	↓11	>100
38	Eugene	118	↓2	21
39	Melvin	106	↓1	50
40	Anthony	103	–	44
41	Eddie	99	new	97
42	Gerald	97	new	30
43	Samuel	95	↑3	55
44	Sidney	95	new	>100
45	Leonard	94	new	45
46	Andrew	92	↓7	62
47	Lloyd	90	new	69
48	Lee	88	↓6	82
49	Harry	87	↓8	28
50	Floyd	84	↓13	61

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