Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1931

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,227 babies) and James for boys (914). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,647 babies born in Louisiana in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1931

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, 38.9× the national rate
Enola: 18 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Joycelyn: 21 babies, 14× the national rate
Albertha: 21 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Gertie: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Myrtis: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Gussie: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Earline: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Leola: 58 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Elouise: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 98 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Ivy: 21 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Murphy: 26 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Curley: 15 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Whitney: 19 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Dudley: 87 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Emile: 35 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Junius: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Wilton: 26 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nolan: 28 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,227	–	1
2	Dorothy	620	–	3
3	Betty	572	–	2
4	Joyce	352	↑1	15
5	Helen	299	↓1	6
6	Gloria	293	–	23
7	Doris	282	–	10
8	Shirley	275	–	9
9	Marie	272	–	27
10	Mildred	226	↑1	26
11	Annie	220	↓1	41
12	Barbara	220	↑5	4
13	Margaret	208	↑1	7
14	Rose	204	↑1	30
15	Ruby	191	↓3	39
16	Ruth	181	↓3	11
17	Ethel	172	↑1	67
18	Evelyn	172	↑3	24
19	Audrey	163	↑4	64
20	Dolores	156	↓4	14
21	Frances	154	↑13	18
22	Alice	150	↑4	21
23	Anna	149	↑2	25
24	Thelma	145	–	53
25	Gladys	144	↑4	55
26	Hazel	142	↑5	74
27	Patricia	141	↑14	8
28	Willie	141	↓9	93
29	Martha	139	↑7	28
30	Elizabeth	135	↓3	16
31	Theresa	134	↓1	59
32	Rita	130	–	48
33	Lillie	128	↓5	>100
34	Geraldine	127	↑1	38
35	Louise	122	↓13	33
36	Virginia	122	↑2	12
37	Lois	120	↑7	20
38	Catherine	119	↓1	36
39	Joan	118	new	5
40	Lucille	116	↓20	62
41	Billie	112	new	81
42	Jessie	109	↑8	>100
43	Bertha	105	↓4	>100
44	Lillian	105	↓4	47
45	Beverly	104	new	31
46	Ella	104	↓13	>100
47	Juanita	104	↓4	57
48	Bessie	102	↓2	>100
49	Irene	100	new	37
50	Bobbie	94	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	914	–	2
2	John	762	–	3
3	Joseph	700	–	9
4	Robert	606	–	1
5	Charles	512	–	6
6	William	430	–	4
7	George	334	↑1	8
8	Willie	312	↓1	31
9	Henry	300	↑1	22
10	Edward	285	↓1	11
11	Louis	245	↑1	37
12	Thomas	223	↓1	10
13	Frank	204	–	16
14	Donald	197	↑2	7
15	Paul	195	↑4	12
16	Albert	191	↑1	24
17	Clarence	187	↑3	39
18	Harold	187	–	18
19	Richard	187	↓5	5
20	Raymond	186	↓5	17
21	Earl	167	↑8	40
22	Roy	152	↓1	35
23	Billy	151	↑1	19
24	Ernest	148	↑1	47
25	Walter	147	↑3	20
26	Leroy	145	↓3	52
27	Lawrence	140	–	38
28	Bobby	130	↑5	32
29	David	127	↑1	13
30	Jack	127	↑6	15
31	Joe	124	↓5	29
32	Jerry	119	new	43
33	Alvin	112	↓1	80
34	Alfred	110	↑1	50
35	Eugene	109	↑3	21
36	Arthur	102	↓5	23
37	Herbert	100	↓15	41
38	Herman	98	↓4	83
39	Huey	98	↓2	>100
40	Gerald	97	↑2	26
41	Samuel	97	↑2	56
42	Kenneth	96	new	14
43	Melvin	96	↓4	51
44	Lloyd	94	↑3	68
45	Jessie	91	new	>100
46	Anthony	89	↓6	46
47	Harry	89	↑2	30
48	Dudley	87	new	>100
49	Andrew	86	↓3	65
50	Allen	84	new	79

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