Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1932

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,313 babies) and James for boys (913). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,340 babies born in Louisiana in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1932

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: 15 babies, 38.1× the national rate
Joycelyn: 25 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Augustine: 20 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Albertha: 21 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Octavia: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Gertie: 23 babies, 10× the national rate
Mercedes: 31 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Myrtis: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ouida: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lessie: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 25 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Huey: 76 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Curley: 16 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Ivy: 18 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Murphy: 28 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Emile: 36 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Junius: 22 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Felton: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Jules: 28 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Dudley: 46 babies, 12.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,313	–	1
2	Dorothy	670	–	4
3	Betty	584	–	2
4	Joyce	343	–	12
5	Gloria	330	↑1	25
6	Shirley	297	↑2	9
7	Helen	285	↓2	8
8	Barbara	276	↑4	3
9	Doris	253	↓2	10
10	Marie	251	↓1	31
11	Annie	242	–	41
12	Ruby	229	↑3	38
13	Mildred	216	↓3	26
14	Ruth	198	↑2	11
15	Margaret	196	↓2	7
16	Rose	196	↓2	33
17	Audrey	177	↑2	61
18	Alice	173	↑4	21
19	Ethel	173	↓2	66
20	Elizabeth	164	↑10	17
21	Louise	164	↑14	36
22	Evelyn	163	↓4	23
23	Willie	160	↑5	91
24	Patricia	158	↑3	6
25	Geraldine	154	↑9	42
26	Anna	146	↓3	24
27	Rita	145	↑5	53
28	Dolores	141	↓8	18
29	Thelma	140	↓5	51
30	Lillie	136	↑3	>100
31	Lucille	135	↑9	63
32	Gladys	132	↓7	54
33	Joan	128	↑6	5
34	Frances	122	↓13	19
35	Bobbie	120	↑15	>100
36	Theresa	120	↓5	60
37	Hazel	119	↓11	75
38	Martha	117	↓9	27
39	Catherine	115	↓1	39
40	Lois	114	↓3	20
41	Virginia	113	↓5	14
42	Ella	111	↑4	>100
43	Margie	109	new	>100
44	Bertha	105	↓1	>100
45	Beverly	103	–	28
46	Emma	103	new	76
47	Juanita	101	–	58
48	Laura	101	new	88
49	Clara	100	new	70
50	Edna	98	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	913	–	2
2	John	854	–	3
3	Joseph	692	–	9
4	Robert	673	–	1
5	Charles	581	–	6
6	William	475	–	4
7	Willie	373	↑1	31
8	George	332	↓1	8
9	Henry	284	–	23
10	Donald	278	↑4	7
11	Edward	277	↓1	11
12	Thomas	235	–	10
13	Louis	217	↓2	39
14	Albert	212	↑2	26
15	Richard	206	↑4	5
16	Clarence	191	↑1	40
17	Frank	190	↓4	15
18	Raymond	184	↑2	19
19	Paul	181	↓4	13
20	Billy	174	↑3	20
21	Walter	173	↑4	21
22	David	166	↑7	12
23	Harold	162	↓5	18
24	Leroy	159	↑2	53
25	Lawrence	158	↑2	35
26	Earl	152	↓5	41
27	Roy	151	↓5	38
28	Eugene	136	↑7	22
29	Joe	135	↑2	29
30	Jerry	134	↑2	34
31	Bobby	133	↓3	30
32	Jack	130	↓2	17
33	Alvin	125	–	87
34	Ernest	124	↓10	47
35	Allen	115	↑15	80
36	Herbert	114	↑1	44
37	Anthony	108	↑9	45
38	Gerald	106	↑2	24
39	Lloyd	103	↑5	71
40	Alfred	102	↓6	49
41	Arthur	102	↓5	25
42	Leon	101	new	83
43	Ronald	101	new	16
44	Kenneth	97	↓2	14
45	Melvin	97	↓2	51
46	Samuel	96	↓5	56
47	Harry	95	–	32
48	Herman	91	↓10	89
49	Lee	90	new	86
50	Jessie	89	↓5	>100

← Louisiana 1931 Louisiana: all years · US 1932 Louisiana 1933 →