Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1933

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,140 babies) and James for boys (876). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,632 babies born in Louisiana in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1933

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Olevia: 15 babies, 31.7× the national rate
Enola: 18 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Joycelyn: 34 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Octavia: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Augustine: 15 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Doretha: 25 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Gertie: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Myrtis: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Mercedes: 29 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Earline: 67 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 66 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Murphy: 20 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Emile: 33 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Junius: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Felton: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Ivory: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Lionel: 66 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rogers: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Nolan: 29 babies, 9.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,140	–	1
2	Betty	562	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	509	↓1	4
4	Barbara	300	↑4	3
5	Joyce	291	↓1	12
6	Gloria	285	↓1	31
7	Helen	282	–	8
8	Shirley	249	↓2	9
9	Ruby	227	↑3	43
10	Doris	212	↓1	10
11	Marie	211	↓1	33
12	Annie	210	↓1	37
13	Rose	204	↑3	35
14	Mildred	193	↓1	32
15	Margaret	191	–	7
16	Ethel	176	↑3	71
17	Alice	175	↑1	22
18	Patricia	165	↑6	6
19	Willie	165	↑4	93
20	Audrey	164	↓3	59
21	Anna	154	↑5	29
22	Elizabeth	153	↓2	17
23	Geraldine	152	↑2	42
24	Ruth	144	↓10	13
25	Joan	138	↑8	5
26	Martha	130	↑12	27
27	Lois	127	↑13	19
28	Lillie	118	↑2	>100
29	Evelyn	117	↓7	30
30	Frances	116	↑4	18
31	Hazel	112	↑6	82
32	Catherine	110	↑7	44
33	Louise	108	↓12	39
34	Beverly	107	↑11	26
35	Dolores	107	↓7	21
36	Thelma	107	↓7	57
37	Juanita	105	↑10	63
38	Theresa	105	↓2	70
39	Virginia	105	↑2	15
40	Margie	104	↑3	95
41	Peggy	103	new	36
42	Gladys	101	↓10	60
43	Lucille	100	↓12	78
44	Clara	99	↑5	67
45	Rita	97	↓18	53
46	Bobbie	96	↓11	>100
47	Ida	96	new	>100
48	Edna	89	↑2	55
49	Jean	89	new	14
50	Carolyn	87	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	876	–	2
2	John	711	–	3
3	Joseph	670	–	9
4	Charles	553	↑1	6
5	Robert	552	↓1	1
6	William	384	–	4
7	Willie	320	–	32
8	George	310	–	8
9	Donald	258	↑1	7
10	Thomas	241	↑2	10
11	Edward	235	–	11
12	Henry	222	↓3	24
13	Louis	218	–	40
14	Frank	191	↑3	16
15	Richard	186	–	5
16	Raymond	173	↑2	19
17	Albert	169	↓3	30
18	Billy	168	↑2	20
19	Bobby	168	↑12	26
20	Jerry	166	↑10	31
21	Paul	155	↓2	14
22	Harold	138	↑1	18
23	Roy	138	↑4	39
24	Lawrence	137	↑1	38
25	Clarence	136	↓9	43
26	Gerald	134	↑12	22
27	Earl	127	↓1	41
28	Leroy	127	↓4	56
29	Walter	124	↓8	21
30	David	121	↓8	13
31	Joe	118	↓2	27
32	Roosevelt	116	new	>100
33	Arthur	115	↑8	25
34	Ronald	115	↑9	12
35	Alvin	110	↓2	88
36	Ernest	109	↓2	50
37	Melvin	107	↑8	51
38	Harry	105	↑9	35
39	Jack	102	↓7	17
40	Eugene	101	↓12	23
41	Alfred	92	↓1	57
42	Jessie	90	↑8	>100
43	Anthony	89	↓6	46
44	Samuel	84	↑2	61
45	Andrew	83	new	76
46	Lee	82	↑3	79
47	Herbert	80	↓11	49
48	Fred	78	new	34
49	Leon	78	↓7	85
50	Johnnie	77	new	>100

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