Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1934

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,244 babies) and James for boys (913). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,707 babies born in Louisiana in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1934

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

Girls

Joycelyn: 29 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Augustine: 21 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Myrtis: 25 babies, 12× the national rate
Albertha: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Gertie: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Doretha: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Elouise: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Aline: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Earline: 54 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mercedes: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Murphy: 31 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Huey: 86 babies, 25× the national rate
Emile: 29 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Junius: 24 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Ivory: 19 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Nolan: 45 babies, 13× the national rate
Felton: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Lionel: 71 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jules: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Shelton: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,244	–	1
2	Betty	656	–	2
3	Dorothy	607	–	5
4	Shirley	426	↑4	4
5	Barbara	351	↓1	3
6	Gloria	315	–	30
7	Joyce	290	↓2	12
8	Helen	263	↓1	9
9	Doris	240	↑1	11
10	Annie	216	↑2	38
11	Marie	209	–	34
12	Margaret	198	↑3	8
13	Ruby	196	↓4	39
14	Patricia	178	↑4	6
15	Ethel	167	↑1	78
16	Audrey	166	↑4	69
17	Rose	158	↓4	37
18	Willie	156	↑1	>100
19	Geraldine	153	↑4	43
20	Mildred	151	↓6	35
21	Evelyn	150	↑8	29
22	Dolores	148	↑13	26
23	Frances	145	↑7	19
24	Joan	145	↑1	7
25	Anna	140	↓4	31
26	Lois	139	↑1	20
27	Ruth	139	↓3	13
28	Alice	138	↓11	25
29	Martha	132	↓3	27
30	Lillie	131	↓2	>100
31	Elizabeth	124	↓9	18
32	Carolyn	121	↑18	33
33	Ella	121	new	>100
34	Virginia	119	↑5	15
35	Theresa	117	↑3	77
36	Bobbie	115	↑10	>100
37	Peggy	115	↑4	36
38	Clara	114	↑6	76
39	Thelma	114	↓3	65
40	Louise	113	↓7	40
41	Billie	109	new	92
42	Catherine	107	↓10	42
43	Juanita	107	↓6	64
44	Gladys	105	↓2	66
45	Lucille	104	↓2	84
46	Patsy	103	new	59
47	Bessie	102	new	>100
48	Margie	102	↓8	>100
49	Rita	100	↓4	63
50	Beverly	99	↓16	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	913	–	2
2	John	833	–	3
3	Joseph	651	–	10
4	Charles	611	–	7
5	Robert	587	–	1
6	William	419	–	4
7	Willie	326	–	30
8	George	307	–	8
9	Donald	294	–	6
10	Edward	268	↑1	13
11	Henry	256	↑1	27
12	Louis	216	↑1	40
13	Thomas	206	↓3	9
14	Richard	203	↑1	5
15	Frank	192	↓1	16
16	Billy	191	↑2	20
17	Bobby	180	↑2	23
18	Paul	173	↑3	14
19	Raymond	170	↓3	19
20	Clarence	169	↑5	45
21	Earl	169	↑6	41
22	Harold	169	–	18
23	Albert	164	↓6	32
24	Jerry	158	↓4	25
25	Lawrence	154	↓1	34
26	Walter	153	↑3	21
27	David	151	↑3	12
28	Leroy	140	–	54
29	Ronald	132	↑5	11
30	Roy	131	↓7	35
31	Alvin	130	↑4	93
32	Joe	128	↓1	26
33	Ernest	123	↑3	51
34	Gerald	111	↓8	22
35	Jack	109	↑4	17
36	Arthur	106	↓3	29
37	Eddie	106	new	92
38	Melvin	106	↓1	55
39	Anthony	104	↑4	52
40	Eugene	103	–	24
41	Alfred	102	–	64
42	Herbert	100	↑5	57
43	Kenneth	100	new	15
44	Leon	95	↑5	87
45	Andrew	94	–	76
46	Herman	92	new	97
47	Johnny	92	new	83
48	Huey	86	new	>100
49	Ralph	86	new	31
50	Samuel	85	↓6	66

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