Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1935

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,213 babies) and James for boys (996). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,596 babies born in Louisiana in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1935

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: 34 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 24 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Doretha: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Albertha: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Elouise: 30 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mercedes: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Earline: 53 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Syble: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gussie: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leola: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 16 babies, 35× the national rate
Huey: 202 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Ivy: 15 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Emile: 27 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Murphy: 19 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Felton: 21 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jules: 17 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Nolan: 40 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Ivory: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Percy: 68 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,213	–	1
2	Shirley	764	↑2	2
3	Betty	644	↓1	4
4	Dorothy	568	↓1	6
5	Barbara	411	–	3
6	Joyce	300	↑1	12
7	Gloria	295	↓1	32
8	Helen	244	–	10
9	Doris	221	–	13
10	Patricia	218	↑4	5
11	Ruby	211	↑2	41
12	Marie	192	↓1	33
13	Annie	189	↓3	38
14	Audrey	189	↑2	64
15	Mildred	179	↑5	35
16	Geraldine	178	↑3	40
17	Margaret	176	↓5	8
18	Rose	174	↓1	37
19	Joan	159	↑5	7
20	Ethel	156	↓5	82
21	Martha	150	↑8	24
22	Ruth	150	↑5	15
23	Elizabeth	149	↑8	17
24	Beverly	146	↑26	20
25	Evelyn	137	↓4	31
26	Willie	135	↓8	99
27	Anna	133	↓2	34
28	Carolyn	131	↑4	28
29	Alice	123	↓1	25
30	Louise	123	↑10	45
31	Frances	122	↓8	19
32	Dolores	120	↓10	26
33	Virginia	119	↑1	16
34	Juanita	116	↑9	72
35	Ella	110	↓2	>100
36	Jean	110	new	18
37	Lucille	109	↑8	85
38	Lois	108	↓12	21
39	Lillie	107	↓9	>100
40	Sylvia	107	new	60
41	Catherine	105	↑1	42
42	Hazel	105	new	92
43	Billie	104	↓2	>100
44	Patsy	104	↑2	56
45	Bobbie	102	↓9	>100
46	Emma	102	new	89
47	Peggy	102	↓10	36
48	Theresa	101	↓13	86
49	Clara	100	↓11	81
50	Thelma	98	↓11	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	996	–	2
2	John	739	–	3
3	Charles	630	↑1	6
4	Joseph	622	↓1	10
5	Robert	584	–	1
6	William	441	–	4
7	Willie	344	–	30
8	Donald	332	↑1	7
9	George	317	↓1	8
10	Henry	257	↑1	27
11	Edward	243	↓1	13
12	Richard	233	↑2	5
13	Thomas	225	–	9
14	Huey	202	↑34	>100
15	Louis	202	↓3	42
16	Frank	200	↓1	16
17	Raymond	193	↑2	17
18	Paul	189	–	14
19	Albert	179	↑4	31
20	Jerry	175	↑4	22
21	Leroy	175	↑7	50
22	Billy	174	↓6	19
23	Earl	169	↓2	46
24	Bobby	165	↓7	24
25	Ronald	165	↑4	12
26	Clarence	163	↓6	48
27	David	160	–	11
28	Walter	160	↓2	23
29	Harold	153	↓7	20
30	Roy	149	–	40
31	Gerald	147	↑3	21
32	Joe	147	–	25
33	Lawrence	146	↓8	35
34	Arthur	140	↑2	29
35	Alvin	113	↓4	91
36	Jimmy	108	new	47
37	Melvin	108	↑1	57
38	Eugene	107	↑2	26
39	Kenneth	106	↑4	15
40	Eddie	105	↓3	87
41	Ernest	105	↓8	55
42	Alfred	104	↓1	63
43	Larry	104	new	33
44	Floyd	103	new	76
45	Herbert	99	↓3	58
46	Harry	95	new	37
47	Jimmie	94	new	69
48	Carl	92	new	28
49	Allen	90	new	83
50	Johnny	90	↓3	74

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