Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1936

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,249 babies) and James for boys (1,032). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,024 babies born in Louisiana in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1936

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, 39.3× the national rate
Joycelyn: 25 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Augustine: 16 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Myrtis: 27 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Albertha: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Earline: 66 babies, 9× the national rate
Gertie: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Althea: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Doretha: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Louella: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Murphy: 21 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Huey: 153 babies, 23× the national rate
Emile: 36 babies, 21× the national rate
Curley: 16 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Junius: 17 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Jules: 25 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Felton: 24 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Lionel: 63 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Nolan: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Percy: 62 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,249	–	1
2	Shirley	719	–	2
3	Betty	598	–	4
4	Dorothy	506	–	6
5	Barbara	483	–	3
6	Joyce	292	–	12
7	Helen	272	↑1	11
8	Gloria	258	↓1	32
9	Rose	211	↑9	37
10	Patricia	210	–	5
11	Marie	207	↑1	33
12	Doris	202	↓3	15
13	Annie	189	–	45
14	Ruby	187	↓3	51
15	Audrey	180	↓1	68
16	Margaret	179	↑1	9
17	Geraldine	165	↓1	41
18	Beverly	152	↑6	17
19	Elizabeth	148	↑4	18
20	Carolyn	147	↑8	23
21	Mildred	143	↓6	40
22	Willie	143	↑4	>100
23	Frances	142	↑8	19
24	Evelyn	141	↑1	34
25	Ethel	134	↓5	90
26	Joan	134	↓7	7
27	Ruth	133	↓5	16
28	Virginia	131	↑5	14
29	Lucille	130	↑8	92
30	Sylvia	126	↑10	53
31	Patsy	125	↑13	52
32	Martha	123	↓11	24
33	Alice	120	↓4	27
34	Yvonne	115	new	81
35	Lois	114	↑3	26
36	Theresa	114	↑12	88
37	Catherine	113	↑4	44
38	Emma	113	↑8	85
39	Dolores	109	↓7	30
40	Lillie	109	↓1	>100
41	Anna	107	↓14	36
42	Louise	107	↓12	46
43	Carol	105	new	10
44	Juanita	105	↓10	75
45	Hazel	104	↓3	96
46	Bobbie	102	↓1	>100
47	Gladys	102	new	84
48	Margie	100	new	>100
49	Clara	98	–	91
50	Peggy	98	↓3	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	1,032	–	2
2	John	871	–	3
3	Joseph	677	↑1	11
4	Robert	625	↑1	1
5	Charles	579	↓2	6
6	William	418	–	4
7	Donald	331	↑1	7
8	Willie	324	↓1	32
9	George	299	–	9
10	Richard	290	↑2	5
11	Henry	224	↓1	28
12	Edward	221	↓1	13
13	Thomas	218	–	8
14	Billy	216	↑8	22
15	Earl	208	↑8	47
16	Albert	207	↑3	34
17	Raymond	206	–	17
18	Paul	203	–	15
19	Bobby	198	↑5	24
20	Louis	194	↓5	44
21	Jerry	188	↓1	18
22	Joe	184	↑10	23
23	Frank	165	↓7	16
24	Ronald	165	↑1	12
25	Walter	162	↑3	26
26	David	159	↑1	10
27	Gerald	158	↑4	19
28	Harold	158	↑1	21
29	Leroy	157	↓8	57
30	Huey	153	↓16	>100
31	Clarence	151	↓5	52
32	Roy	142	↓2	42
33	Kenneth	132	↑6	14
34	Arthur	126	–	30
35	Allen	118	↑14	81
36	Ernest	116	↑5	55
37	Lawrence	114	↓4	37
38	Larry	112	↑5	25
39	Eugene	111	↓1	29
40	Alvin	109	↓5	96
41	Herbert	107	↑4	62
42	Melvin	105	↓5	53
43	Harry	103	↑3	39
44	Carl	97	↑4	27
45	Johnny	96	↑5	72
46	Alfred	94	↓4	60
47	Eddie	92	↓7	79
48	Herman	92	new	>100
49	Leon	92	new	82
50	Jessie	88	new	>100

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