Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1937

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,298 babies) and James for boys (943). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,571 babies born in Louisiana in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1937

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, 27.6× the national rate
Joycelyn: 35 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Albertha: 27 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Myrtis: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Earline: 54 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mercedes: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Aline: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Leola: 45 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Louella: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doretha: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Whitney: 15 babies, 30.5× the national rate
Huey: 95 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Murphy: 20 babies, 20× the national rate
Emile: 28 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Junius: 15 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lionel: 59 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Jules: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Nolan: 37 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Wilton: 21 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,298	–	1
2	Betty	655	↑1	5
3	Shirley	611	↓1	4
4	Barbara	541	↑1	2
5	Dorothy	527	↓1	8
6	Gloria	309	↑2	32
7	Joyce	286	↓1	11
8	Patricia	249	↑2	3
9	Ruby	230	↑5	52
10	Margaret	225	↑6	10
11	Helen	224	↓4	12
12	Marie	206	↓1	35
13	Rose	193	↓4	38
14	Carolyn	186	↑6	20
15	Doris	186	↓3	22
16	Audrey	185	↓1	85
17	Beverly	180	↑1	14
18	Annie	168	↓5	46
19	Elizabeth	167	–	17
20	Ethel	165	↑5	88
21	Geraldine	160	↓4	44
22	Martha	158	↑10	24
23	Willie	156	↓1	>100
24	Frances	155	↓1	19
25	Evelyn	153	↓1	36
26	Alice	149	↑7	28
27	Mildred	142	↓6	43
28	Anna	140	↑13	39
29	Virginia	136	↓1	16
30	Ruth	131	↓3	15
31	Lillie	129	↑9	>100
32	Yvonne	129	↑2	77
33	Carol	128	↑10	6
34	Joan	127	↓8	9
35	Lois	125	–	29
36	Sylvia	125	↓6	50
37	Patsy	124	↓6	54
38	Bobbie	117	↑8	>100
39	Edna	116	new	74
40	Lucille	113	↓11	98
41	Dolores	112	↓2	37
42	Emma	112	↓4	89
43	Louise	109	↓1	48
44	Peggy	109	↑6	31
45	Norma	102	new	33
46	Thelma	102	new	78
47	Jean	100	new	23
48	Jo	100	new	73
49	Juanita	100	↓5	75
50	Theresa	99	↓14	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	James	943	–	2
2	John	940	–	3
3	Robert	717	↑1	1
4	Joseph	688	↓1	12
5	Charles	633	–	6
6	William	435	–	4
7	Willie	364	↑1	32
8	George	328	↑1	10
9	Donald	327	↓2	7
10	Richard	279	–	5
11	Henry	262	–	30
12	Edward	248	–	13
13	Thomas	239	–	9
14	Louis	236	↑6	46
15	Frank	202	↑8	18
16	Bobby	196	↑3	24
17	Paul	194	↑1	15
18	Jerry	191	↑3	17
19	Joe	185	↑3	25
20	Raymond	185	↓3	19
21	Billy	182	↓7	22
22	Albert	181	↓6	37
23	Earl	175	↓8	48
24	Ronald	172	–	11
25	Clarence	166	↑6	54
26	Lawrence	158	↑11	38
27	Harold	157	↑1	21
28	Roy	155	↑4	40
29	David	154	↓3	8
30	Gerald	152	↓3	20
31	Walter	152	↓6	26
32	Leroy	135	↓3	56
33	Johnny	130	↑12	69
34	Kenneth	128	↓1	14
35	Larry	122	↑3	16
36	Ernest	119	–	53
37	Melvin	119	↑5	50
38	Eugene	115	↑1	33
39	Alvin	114	↑1	99
40	Arthur	110	↓6	31
41	Carl	110	↑3	28
42	Herman	110	↑6	>100
43	Jimmy	106	new	45
44	Eddie	105	↑3	83
45	Allen	103	↓10	76
46	Alfred	99	–	60
47	Andrew	99	new	79
48	Anthony	96	new	47
49	Jimmie	96	new	72
50	Huey	95	↓20	>100

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