Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1938

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1938 were Mary for girls (1,326 babies) and James for boys (1,071). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,609 babies born in Louisiana in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1938

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: 16 babies, 41.8× the national rate
Joycelyn: 27 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Augustine: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 20 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gertie: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Gaynell: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lessie: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gussie: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Aline: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Earline: 47 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 38 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Murphy: 28 babies, 21× the national rate
Huey: 55 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Junius: 15 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Ivory: 23 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Felton: 21 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Shelton: 21 babies, 12× the national rate
Lionel: 60 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Wilton: 22 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Nolan: 40 babies, 10.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	1,326	–	1
2	Barbara	698	↑2	2
3	Betty	693	↓1	4
4	Shirley	565	↓1	5
5	Dorothy	499	–	8
6	Gloria	298	–	36
7	Joyce	282	–	11
8	Patricia	275	–	3
9	Carolyn	220	↑5	15
10	Helen	219	↑1	13
11	Margaret	214	↓1	9
12	Annie	207	↑6	47
13	Marie	196	↓1	37
14	Rose	195	↓1	39
15	Geraldine	192	↑6	45
16	Martha	184	↑6	26
17	Elizabeth	182	↑2	17
18	Alice	177	↑8	29
19	Beverly	173	↓2	18
20	Doris	173	↓5	25
21	Audrey	163	↓5	87
22	Evelyn	163	↑3	38
23	Anna	162	↑5	40
24	Frances	162	–	23
25	Ruby	159	↓16	61
26	Carol	157	↑7	6
27	Patsy	148	↑10	55
28	Virginia	147	↑1	22
29	Sylvia	145	↑7	56
30	Mildred	142	↓3	52
31	Ethel	139	↓11	94
32	Ruth	133	↓2	21
33	Lillie	130	↓2	>100
34	Peggy	127	↑10	35
35	Catherine	125	new	48
36	Lois	124	↓1	33
37	Willie	124	↓14	>100
38	Yvonne	121	↓6	>100
39	Bobbie	118	↓1	>100
40	Janice	117	new	24
41	Louise	116	↑2	59
42	Ann	115	new	32
43	Dolores	115	↓2	43
44	Joan	115	↓10	10
45	Clara	113	new	98
46	Jean	112	↑1	27
47	Norma	110	↓2	34
48	Ella	106	new	>100
49	Rita	106	new	74
50	Jo	105	↓2	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	James	1,071	–	2
2	John	888	–	3
3	Robert	761	–	1
4	Charles	695	↑1	6
5	Joseph	669	↓1	12
6	William	508	–	4
7	Willie	391	–	34
8	Donald	370	↑1	7
9	George	366	↓1	11
10	Edward	279	↑2	13
11	Richard	278	↓1	5
12	Thomas	272	↑1	9
13	Henry	254	↓2	30
14	Louis	242	–	47
15	Jerry	240	↑3	17
16	David	212	↑13	8
17	Ronald	209	↑7	10
18	Raymond	207	↑2	20
19	Albert	203	↑3	37
20	Paul	200	↓3	15
21	Gerald	199	↑9	19
22	Billy	190	↓1	24
23	Bobby	190	↓7	27
24	Joe	190	↓5	28
25	Frank	184	↓10	18
26	Larry	175	↑9	16
27	Earl	174	↓4	50
28	Roy	164	–	41
29	Lawrence	156	↓3	36
30	Leroy	148	↑2	61
31	Arthur	141	↑9	32
32	Melvin	141	↑5	54
33	Clarence	140	↓8	58
34	Walter	140	↓3	26
35	Harold	139	↓8	23
36	Eddie	137	↑8	79
37	Johnny	134	↓4	63
38	Alvin	127	↑1	98
39	Ernest	124	↓3	55
40	Kenneth	122	↓6	14
41	Anthony	121	↑7	46
42	Eugene	115	↓4	33
43	Jimmy	114	–	45
44	Herman	111	↓2	>100
45	Allen	106	–	73
46	Harry	102	new	44
47	Herbert	100	new	68
48	Leon	99	new	85
49	Carl	98	↓8	29
50	Leonard	98	new	57

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