Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1939

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1939 were Mary for girls (1,487 babies) and James for boys (1,150). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,275 babies born in Louisiana in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1939

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: 23 babies, 37.2× the national rate
Enola: 15 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Vergie: 18 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Joycelyn: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Gertie: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Doretha: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Aline: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Earline: 46 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Elouise: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Murphy: 27 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Emile: 35 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Huey: 46 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Junius: 15 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Felton: 23 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Ivory: 25 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Jules: 22 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lionel: 63 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Nolan: 45 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Dalton: 24 babies, 10× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	1,487	–	1
2	Betty	670	↑1	4
3	Barbara	638	↓1	2
4	Shirley	547	–	5
5	Dorothy	443	–	9
6	Gloria	349	–	36
7	Patricia	294	↑1	3
8	Carolyn	280	↑1	14
9	Joyce	278	↓2	12
10	Helen	260	–	16
11	Margaret	231	–	10
12	Elizabeth	222	↑5	18
13	Doris	205	↑7	29
14	Geraldine	194	↑1	41
15	Annie	193	↓3	54
16	Marie	193	↓3	37
17	Alice	190	↑1	31
18	Ruby	182	↑7	67
19	Rose	181	↓5	42
20	Frances	180	↑4	26
21	Martha	177	↓5	27
22	Linda	172	new	15
23	Audrey	156	↓2	98
24	Carol	156	↑2	6
25	Anna	146	↓2	43
26	Joan	145	↑18	11
27	Evelyn	144	↓5	40
28	Yvonne	144	↑10	90
29	Ethel	140	↑2	100
30	Mildred	138	–	55
31	Virginia	136	↓3	21
32	Patsy	135	↓5	56
33	Janice	131	↑7	24
34	Ruth	131	↓2	22
35	Beverly	127	↓16	25
36	Catherine	124	↓1	49
37	Norma	123	↑10	38
38	Peggy	123	↓4	34
39	Willie	122	↓2	>100
40	Bobbie	120	↓1	>100
41	Sylvia	120	↓12	62
42	Sandra	118	new	13
43	Edna	116	new	81
44	Lillie	115	↓11	>100
45	Lois	115	↓9	35
46	Emma	109	new	89
47	Juanita	106	new	77
48	Lucille	106	new	>100
49	Jeanette	105	new	82
50	Theresa	105	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	James	1,150	–	2
2	John	972	–	3
3	Robert	769	–	1
4	Charles	724	–	6
5	Joseph	659	–	12
6	William	495	–	4
7	Willie	360	–	33
8	Donald	359	–	8
9	George	347	–	11
10	Thomas	313	↑2	9
11	Richard	299	–	5
12	Edward	269	↓2	15
13	Henry	254	–	31
14	Raymond	247	↑4	22
15	Jerry	241	–	16
16	Louis	235	↓2	49
17	David	220	↓1	7
18	Ronald	213	↓1	10
19	Paul	212	↑1	17
20	Harold	189	↑15	23
21	Frank	188	↑4	20
22	Roy	188	↑6	42
23	Albert	187	↓4	41
24	Billy	186	↓2	24
25	Gerald	186	↓4	19
26	Walter	181	↑8	25
27	Joe	176	↓3	27
28	Lawrence	175	↑1	36
29	Kenneth	172	↑11	13
30	Bobby	169	↓7	29
31	Earl	169	↓4	50
32	Larry	165	↓6	14
33	Clarence	153	–	60
34	Leroy	153	↓4	61
35	Arthur	150	↓4	32
36	Jimmy	148	↑7	43
37	Eugene	137	↑5	37
38	Melvin	131	↓6	51
39	Ernest	123	–	55
40	Johnny	121	↓3	62
41	Alvin	118	↓3	>100
42	Herbert	113	↑5	68
43	Herman	113	↑1	>100
44	Anthony	108	↓3	48
45	Eddie	101	↓9	81
46	Harry	101	–	45
47	Michael	101	new	18
48	Leon	100	–	86
49	Lee	98	new	78
50	Allen	94	↓5	72

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