Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1942

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,625 babies) and James for boys (1,355). Social Security records list 52,441 babies born in Louisiana in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1942

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Enola: 18 babies, 31.9× the national rate
Joycelyn: 37 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Myrtis: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Mercedes: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gaynell: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Earline: 49 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Doretha: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Elouise: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Althea: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elnora: 33 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 15 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Ivy: 15 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Emile: 28 babies, 17× the national rate
Murphy: 18 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Junius: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Huey: 25 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Lionel: 68 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jules: 26 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Felton: 24 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Ivory: 22 babies, 12.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,625	–	1
2	Barbara	820	–	2
3	Betty	663	–	9
4	Linda	535	–	4
5	Patricia	529	–	3
6	Dorothy	479	–	17
7	Carolyn	468	↑2	10
8	Shirley	423	↓1	12
9	Gloria	391	↓1	31
10	Joyce	332	–	13
11	Margaret	288	–	14
12	Sandra	274	↑2	6
13	Carol	259	↑5	5
14	Brenda	232	↑2	40
15	Judy	230	↑12	15
16	Elizabeth	224	↑1	22
17	Helen	220	↓5	26
18	Martha	208	↓3	29
19	Frances	207	↑7	30
20	Doris	204	–	41
21	Geraldine	195	↓2	47
22	Annie	194	↑3	62
23	Marie	184	↓10	43
24	Rose	180	↓2	50
25	Patsy	179	↓2	57
26	Virginia	178	↑4	23
27	Alice	174	↓6	39
28	Judith	165	↑3	7
29	Ruby	160	↓1	77
30	Beverly	155	↓6	32
31	Audrey	147	↑1	>100
32	Janice	147	↑11	25
33	Joan	147	↑12	18
34	Jo	146	↑3	65
35	Mildred	145	↓2	71
36	Nancy	143	↑3	8
37	Elaine	139	↑10	45
38	Evelyn	132	–	53
39	Ann	130	↑10	38
40	Peggy	130	↓11	42
41	Catherine	128	↓7	49
42	Glenda	127	new	89
43	Willie	127	↓2	>100
44	Rita	126	↑6	55
45	Anna	125	↓3	59
46	Ethel	124	↓10	>100
47	Ruth	123	↓7	33
48	Sylvia	122	↓13	72
49	Yvonne	120	new	>100
50	Bonnie	118	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	1,355	–	1
2	John	1,071	–	3
3	Robert	940	–	2
4	Charles	832	↑1	7
5	Joseph	772	↓1	11
6	William	662	–	4
7	George	446	↑1	14
8	Willie	434	↑1	37
9	Thomas	405	↑2	8
10	Donald	388	↓3	10
11	Richard	380	↑1	5
12	David	365	↑3	6
13	Edward	331	–	17
14	Henry	322	↑2	31
15	Jerry	321	↓5	16
16	Ronald	313	↓2	9
17	Frank	267	↑3	21
18	Louis	266	↑4	51
19	Paul	262	–	19
20	Larry	260	↓3	12
21	Kenneth	248	↑3	15
22	Gerald	227	↓4	22
23	Douglas	224	new	23
24	Albert	222	↑4	40
25	Harold	210	↑4	27
26	Raymond	205	↓5	24
27	Bobby	204	↓2	43
28	Roy	200	↓5	42
29	Michael	198	↑7	13
30	Lawrence	184	↑1	30
31	Billy	179	↓5	35
32	Johnny	178	↓2	55
33	Walter	172	–	26
34	Arthur	171	–	29
35	Joe	170	↑4	33
36	Clarence	167	↓4	67
37	Leroy	157	–	69
38	Alvin	148	↓3	>100
39	Jimmy	148	↑9	47
40	Earl	147	↓13	62
41	Ernest	147	↓1	61
42	Melvin	137	↓4	60
43	Eugene	135	↓2	45
44	Samuel	132	↑1	59
45	Herman	129	↑1	>100
46	Alfred	127	new	76
47	Eddie	127	↓3	86
48	Herbert	125	↑2	83
49	Leon	122	new	93
50	Freddie	119	new	>100

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