Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1943

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,605 babies) and James for boys (1,398). Social Security records list 54,625 babies born in Louisiana in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1943

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: 15 babies, 40.1× the national rate
Joycelyn: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Earline: 59 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Albertha: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Althea: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Doretha: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Celestine: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ora: 43 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Aline: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eula: 48 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 36 babies, 22× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Murphy: 24 babies, 20× the national rate
Huey: 24 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Felton: 25 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Junius: 16 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Wilton: 35 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Ivory: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Rogers: 23 babies, 11× the national rate
Lionel: 58 babies, 10.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,605	–	1
2	Barbara	850	–	2
3	Betty	703	–	10
4	Linda	700	–	4
5	Patricia	576	–	3
6	Carolyn	513	↑1	11
7	Shirley	431	↑1	12
8	Dorothy	424	↓2	19
9	Gloria	398	–	30
10	Sandra	371	↑2	6
11	Carol	322	↑2	5
12	Judy	314	↑3	13
13	Joyce	288	↓3	16
14	Brenda	278	–	35
15	Helen	262	↑2	28
16	Margaret	245	↓5	14
17	Judith	226	↑11	7
18	Elizabeth	214	↓2	23
19	Frances	210	–	31
20	Rose	203	↑4	50
21	Martha	200	↓3	29
22	Geraldine	195	↓1	51
23	Annie	186	↓1	69
24	Beverly	185	↑6	32
25	Doris	181	↓5	40
26	Virginia	180	–	25
27	Marie	175	↓4	45
28	Alice	171	↓1	38
29	Ruby	169	–	82
30	Sharon	168	new	8
31	Patsy	166	↓6	61
32	Ruth	160	↑15	33
33	Ann	149	↑6	37
34	Rita	145	↑10	52
35	Diane	144	new	24
36	Janice	143	↓4	26
37	Joan	143	↓4	21
38	Elaine	141	↓1	46
39	Evelyn	140	↓1	53
40	Ethel	139	↑6	>100
41	Peggy	139	↓1	41
42	Catherine	138	↓1	48
43	Nancy	138	↓7	9
44	Jo	134	↓10	63
45	Mildred	130	↓10	76
46	Willie	125	↓3	>100
47	Audrey	124	↓16	>100
48	Janet	124	new	20
49	Juanita	122	new	91
50	Lillie	120	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,398	–	1
2	John	1,178	–	3
3	Robert	1,053	–	2
4	Charles	812	–	7
5	Joseph	715	–	13
6	William	669	–	4
7	Richard	487	↑4	5
8	George	415	↓1	14
9	Ronald	409	↑7	9
10	Donald	405	–	11
11	Willie	392	↓3	36
12	Thomas	380	↓3	8
13	David	349	↓1	6
14	Jerry	338	↑1	17
15	Edward	325	↓2	18
16	Larry	310	↑4	12
17	Henry	299	↓3	31
18	Kenneth	280	↑3	15
19	Paul	274	–	19
20	Michael	273	↑9	10
21	Frank	257	↓4	21
22	Roy	251	↑6	38
23	Gerald	243	↓1	23
24	Louis	234	↓6	53
25	Raymond	224	↑1	22
26	Albert	220	↓2	43
27	Harold	209	↓2	27
28	Johnny	209	↑4	52
29	Walter	193	↑4	26
30	Jimmy	188	↑9	42
31	Lawrence	186	↓1	32
32	Arthur	183	↑2	30
33	Leroy	178	↑4	74
34	Joe	177	↑1	35
35	Billy	176	↓4	37
36	Bobby	176	↓9	46
37	Clarence	176	↓1	68
38	Earl	160	↑2	60
39	Alvin	158	↓1	>100
40	Eugene	156	↑3	47
41	Ernest	143	–	61
42	Eddie	136	↑5	80
43	Harry	134	new	50
44	Melvin	132	↓2	63
45	Anthony	131	new	44
46	Carl	126	new	33
47	Douglas	122	↓24	28
48	Wayne	120	new	41
49	Daniel	116	new	25
50	Tommy	116	new	77

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