Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1944

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,640 babies) and James for boys (1,379). Social Security records list 53,806 babies born in Louisiana in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1944

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

Girls

Joycelyn: 18 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Augustine: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Aline: 23 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Earline: 55 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Gaynell: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Elouise: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leola: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Louella: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ophelia: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ora: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Murphy: 28 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Emile: 33 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Huey: 29 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Felton: 23 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Lionel: 73 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Curley: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jules: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Glynn: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Ivory: 21 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Nolan: 38 babies, 9.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,640	–	1
2	Barbara	764	–	2
3	Betty	685	–	10
4	Linda	671	–	3
5	Patricia	589	–	4
6	Carolyn	498	–	11
7	Dorothy	486	↑1	19
8	Shirley	462	↓1	15
9	Gloria	388	–	25
10	Sandra	367	–	6
11	Judy	321	↑1	12
12	Joyce	314	↑1	18
13	Carol	299	↓2	5
14	Margaret	287	↑2	14
15	Brenda	273	↓1	30
16	Helen	233	↓1	31
17	Martha	227	↑4	29
18	Elizabeth	220	–	23
19	Rose	204	↑1	52
20	Alice	196	↑8	38
21	Sharon	188	↑9	8
22	Beverly	187	↑2	35
23	Doris	186	↑2	42
24	Judith	186	↓7	9
25	Marie	184	↑2	48
26	Frances	175	↓7	33
27	Diane	166	↑8	24
28	Geraldine	165	↓6	53
29	Nancy	163	↑14	7
30	Janice	152	↑6	28
31	Virginia	148	↓5	26
32	Joan	147	↑5	22
33	Kathleen	146	new	20
34	Cheryl	145	new	36
35	Patsy	142	↓4	72
36	Annie	141	↓13	71
37	Elaine	140	↑1	46
38	Catherine	139	↑4	49
39	Wanda	137	new	58
40	Evelyn	136	↓1	57
41	Ruby	134	↓12	87
42	Ethel	132	↓2	>100
43	Peggy	127	↓2	45
44	Ruth	127	↓12	32
45	Ann	122	↓12	39
46	Donna	120	new	17
47	Willie	120	↓1	>100
48	Karen	119	new	16
49	Anna	118	new	74
50	Bobbie	118	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,379	–	1
2	John	1,234	–	3
3	Robert	1,025	–	2
4	Charles	871	–	7
5	Joseph	741	–	13
6	William	654	–	4
7	George	453	↑1	14
8	Richard	446	↓1	5
9	Donald	437	↑1	11
10	Willie	417	↑1	31
11	David	416	↑2	6
12	Thomas	405	–	8
13	Ronald	379	↓4	10
14	Jerry	353	–	19
15	Michael	332	↑5	9
16	Henry	331	↑1	35
17	Larry	329	↓1	12
18	Edward	324	↓3	18
19	Kenneth	284	↓1	16
20	Roy	245	↑2	39
21	Paul	244	↓2	17
22	Raymond	234	↑3	22
23	Gerald	230	–	24
24	Louis	228	–	54
25	Johnny	226	↑3	45
26	Frank	225	↓5	21
27	Albert	215	↓1	44
28	Bobby	199	↑8	50
29	Jimmy	199	↑1	41
30	Billy	197	↑5	38
31	Harold	191	↓4	27
32	Clarence	188	↑5	74
33	Walter	187	↓4	26
34	Lawrence	179	↓3	32
35	Arthur	169	↓3	29
36	Joe	158	↓2	33
37	Anthony	155	↑8	46
38	Alvin	154	↑1	>100
39	Gary	151	new	15
40	Earl	150	↓2	65
41	Wayne	147	↑7	37
42	Eddie	146	–	79
43	Harry	145	–	49
44	Melvin	145	–	67
45	Daniel	144	↑4	25
46	Leroy	142	↓13	78
47	Ernest	141	↓6	59
48	Jimmie	120	new	98
49	Herman	118	new	>100
50	Jack	114	new	30

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