Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1945

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,468 babies) and James for boys (1,287). Social Security records list 51,238 babies born in Louisiana in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1945

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: 25 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Myrtis: 18 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Aline: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Earline: 44 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leola: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elouise: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sybil: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cecile: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Virgie: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mercedes: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 32 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Huey: 23 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Jules: 23 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Lionel: 75 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Shelton: 25 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Rogers: 24 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Nolan: 33 babies, 10× the national rate
Wilton: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Errol: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ivory: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,468	–	1
2	Barbara	770	–	3
3	Linda	703	↑1	2
4	Betty	601	↓1	11
5	Patricia	545	–	4
6	Shirley	496	↑2	14
7	Gloria	440	↑2	23
8	Dorothy	435	↓1	21
9	Sandra	412	↑1	6
10	Carolyn	385	↓4	12
11	Judy	343	–	13
12	Joyce	298	–	18
13	Carol	296	–	5
14	Margaret	271	–	15
15	Brenda	269	–	29
16	Helen	218	–	31
17	Elizabeth	192	↑1	26
18	Sharon	192	↑3	8
19	Rose	190	–	54
20	Annie	184	↑16	69
21	Martha	184	↓4	30
22	Diane	176	↑5	22
23	Susan	170	new	10
24	Janice	162	↑6	24
25	Kathleen	161	↑8	19
26	Doris	160	↓3	46
27	Marie	158	↓2	49
28	Judith	156	↓4	9
29	Alice	150	↓9	41
30	Cheryl	148	↑4	32
31	Elaine	148	↑6	44
32	Geraldine	148	↓4	56
33	Virginia	148	↓2	28
34	Nancy	147	↓5	7
35	Beverly	146	↓13	37
36	Frances	146	↓10	34
37	Donna	140	↑9	17
38	Ruby	137	↑3	95
39	Peggy	136	↑4	45
40	Evelyn	132	–	57
41	Ruth	130	↑3	33
42	Ann	127	↑3	39
43	Joan	125	↓11	25
44	Glenda	124	new	92
45	Patsy	122	↓10	84
46	Catherine	120	↓8	50
47	Jane	119	new	36
48	Jo	118	new	60
49	Mildred	118	new	93
50	Anna	116	↓1	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,287	–	1
2	John	1,116	–	3
3	Robert	993	–	2
4	Charles	823	–	7
5	Joseph	678	–	14
6	William	595	–	4
7	Richard	472	↑1	5
8	Thomas	393	↑4	8
9	Donald	383	–	12
10	George	383	↓3	15
11	David	379	–	6
12	Michael	375	↑3	9
13	Willie	374	↓3	31
14	Larry	371	↑3	11
15	Ronald	350	↓2	10
16	Jerry	313	↓2	20
17	Edward	306	↑1	18
18	Kenneth	300	↑1	16
19	Henry	255	↓3	37
20	Paul	240	↑1	17
21	Louis	228	↑3	55
22	Johnny	221	↑3	45
23	Raymond	218	↓1	23
24	Roy	208	↓4	40
25	Harold	206	↑6	28
26	Frank	205	–	21
27	Albert	192	–	49
28	Gerald	187	↓5	25
29	Walter	183	↑4	27
30	Lawrence	181	↑4	30
31	Bobby	166	↓3	53
32	Gary	165	↑7	13
33	Arthur	161	↑2	34
34	Billy	158	↓4	42
35	Wayne	154	↑6	35
36	Earl	153	↑4	71
37	Eddie	153	↑5	81
38	Leroy	150	↑8	83
39	Jimmy	148	↓10	41
40	Joe	148	↓4	36
41	Clarence	145	↓9	82
42	Ernest	143	↑5	60
43	Alvin	140	↓5	>100
44	Anthony	137	↓7	46
45	Harry	125	↓2	47
46	Melvin	123	↓2	78
47	Allen	122	new	74
48	Daniel	120	↓3	24
49	Eugene	119	new	50
50	Leonard	112	new	57

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