Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1946

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,597 babies) and James for boys (1,490). Social Security records list 61,169 babies born in Louisiana in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1946

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: 27 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Aline: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Gaynell: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Earline: 56 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Doretha: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Mercedes: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lessie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Irma: 84 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wilda: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Ivy: 17 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Jules: 33 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Lionel: 86 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Emile: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Wilton: 23 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Rogers: 31 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Glynn: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Dalton: 25 babies, 10× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,597	–	1
2	Linda	926	↑1	2
3	Barbara	868	↓1	4
4	Patricia	732	↑1	3
5	Betty	707	↓1	14
6	Shirley	518	–	18
7	Sandra	508	↑2	6
8	Carolyn	493	↑2	12
9	Gloria	444	↓2	26
10	Judy	436	↑1	11
11	Dorothy	419	↓3	23
12	Brenda	416	↑3	24
13	Carol	337	–	5
14	Joyce	331	↓2	20
15	Margaret	306	↓1	17
16	Sharon	295	↑2	9
17	Susan	279	↑6	8
18	Elizabeth	240	↓1	25
19	Beverly	237	↑16	30
20	Diane	228	↑2	19
21	Helen	206	↓5	36
22	Martha	205	↓1	32
23	Kathleen	202	↑2	16
24	Judith	200	↑4	10
25	Cynthia	199	new	46
26	Janice	199	↓2	22
27	Cheryl	195	↑3	27
28	Peggy	195	↑11	43
29	Rose	195	↓10	60
30	Nancy	191	↑4	7
31	Marie	188	↓4	54
32	Frances	186	↑4	39
33	Elaine	182	↓2	47
34	Doris	180	↓8	51
35	Alice	179	↓6	44
36	Geraldine	179	↓4	66
37	Catherine	165	↑9	48
38	Evelyn	165	↑2	65
39	Jo	165	↑9	53
40	Annie	164	↓20	97
41	Donna	164	↓4	13
42	Ruby	160	↓4	>100
43	Virginia	157	↓10	31
44	Sylvia	155	new	82
45	Charlotte	154	new	64
46	Janet	151	new	21
47	Patsy	147	↓2	85
48	Wanda	146	new	59
49	Marilyn	145	new	29
50	Glenda	142	↓6	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	1,490	–	1
2	John	1,413	–	3
3	Robert	1,264	–	2
4	Charles	955	–	9
5	Joseph	726	–	14
6	William	720	–	4
7	Richard	668	–	5
8	Michael	591	↑4	7
9	Ronald	522	↑6	10
10	Donald	491	↓1	13
11	Thomas	481	↓3	8
12	David	478	↓1	6
13	George	453	↓3	16
14	Larry	435	–	11
15	Willie	398	↓2	40
16	Kenneth	371	↑2	15
17	Jerry	361	↓1	20
18	Edward	340	↓1	19
19	Paul	306	↑1	18
20	Henry	300	↓1	41
21	Johnny	265	↑1	47
22	Louis	263	↓1	63
23	Raymond	255	–	25
24	Frank	252	↑2	22
25	Gary	252	↑7	12
26	Jimmy	247	↑13	42
27	Roy	246	↓3	43
28	Harold	222	↓3	33
29	Gerald	212	↓1	27
30	Wayne	209	↑5	29
31	Albert	204	↓4	52
32	Bobby	204	↓1	53
33	Clarence	202	↑8	89
34	Walter	199	↓5	30
35	Billy	188	↓1	45
36	Lawrence	187	↓6	31
37	Leroy	177	↑1	90
38	Arthur	174	↓5	36
39	Joe	168	↑1	37
40	Dennis	158	new	17
41	Allen	157	↑6	74
42	Alvin	157	↑1	>100
43	Ernest	157	↓1	71
44	Daniel	156	↑4	21
45	Anthony	154	↓1	44
46	Earl	153	↓10	82
47	Terry	151	new	26
48	Melvin	148	↓2	86
49	Ronnie	147	new	54
50	Eugene	143	↓1	57

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