Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1947

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,649 babies) and James for boys (1,579). Social Security records list 66,933 babies born in Louisiana in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1947

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: 38 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Augustine: 17 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Gaynell: 17 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Aline: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Beryl: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Wilda: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Earline: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Winnie: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gilda: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 46 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Murphy: 24 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Huey: 29 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Lionel: 75 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Glynn: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Rogers: 27 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Jules: 21 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Wilton: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ivory: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Shelton: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,649	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,644	↓1	2
3	Barbara	898	–	4
4	Patricia	803	–	3
5	Betty	684	–	17
6	Carolyn	578	↑2	15
7	Sandra	576	–	5
8	Brenda	498	↑4	21
9	Shirley	457	↓3	19
10	Gloria	448	↓1	27
11	Judy	438	↓1	14
12	Dorothy	415	↓1	26
13	Carol	352	–	6
14	Sharon	347	↑2	9
15	Cynthia	334	↑10	33
16	Margaret	333	↓1	16
17	Joyce	312	↓3	20
18	Susan	300	↓1	8
19	Cheryl	288	↑8	24
20	Janice	254	↑6	22
21	Diane	253	↓1	18
22	Beverly	243	↓3	31
23	Elizabeth	236	↓5	25
24	Martha	230	↓2	32
25	Helen	228	↓4	38
26	Judith	219	↓2	12
27	Donna	213	↑14	10
28	Kathleen	206	↓5	11
29	Rose	200	–	65
30	Alice	198	↑5	47
31	Peggy	196	↓3	42
32	Doris	191	↑2	58
33	Frances	189	↓1	39
34	Nancy	188	↓4	7
35	Catherine	187	↑2	46
36	Marie	186	↓5	57
37	Evelyn	184	↑1	72
38	Dianne	179	new	83
39	Jo	178	–	51
40	Karen	178	new	13
41	Elaine	177	↓8	50
42	Annie	172	↓2	>100
43	Bonnie	163	new	35
44	Virginia	163	↓1	34
45	Geraldine	160	↓9	78
46	Janet	158	–	23
47	Wanda	156	↑1	66
48	Ethel	151	new	>100
49	Ruby	151	↓7	>100
50	Marilyn	150	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,579	–	1
2	John	1,522	–	3
3	Robert	1,240	–	2
4	Charles	1,001	–	9
5	Joseph	859	–	14
6	William	723	–	4
7	Michael	675	↑1	7
8	Ronald	658	↑1	11
9	Donald	596	↑1	13
10	Richard	585	↓3	5
11	Larry	582	↑3	10
12	David	548	–	6
13	Thomas	494	↓2	8
14	George	485	↓1	16
15	Willie	444	–	42
16	Kenneth	441	–	15
17	Jerry	360	–	20
18	Edward	331	–	19
19	Henry	323	↑1	46
20	Louis	305	↑2	64
21	Paul	302	↓2	18
22	Johnny	298	↓1	49
23	Gary	278	↑2	12
24	Frank	274	–	23
25	Roy	262	↑2	48
26	Raymond	255	↓3	27
27	Wayne	247	↑3	30
28	Jimmy	242	↓2	44
29	Walter	237	↑5	34
30	Gerald	236	↓1	28
31	Harold	221	↓3	35
32	Albert	219	↓1	55
33	Billy	216	↑2	51
34	Bobby	207	↓2	60
35	Daniel	207	↑9	22
36	Lawrence	206	–	32
37	Clarence	204	↓4	88
38	Anthony	184	↑7	41
39	Earl	182	↑7	83
40	Arthur	180	↓2	38
41	Terry	177	↑6	26
42	Glenn	173	new	70
43	Eddie	172	new	80
44	Carl	170	new	40
45	Melvin	170	↑3	85
46	Ernest	164	↓3	75
47	Dennis	163	↓7	17
48	Leroy	162	↓11	98
49	Alvin	161	↓7	>100
50	Harry	159	new	54

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