Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1948

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,598 babies) and James for boys (1,570). Social Security records list 66,188 babies born in Louisiana in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1948

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: 18 babies, 35× the national rate
Joycelyn: 30 babies, 20× the national rate
Gaynell: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Earline: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Leola: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Cecile: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Beryl: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Virgie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ora: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gilda: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 31 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Huey: 25 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Murphy: 17 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Glynn: 30 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Felton: 34 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Lionel: 88 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lucien: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jules: 19 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rogers: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Wilbert: 94 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,598	–	1
2	Mary	1,482	–	2
3	Barbara	857	–	3
4	Patricia	820	–	4
5	Betty	629	–	18
6	Brenda	601	↑2	17
7	Sandra	543	–	6
8	Carolyn	521	↓2	14
9	Shirley	511	–	20
10	Judy	406	↑1	16
11	Gloria	405	↓1	28
12	Dorothy	378	–	29
13	Susan	352	↑5	5
14	Sharon	347	–	9
15	Cynthia	346	–	27
16	Margaret	341	–	13
17	Carol	296	↓4	8
18	Joyce	291	↓1	21
19	Elizabeth	266	↑4	26
20	Cheryl	261	↓1	25
21	Diane	259	–	19
22	Donna	258	↑5	11
23	Beverly	249	↓1	31
24	Martha	248	–	32
25	Peggy	240	↑6	38
26	Kathleen	234	↑2	10
27	Nancy	226	↑7	7
28	Janice	223	↓8	23
29	Dianne	204	↑9	86
30	Catherine	201	↑5	41
31	Helen	198	↓6	40
32	Pamela	192	new	22
33	Karen	189	↑7	12
34	Marie	189	↑2	60
35	Rose	186	↓6	62
36	Doris	183	↓4	64
37	Judith	178	↓11	15
38	Annie	175	↑4	97
39	Frances	174	↓6	42
40	Virginia	174	↑4	36
41	Evelyn	173	↓4	74
42	Alice	170	↓12	49
43	Jo	170	↓4	56
44	Wanda	169	↑3	57
45	Deborah	168	new	30
46	Charlotte	164	new	69
47	Marilyn	160	↑3	33
48	Elaine	156	↓7	53
49	Patsy	156	new	98
50	Glenda	154	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,570	–	1
2	John	1,354	–	3
3	Robert	1,181	–	2
4	Charles	1,029	–	9
5	Joseph	827	–	13
6	Michael	760	↑1	6
7	William	756	↓1	4
8	David	672	↑4	5
9	Larry	635	↑2	11
10	Ronald	631	↓2	10
11	Donald	542	↓2	14
12	Richard	475	↓2	7
13	Thomas	470	–	8
14	Kenneth	462	↑2	15
15	George	455	↓1	16
16	Willie	413	↓1	40
17	Edward	384	↑1	19
18	Jerry	338	↓1	21
19	Henry	336	–	45
20	Paul	317	↑1	18
21	Gary	304	↑2	12
22	Louis	302	↓2	64
23	Johnny	287	↓1	52
24	Frank	283	–	25
25	Roy	256	–	49
26	Lawrence	238	↑10	31
27	Wayne	237	–	34
28	Albert	231	↑4	55
29	Gerald	230	↑1	30
30	Harold	223	↑1	36
31	Earl	219	↑8	83
32	Terry	217	↑9	26
33	Clarence	216	↑4	87
34	Raymond	215	↓8	27
35	Daniel	206	–	22
36	Billy	202	↓3	53
37	Jimmy	201	↓9	50
38	Russell	195	new	67
39	Bobby	194	↓5	62
40	Walter	191	↓11	35
41	Arthur	188	↓1	44
42	Dennis	187	↑5	17
43	Melvin	179	↑2	81
44	Eddie	178	↓1	78
45	Leroy	174	↑3	97
46	Alvin	173	↑3	>100
47	Glenn	170	↓5	73
48	Anthony	168	↓10	41
49	Joe	165	new	47
50	Ernest	163	↓4	76

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