Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1949

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1949 were Mary for girls (1,559 babies) and James for boys (1,576). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 68,408 babies born in Louisiana in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1949

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: 31 babies, 19× the national rate
Aline: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Earline: 40 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Gilda: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elouise: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Eula: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Althea: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Pearlie: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Sybil: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ora: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 32 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Murphy: 25 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Huey: 32 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Glynn: 40 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Lionel: 101 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Felton: 24 babies, 11× the national rate
Rogers: 28 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ivory: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Errol: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Nolan: 33 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Mary	1,559	↑1	2
2	Linda	1,550	↓1	1
3	Barbara	870	–	4
4	Patricia	865	–	3
5	Brenda	738	↑1	13
6	Sandra	537	↑1	6
7	Carolyn	508	↑1	17
8	Shirley	505	↑1	18
9	Betty	489	↓4	22
10	Susan	438	↑3	5
11	Judy	435	↓1	20
12	Gloria	419	↓1	29
13	Cynthia	390	↑2	27
14	Sharon	379	–	10
15	Dorothy	361	↓3	32
16	Margaret	350	–	14
17	Joyce	331	↑1	26
18	Elizabeth	311	↑1	25
19	Carol	294	↓2	8
20	Deborah	291	↑25	15
21	Peggy	276	↑4	38
22	Janice	275	↑6	24
23	Kathleen	271	↑3	9
24	Donna	267	↓2	12
25	Diane	258	↓4	19
26	Rose	251	↑9	66
27	Beverly	247	↓4	31
28	Karen	247	↑5	11
29	Catherine	234	↑1	37
30	Cheryl	231	↓10	28
31	Dianne	227	↓2	85
32	Nancy	206	↓5	7
33	Wanda	204	↑11	56
34	Martha	199	↓10	34
35	Alice	196	↑7	53
36	Frances	194	↑3	49
37	Helen	194	↓6	46
38	Pamela	192	↓6	21
39	Judith	191	↓2	16
40	Gwendolyn	173	new	>100
41	Bonnie	171	new	35
42	Jo	171	↑1	60
43	Virginia	171	↓3	39
44	Janet	170	new	23
45	Charlotte	167	↑1	71
46	Glenda	162	↑4	87
47	Katherine	162	new	59
48	Evelyn	161	↓7	80
49	Annie	157	↓11	>100
50	Doris	157	↓14	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,576	–	1
2	John	1,393	–	3
3	Robert	1,231	–	2
4	Charles	1,049	–	9
5	Michael	933	↑1	5
6	Joseph	795	↓1	14
7	William	767	–	4
8	Larry	683	↑1	10
9	David	675	↓1	6
10	Ronald	672	–	11
11	Donald	584	–	13
12	Thomas	565	↑1	8
13	Richard	560	↓1	7
14	Kenneth	482	–	15
15	Willie	451	↑1	41
16	George	414	↓1	18
17	Edward	379	–	21
18	Jerry	349	–	23
19	Gary	331	↑2	12
20	Henry	331	↓1	46
21	Paul	289	↓1	17
22	Johnny	283	↑1	49
23	Albert	266	↑5	56
24	Louis	263	↓2	64
25	Gerald	262	↑4	33
26	Lawrence	239	–	32
27	Roy	238	↓2	51
28	Frank	237	↓4	27
29	Harold	233	↑1	42
30	Clarence	226	↑3	94
31	Daniel	226	↑4	22
32	Raymond	221	↑2	30
33	Walter	213	↑7	37
34	Wayne	213	↓7	35
35	Stephen	205	new	19
36	Glenn	203	↑11	61
37	Bobby	201	↑2	67
38	Anthony	199	↑10	36
39	Arthur	195	↑2	44
40	Terry	195	↓8	28
41	Dennis	193	↑1	16
42	Billy	187	↓6	57
43	Jimmy	185	↓6	53
44	Roger	177	new	25
45	Eddie	175	↓1	80
46	Samuel	175	new	62
47	Russell	165	↓9	69
48	Earl	164	↓17	91
49	Patrick	159	new	39
50	Leroy	158	↓5	>100

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