Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1950

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1950 were Mary for girls (1,582 babies) and James for boys (1,534). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 69,415 babies born in Louisiana in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1950

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: 28 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Earline: 33 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Winnie: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Leola: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Eula: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Gilda: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ruthie: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pearlie: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nelda: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 28 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Emile: 25 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Junius: 21 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Murphy: 20 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Glynn: 41 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Lionel: 102 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Jules: 22 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Nolan: 45 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Rogers: 34 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Wilton: 23 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	1,582	–	2
2	Linda	1,467	–	1
3	Patricia	928	↑1	3
4	Barbara	817	↓1	4
5	Brenda	802	–	14
6	Sandra	621	–	8
7	Deborah	524	↑13	7
8	Betty	516	↑1	26
9	Carolyn	484	↓2	20
10	Shirley	479	↓2	19
11	Susan	443	↓1	5
12	Judy	413	↓1	25
13	Cynthia	403	–	23
14	Gloria	363	↓2	30
15	Sharon	341	↓1	11
16	Joyce	328	↑1	27
17	Dorothy	326	↓2	35
18	Donna	323	↑6	13
19	Margaret	321	↓3	15
20	Carol	312	↓1	9
21	Elizabeth	302	↓3	24
22	Janice	301	–	22
23	Cheryl	259	↑7	29
24	Peggy	255	↓3	41
25	Diane	248	–	16
26	Karen	242	↑2	12
27	Pamela	236	↑11	17
28	Martha	234	↑6	32
29	Nancy	231	↑3	6
30	Wanda	225	↑3	52
31	Dianne	220	–	90
32	Beverly	218	↓5	31
33	Jo	217	↑9	64
34	Catherine	212	↓5	34
35	Rose	209	↓9	69
36	Doris	204	↑14	74
37	Kathleen	201	↓14	10
38	Alice	191	↓3	57
39	Glenda	188	↑7	87
40	Helen	188	↓3	50
41	Virginia	188	↑2	43
42	Gwendolyn	187	↓2	>100
43	Janet	184	↑1	18
44	Annie	170	↑5	>100
45	Rebecca	167	new	36
46	Katherine	160	↑1	58
47	Marilyn	160	new	37
48	Marie	158	new	72
49	Charlotte	157	↓4	80
50	Connie	156	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	1,534	–	1
2	John	1,339	–	3
3	Robert	1,237	–	2
4	Charles	1,054	–	9
5	Michael	1,041	–	4
6	Larry	791	↑2	11
7	William	765	–	6
8	Joseph	760	↓2	13
9	David	741	–	5
10	Donald	634	↑1	14
11	Ronald	606	↓1	12
12	Richard	576	↑1	7
13	Kenneth	526	↑1	15
14	Thomas	526	↓2	8
15	George	435	↑1	20
16	Willie	431	↓1	42
17	Gary	387	↑2	10
18	Jerry	377	–	24
19	Edward	364	↓2	22
20	Henry	297	–	47
21	Johnny	292	↑1	50
22	Paul	274	↓1	18
23	Frank	258	↑5	29
24	Gerald	256	↑1	34
25	Raymond	256	↑7	31
26	Wayne	247	↑8	35
27	Daniel	240	↑4	21
28	Albert	233	↓5	56
29	Stephen	232	↑6	19
30	Bobby	229	↑7	65
31	Louis	219	↓7	66
32	Dennis	217	↑9	17
33	Roy	214	↓6	51
34	Terry	200	↑6	30
35	Lawrence	195	↓9	33
36	Clarence	192	↓6	95
37	Harold	191	↓8	45
38	Glenn	189	↓2	59
39	Jimmy	187	↑4	55
40	Danny	185	new	39
41	Alvin	183	new	>100
42	Russell	181	↑5	67
43	Billy	180	↓1	57
44	Gregory	178	new	25
45	Melvin	178	new	87
46	Walter	178	↓13	40
47	Earl	176	↑1	92
48	Eddie	175	↓3	89
49	Anthony	170	↓11	36
50	Allen	164	new	71

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