Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1951

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,515 babies) and James for boys (1,568). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 72,643 babies born in Louisiana in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1951

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: 35 babies, 18× the national rate
Gaynell: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Elouise: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Earline: 37 babies, 7× the national rate
Gilda: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ola: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ora: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ollie: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bernadine: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Essie: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 30 babies, 23× the national rate
Ivy: 19 babies, 20× the national rate
Huey: 30 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Lionel: 102 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Jules: 20 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Felton: 28 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Glynn: 25 babies, 13× the national rate
Rogers: 32 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Errol: 24 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Wilton: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,515	–	2
2	Linda	1,456	–	1
3	Patricia	991	–	3
4	Deborah	876	↑3	4
5	Barbara	852	↓1	5
6	Brenda	816	↓1	14
7	Carolyn	547	↑2	22
8	Sandra	542	↓2	9
9	Susan	471	↑2	6
10	Betty	464	↓2	29
11	Shirley	433	↓1	27
12	Cynthia	425	↑1	20
13	Judy	410	↓1	26
14	Debra	383	new	18
15	Gloria	380	↓1	31
16	Sharon	368	↓1	13
17	Joyce	367	↓1	28
18	Donna	358	–	12
19	Elizabeth	350	↑2	23
20	Karen	337	↑6	8
21	Dorothy	328	↓4	42
22	Janice	321	–	21
23	Peggy	298	↑1	40
24	Margaret	297	↓5	17
25	Beverly	296	↑7	33
26	Nancy	282	↑3	7
27	Carol	278	↓7	11
28	Pamela	273	↓1	16
29	Wanda	272	↑1	52
30	Catherine	266	↑4	34
31	Kathleen	249	↑6	10
32	Rose	243	↑3	65
33	Martha	235	↓5	38
34	Cheryl	230	↓11	30
35	Janet	225	↑8	19
36	Dianne	224	↓5	90
37	Diane	218	↓12	15
38	Gwendolyn	213	↑4	>100
39	Jo	205	↓6	67
40	Gail	196	new	36
41	Doris	193	↓5	80
42	Glenda	190	↓3	89
43	Alice	183	↓5	62
44	Rebecca	177	↑1	32
45	Helen	176	↓5	54
46	Katherine	176	–	55
47	Jacqueline	174	new	56
48	Virginia	173	↓7	47
49	Marilyn	171	↓2	41
50	Connie	167	–	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,568	–	1
2	John	1,296	–	3
3	Robert	1,294	–	2
4	Michael	1,197	↑1	4
5	Charles	1,125	↓1	9
6	William	829	↑1	6
7	David	821	↑2	5
8	Joseph	803	–	14
9	Larry	785	↓3	11
10	Ronald	676	↑1	12
11	Donald	657	↓1	15
12	Kenneth	594	↑1	16
13	Richard	566	↓1	7
14	Thomas	565	–	8
15	Gary	482	↑2	10
16	George	402	↓1	22
17	Edward	387	↑2	23
18	Willie	382	↓2	45
19	Jerry	369	↓1	24
20	Paul	364	↑2	18
21	Henry	315	↓1	47
22	Johnny	285	↓1	50
23	Stephen	284	↑6	19
24	Daniel	254	↑3	21
25	Frank	249	↓2	31
26	Louis	244	↑5	76
27	Terry	242	↑7	30
28	Wayne	242	↓2	37
29	Raymond	241	↓4	32
30	Dennis	238	↑2	17
31	Roy	226	↑2	52
32	Bobby	219	↓2	77
33	Gerald	216	↓9	36
34	Gregory	215	↑10	25
35	Glenn	214	↑3	58
36	Lawrence	214	↓1	33
37	Walter	214	↑9	42
38	Albert	211	↓10	60
39	Harold	211	↓2	46
40	Billy	198	↑3	64
41	Anthony	191	↑8	34
42	Roger	191	new	29
43	Carl	180	new	43
44	Melvin	178	↑1	88
45	Clarence	177	↓9	98
46	Jimmy	177	↓7	62
47	Alvin	171	↓6	>100
48	Leroy	171	new	>100
49	Steven	171	new	13
50	Calvin	169	new	>100

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