Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1952

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,506 babies) and James for boys (1,499). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 73,117 babies born in Louisiana in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1952

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: 30 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Gaynell: 30 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Ola: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gilda: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Nettie: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ora: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earline: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bettye: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Irma: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Althea: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Burnell: 24 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Murphy: 33 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Emile: 29 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Huey: 33 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Lionel: 91 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Jules: 24 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Wilton: 28 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Felton: 22 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Glynn: 22 babies, 11× the national rate
Errol: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,506	–	2
2	Linda	1,364	–	1
3	Patricia	977	–	3
4	Deborah	865	–	4
5	Barbara	781	–	6
6	Brenda	780	–	15
7	Debra	586	↑7	9
8	Carolyn	545	↓1	24
9	Sandra	513	↓1	10
10	Susan	491	↓1	5
11	Cynthia	475	↑1	18
12	Betty	461	↓2	32
13	Shirley	392	↓2	28
14	Elizabeth	380	↑5	22
15	Judy	376	↓2	26
16	Karen	361	↑4	8
17	Donna	360	↑1	13
18	Sharon	359	↓2	14
19	Joyce	358	↓2	27
20	Pamela	341	↑8	17
21	Gloria	328	↓6	36
22	Dorothy	307	↓1	46
23	Peggy	293	–	43
24	Janice	290	↓2	23
25	Wanda	289	↑4	54
26	Margaret	285	↓2	21
27	Catherine	263	↑3	34
28	Carol	262	↓1	12
29	Nancy	261	↓3	7
30	Beverly	249	↓5	35
31	Kathleen	246	–	11
32	Martha	240	↑1	40
33	Diane	237	↑4	16
34	Janet	237	↑1	19
35	Cheryl	232	↓1	31
36	Rebecca	227	↑8	30
37	Gwendolyn	210	↑1	>100
38	Rose	199	↓6	62
39	Jacqueline	197	↑8	58
40	Jo	194	↓1	55
41	Helen	189	↑4	63
42	Kathy	189	new	29
43	Glenda	185	↓1	97
44	Dianne	177	↓8	96
45	Doris	170	↓4	83
46	Katherine	166	–	59
47	Marilyn	164	↑2	38
48	Connie	163	↑2	44
49	Theresa	163	new	60
50	Gail	161	↓10	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,499	–	1
2	John	1,399	–	3
3	Michael	1,261	↑1	4
4	Robert	1,237	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,043	–	9
6	David	941	↑1	5
7	Larry	778	↑2	14
8	William	771	↓2	6
9	Joseph	764	↓1	12
10	Donald	687	↑1	13
11	Richard	680	↑2	7
12	Ronald	625	↓2	15
13	Kenneth	571	↓1	16
14	Thomas	536	–	8
15	Gary	491	–	10
16	Willie	401	↑2	48
17	George	391	↓1	22
18	Paul	374	↑2	19
19	Jerry	366	–	26
20	Edward	358	↓3	23
21	Daniel	311	↑3	20
22	Gregory	277	↑12	24
23	Henry	271	↓2	50
24	Wayne	269	↑4	38
25	Stephen	268	↓2	21
26	Johnny	264	↓4	53
27	Terry	254	–	29
28	Mark	244	new	17
29	Anthony	238	↑12	34
30	Raymond	238	↓1	33
31	Louis	237	↓5	79
32	Roy	237	↓1	55
33	Frank	236	↓8	32
34	Steven	234	↑15	11
35	Albert	230	↑3	66
36	Dennis	229	↓6	18
37	Gerald	228	↓4	39
38	Bobby	208	↓6	77
39	Lawrence	201	↓3	35
40	Billy	199	–	65
41	Carl	199	↑2	45
42	Bruce	194	new	25
43	Glenn	189	↓8	61
44	Jimmy	188	↑2	72
45	Arthur	183	new	47
46	Clarence	181	↓1	>100
47	Harold	181	↓8	51
48	Walter	176	↓11	44
49	Alvin	170	↓2	>100
50	Danny	170	new	40

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