Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1953

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,472 babies) and James for boys (1,555). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,360 babies born in Louisiana in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1953

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: 33 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Gaynell: 23 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Aline: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Earline: 35 babies, 9× the national rate
Gilda: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Francis: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ollie: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leola: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Geralyn: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sybil: 20 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 30 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Murphy: 27 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Huey: 27 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Lionel: 114 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Jules: 30 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Glynn: 25 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Felton: 26 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rogers: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Nolan: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dudley: 23 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,472	–	1
2	Linda	1,262	–	2
3	Patricia	991	–	4
4	Deborah	837	–	3
5	Debra	745	↑2	7
6	Barbara	721	↓1	6
7	Brenda	719	↓1	18
8	Cynthia	603	↑3	12
9	Susan	599	↑1	5
10	Carolyn	526	↓2	25
11	Sandra	491	↓2	11
12	Pamela	466	↑8	10
13	Sharon	440	↑5	15
14	Betty	430	↓2	33
15	Karen	426	↑1	9
16	Donna	421	↑1	13
17	Judy	389	↓2	27
18	Shirley	378	↓5	29
19	Joyce	351	–	26
20	Elizabeth	335	↓6	21
21	Gloria	333	–	38
22	Dorothy	316	–	49
23	Wanda	311	↑2	57
24	Janice	306	–	22
25	Peggy	302	↓2	44
26	Beverly	286	↑4	34
27	Catherine	279	–	35
28	Carol	278	–	16
29	Janet	270	↑5	19
30	Margaret	260	↓4	20
31	Cheryl	257	↑4	28
32	Kathleen	257	↓1	14
33	Nancy	255	↓4	8
34	Rose	253	↑4	59
35	Diane	245	↓2	17
36	Rebecca	240	–	24
37	Marilyn	235	↑10	36
38	Kathy	223	↑4	23
39	Martha	220	↓7	41
40	Gwendolyn	213	↓3	>100
41	Jo	210	↓1	54
42	Sheila	203	new	60
43	Alice	196	new	73
44	Dianne	194	–	>100
45	Connie	186	↑3	47
46	Glenda	180	↓3	>100
47	Katherine	178	↓1	63
48	Theresa	171	↑1	50
49	Paula	167	new	40
50	Gail	161	–	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	1,555	–	2
2	John	1,482	–	4
3	Michael	1,381	–	3
4	Robert	1,231	–	1
5	David	1,097	↑1	5
6	Charles	1,019	↓1	9
7	William	818	↑1	6
8	Joseph	770	↑1	13
9	Donald	727	↑1	14
10	Richard	698	↑1	7
11	Ronald	660	↑1	15
12	Larry	655	↓5	18
13	Thomas	555	↑1	8
14	Kenneth	543	↓1	17
15	Gary	539	–	10
16	Edward	404	↑4	23
17	Jerry	386	↑2	29
18	George	385	↓1	22
19	Paul	373	↓1	16
20	Willie	369	↓4	49
21	Daniel	304	–	20
22	Gregory	302	–	24
23	Johnny	297	↑3	52
24	Mark	293	↑4	12
25	Terry	290	↑2	30
26	Dennis	289	↑10	19
27	Stephen	285	↓2	21
28	Henry	282	↓5	54
29	Anthony	250	–	32
30	Frank	249	↑3	33
31	Steven	249	↑3	11
32	Raymond	242	↓2	34
33	Roy	238	↓1	55
34	Gerald	235	↑3	42
35	Wayne	231	↓11	40
36	Louis	229	↓5	78
37	Billy	223	↑3	65
38	Bobby	221	–	74
39	Carl	212	↑2	44
40	Patrick	209	new	39
41	Randy	207	new	35
42	Danny	200	↑8	41
43	Harold	198	↑4	56
44	Jimmy	196	–	72
45	Albert	194	↓10	69
46	Roger	194	new	31
47	Lawrence	193	↓8	37
48	Glenn	189	↓5	67
49	Alvin	178	–	>100
50	Keith	177	new	47

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