Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1954

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,564 babies) and James for boys (1,531). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,417 babies born in Louisiana in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1954

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, 15.6× the national rate
Gaynell: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Sybil: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Claudette: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gilda: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Charmaine: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jerry: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Earnestine: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Willie: 88 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelia: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 48 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Emile: 25 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Murphy: 22 babies, 18× the national rate
Lionel: 97 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Hilton: 22 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Glynn: 26 babies, 12× the national rate
Felton: 23 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Ivory: 34 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Rogers: 23 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Shelton: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,564	–	1
2	Linda	1,136	–	2
3	Debra	1,015	↑2	6
4	Patricia	981	↓1	4
5	Deborah	830	↓1	3
6	Brenda	712	↑1	18
7	Barbara	682	↓1	7
8	Susan	615	↑1	5
9	Cynthia	597	↓1	10
10	Sandra	567	↑1	13
11	Carolyn	512	↓1	27
12	Karen	498	↑3	8
13	Pamela	486	↓1	12
14	Donna	447	↑2	11
15	Betty	411	↓1	36
16	Sharon	394	↓3	16
17	Judy	353	–	29
18	Shirley	348	–	33
19	Joyce	333	–	28
20	Janice	329	↑4	25
21	Elizabeth	324	↓1	20
22	Wanda	315	↑1	58
23	Marilyn	298	↑14	35
24	Cheryl	288	↑7	22
25	Beverly	283	↑1	31
26	Dorothy	280	↓4	55
27	Gloria	280	↓6	42
28	Nancy	280	↑5	9
29	Peggy	280	↓4	48
30	Janet	276	↓1	19
31	Kathy	274	↑7	23
32	Catherine	268	↓5	32
33	Rose	254	↑1	54
34	Rebecca	250	↑2	26
35	Diane	249	–	17
36	Connie	247	↑9	39
37	Margaret	247	↓7	21
38	Carol	238	↓10	15
39	Kathleen	224	↓7	14
40	Gwendolyn	219	–	>100
41	Paula	214	↑8	38
42	Jo	212	↓1	53
43	Glenda	204	↑3	>100
44	Martha	204	↓5	46
45	Jacqueline	188	new	68
46	Denise	177	new	24
47	Dianne	177	↓3	>100
48	Gail	177	↑2	37
49	Rhonda	171	new	71
50	Katherine	168	↓3	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	1,531	–	3
2	Michael	1,472	↑1	1
3	John	1,403	↓1	4
4	Robert	1,267	–	2
5	David	1,159	–	5
6	Charles	1,035	–	10
7	William	809	–	6
8	Joseph	754	–	13
9	Donald	724	–	14
10	Larry	675	↑2	19
11	Richard	675	↓1	7
12	Kenneth	657	↑2	17
13	Ronald	584	↓2	15
14	Gary	557	↑1	9
15	Thomas	528	↓2	8
16	Paul	415	↑3	16
17	Jerry	399	–	31
18	Edward	377	↓2	22
19	George	366	↓1	24
20	Terry	364	↑5	27
21	Mark	356	↑3	12
22	Willie	356	↓2	53
23	Gregory	329	↓1	25
24	Stephen	320	↑3	20
25	Steven	294	↑6	11
26	Johnny	291	↓3	54
27	Daniel	288	↓6	18
28	Dennis	272	↓2	21
29	Anthony	264	–	32
30	Randy	263	↑11	33
31	Wayne	252	↑4	41
32	Bobby	247	↑6	72
33	Carl	243	↑6	47
34	Raymond	240	↓2	35
35	Henry	237	↓7	59
36	Frank	228	↓6	36
37	Gerald	225	↓3	44
38	Glenn	220	↑10	63
39	Louis	215	↓3	81
40	Roy	212	↓7	56
41	Billy	208	↓4	65
42	Danny	207	–	42
43	Albert	202	↑2	73
44	Lawrence	195	↑3	39
45	Alvin	193	↑4	>100
46	Ricky	193	new	46
47	Jimmy	191	↓3	74
48	Keith	190	↑2	45
49	Patrick	190	↓9	38
50	Eddie	188	new	91

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