Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1955

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,344 babies) and James for boys (1,484). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,272 babies born in Louisiana in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1955

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Gaynell: 25 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Joycelyn: 48 babies, 16× the national rate
Romona: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Gilda: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Eula: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Earline: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Althea: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mona: 87 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ruthie: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Claudette: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 26 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Murphy: 22 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Huey: 32 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Glynn: 35 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Lionel: 83 babies, 13× the national rate
Dalton: 21 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ivory: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Wilbert: 81 babies, 8× the national rate
Nolan: 30 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,344	–	1
2	Linda	1,094	–	3
3	Debra	976	–	4
4	Patricia	858	–	6
5	Deborah	768	–	2
6	Brenda	693	–	18
7	Barbara	654	–	7
8	Cynthia	654	↑1	11
9	Susan	591	↓1	5
10	Sandra	530	–	13
11	Karen	521	↑1	8
12	Cheryl	499	↑12	19
13	Donna	493	↑1	10
14	Pamela	489	↓1	12
15	Carolyn	448	↓4	30
16	Sharon	419	–	16
17	Elizabeth	339	↑4	21
18	Janice	333	↑2	25
19	Betty	329	↓4	36
20	Janet	315	↑10	20
21	Joyce	311	↓2	29
22	Wanda	307	–	61
23	Judy	302	↓6	32
24	Shirley	298	↓6	37
25	Kathy	289	↑6	22
26	Catherine	277	↑6	28
27	Nancy	269	↑1	9
28	Carol	262	↑10	15
29	Beverly	253	↓4	34
30	Gloria	249	↓3	47
31	Diane	246	↑4	14
32	Peggy	246	↓3	51
33	Connie	244	↑3	35
34	Rebecca	243	–	27
35	Jo	228	↑7	58
36	Dorothy	223	↓10	64
37	Margaret	222	–	24
38	Marilyn	222	↓15	49
39	Rose	222	↓6	54
40	Gwendolyn	220	–	>100
41	Kathleen	210	↓2	17
42	Denise	206	↑4	23
43	Sheila	204	new	57
44	Martha	202	–	53
45	Jacqueline	201	–	73
46	Glenda	182	↓3	>100
47	Paula	179	↓6	39
48	Alice	174	new	87
49	Gail	172	↓1	42
50	Bonnie	171	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	1,484	–	3
2	Michael	1,473	–	1
3	John	1,391	–	5
4	David	1,227	↑1	2
5	Robert	1,217	↓1	4
6	Charles	1,003	–	11
7	William	758	–	6
8	Donald	731	↑1	14
9	Joseph	715	↓1	13
10	Larry	664	–	19
11	Richard	629	–	7
12	Kenneth	582	–	15
13	Thomas	550	↑2	8
14	Ronald	546	↓1	18
15	Gary	492	↓1	12
16	Mark	461	↑5	9
17	Paul	431	↓1	16
18	Gregory	409	↑5	24
19	Willie	382	↑3	54
20	Terry	370	–	28
21	Jerry	369	↓4	33
22	Edward	365	↓4	25
23	George	343	↓4	26
24	Anthony	335	↑5	31
25	Stephen	323	↓1	21
26	Steven	317	↓1	10
27	Keith	299	↑21	39
28	Dennis	298	–	23
29	Daniel	285	↓2	17
30	Carl	275	↑3	47
31	Johnny	275	↓5	55
32	Randy	272	↓2	30
33	Henry	271	↑2	61
34	Raymond	266	–	36
35	Billy	251	↑6	69
36	Bobby	234	↓4	75
37	Frank	233	↓1	34
38	Glenn	229	–	59
39	Wayne	224	↓8	44
40	Gerald	223	↓3	48
41	Bruce	222	new	32
42	Ricky	218	↑4	46
43	Louis	215	↓4	82
44	Danny	214	↓2	45
45	Lawrence	207	↓1	42
46	Roy	205	↓6	58
47	Timothy	205	new	22
48	Alvin	201	↓3	>100
49	Kevin	200	new	27
50	Albert	193	↓7	76

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