Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1956

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,349 babies) and James for boys (1,529). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,629 babies born in Louisiana in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1956

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: 34 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Joycelyn: 36 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Romona: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Ollie: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gilda: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Unknown: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ruthie: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dinah: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 262 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelia: 154 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 36 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Huey: 32 babies, 18× the national rate
Murphy: 23 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Glynn: 25 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lionel: 102 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Ivory: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wilbert: 70 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Cleveland: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nolan: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wilfred: 32 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,349	–	1
2	Linda	1,095	–	3
3	Debra	917	–	2
4	Patricia	865	–	6
5	Cynthia	741	↑3	8
6	Deborah	740	↓1	4
7	Brenda	684	↓1	19
8	Donna	612	↑5	10
9	Susan	592	–	5
10	Barbara	584	↓3	9
11	Karen	578	–	7
12	Sharon	572	↑4	13
13	Pamela	556	↑1	12
14	Sandra	535	↓4	14
15	Carolyn	514	–	33
16	Cheryl	495	↓4	18
17	Janice	375	↑1	26
18	Joyce	353	↑3	30
19	Kathy	343	↑6	20
20	Shirley	338	↑4	41
21	Betty	336	↓2	44
22	Elizabeth	321	↓5	22
23	Wanda	305	↓1	61
24	Janet	301	↓4	21
25	Nancy	282	↑2	11
26	Judy	281	↓3	35
27	Gloria	280	↑3	53
28	Catherine	274	↓2	28
29	Diane	272	↑2	15
30	Gwendolyn	262	↑10	>100
31	Beverly	258	↓2	40
32	Connie	256	↑1	43
33	Margaret	242	↑4	25
34	Carol	240	↓6	16
35	Kim	233	new	38
36	Rebecca	233	↓2	27
37	Denise	226	↑5	23
38	Cathy	219	new	36
39	Sheila	219	↑4	55
40	Peggy	218	↓8	63
41	Lisa	215	new	31
42	Rose	213	↓3	64
43	Jacqueline	212	↑2	78
44	Jo	210	↓9	69
45	Darlene	208	new	71
46	Dorothy	205	↓10	72
47	Marilyn	204	↓9	70
48	Theresa	202	new	32
49	Paula	199	↓2	47
50	Rhonda	199	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	James	1,529	–	2
2	Michael	1,495	–	1
3	John	1,387	–	5
4	David	1,238	–	4
5	Robert	1,217	–	3
6	Charles	932	–	11
7	William	791	–	6
8	Joseph	778	↑1	12
9	Donald	770	↓1	14
10	Larry	683	–	21
11	Richard	663	–	7
12	Kenneth	657	–	16
13	Ronald	636	↑1	15
14	Mark	583	↑2	8
15	Thomas	576	↓2	9
16	Gary	503	↓1	13
17	Gregory	470	↑1	24
18	Paul	456	↓1	17
19	Steven	390	↑7	10
20	Edward	376	↑2	25
21	Keith	361	↑6	36
22	George	357	↑1	27
23	Anthony	355	↑1	30
24	Jerry	349	↓3	35
25	Terry	346	↓5	31
26	Randy	340	↑6	28
27	Stephen	335	↓2	23
28	Willie	319	↓9	58
29	Daniel	297	–	18
30	Kevin	295	↑19	22
31	Timothy	294	↑16	19
32	Carl	278	↓2	48
33	Raymond	270	↑1	39
34	Dennis	268	↓6	26
35	Ricky	260	↑7	43
36	Johnny	254	↓5	55
37	Henry	236	↓4	71
38	Billy	231	↓3	68
39	Gerald	231	↑1	49
40	Patrick	229	new	40
41	Frank	218	↓4	38
42	Glenn	218	↓4	61
43	Bobby	216	↓7	77
44	Albert	213	↑6	81
45	Wayne	211	↓6	45
46	Bruce	210	↓5	33
47	Calvin	209	new	>100
48	Roy	202	↓2	62
49	Lawrence	201	↓4	42
50	Louis	192	↓7	82

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