Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1957

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,314 babies) and Michael for boys (1,607). Social Security records list 83,145 babies born in Louisiana in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1957

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: 30 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Joycelyn: 28 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Beryl: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ora: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gisele: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nelda: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelia: 172 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mona: 96 babies, 4× the national rate
Claudette: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Frankie: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 25 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Huey: 42 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Jules: 25 babies, 18× the national rate
Felton: 34 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Lionel: 76 babies, 11.3× the national rate
August: 25 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Percy: 46 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wilfred: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 58 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alton: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,314	–	1
2	Debra	950	↑1	4
3	Linda	912	↓1	3
4	Cynthia	865	↑1	7
5	Patricia	794	↓1	8
6	Brenda	778	↑1	13
7	Deborah	686	↓1	6
8	Karen	642	↑3	5
9	Barbara	623	↑1	9
10	Pamela	594	↑3	12
11	Susan	587	↓2	2
12	Sandra	557	↑2	15
13	Donna	526	↓5	10
14	Sharon	498	↓2	14
15	Cheryl	447	↑1	16
16	Carolyn	417	↓1	33
17	Kathy	387	↑2	20
18	Elizabeth	365	↑4	22
19	Lisa	341	↑22	26
20	Janice	331	↓3	32
21	Wanda	315	↑2	59
22	Shirley	304	↓2	46
23	Joyce	303	↓5	40
24	Betty	291	↓3	50
25	Judy	282	↑1	38
26	Janet	279	↓2	23
27	Kim	274	↑8	35
28	Cindy	270	new	19
29	Nancy	270	↓4	11
30	Beverly	255	↑1	48
31	Denise	254	↑6	25
32	Catherine	251	↓4	37
33	Connie	249	↓1	47
34	Rhonda	247	↑16	52
35	Rebecca	238	↑1	34
36	Carol	235	↓2	18
37	Debbie	235	new	27
38	Rose	235	↑4	69
39	Sheila	235	–	58
40	Diane	230	↓11	17
41	Darlene	229	↑4	57
42	Gwendolyn	228	↓12	>100
43	Peggy	228	↓3	62
44	Margaret	215	↓11	29
45	Gloria	213	↓18	66
46	Marilyn	210	↑1	82
47	Theresa	203	↑1	36
48	Julie	195	new	28
49	Kathleen	195	new	21
50	Dorothy	186	↓4	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	1,607	↑1	1
2	James	1,550	↓1	2
3	John	1,290	–	5
4	David	1,278	–	3
5	Robert	1,199	–	4
6	Charles	970	–	11
7	William	770	–	6
8	Kenneth	766	↑4	14
9	Donald	746	–	15
10	Joseph	734	↓2	12
11	Richard	713	–	8
12	Mark	613	↑2	7
13	Ronald	590	–	17
14	Larry	577	↓4	22
15	Thomas	530	–	9
16	Gary	491	–	13
17	Gregory	474	–	23
18	Paul	449	–	18
19	Anthony	425	↑4	27
20	Keith	408	↑1	36
21	Steven	382	↓2	10
22	Terry	378	↑3	33
23	Ricky	348	↑12	40
24	Jerry	345	–	35
25	George	337	↓3	29
26	Edward	331	↓6	25
27	Timothy	327	↑4	19
28	Daniel	323	↑1	16
29	Stephen	321	↓2	24
30	Willie	316	↓2	63
31	Randy	314	↓5	31
32	Kevin	286	↓2	20
33	Johnny	285	↑3	61
34	Dennis	269	–	28
35	Raymond	261	↓2	39
36	Carl	260	↓4	49
37	Brian	248	new	26
38	Henry	241	↓1	75
39	Bruce	224	↑7	34
40	Bobby	222	↑3	78
41	Frank	222	–	38
42	Wayne	222	↑3	47
43	Danny	217	new	45
44	Glenn	217	↓2	62
45	Louis	214	↑5	86
46	Roy	213	↑2	65
47	Gerald	212	↓8	51
48	Billy	209	↓10	64
49	Calvin	206	↓2	>100
50	Ronnie	202	new	73

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