Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1958

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,211 babies) and Michael for boys (1,672). Social Security records list 82,022 babies born in Louisiana in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1958

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, 16.8× the national rate
Gilda: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Romona: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Earline: 24 babies, 8× the national rate
Sybil: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Francis: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 232 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelia: 178 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fannie: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mona: 83 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 36 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Emile: 26 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Jude: 24 babies, 13× the national rate
Lionel: 75 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Nolan: 34 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Errol: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Elton: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Wilfred: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Percy: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Unknown: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,211	–	1
2	Linda	927	↑1	3
3	Debra	822	↓1	6
4	Patricia	817	↑1	5
5	Cynthia	739	↓1	8
6	Karen	702	↑2	4
7	Brenda	609	↓1	16
8	Pamela	594	↑2	11
9	Deborah	579	↓2	7
10	Susan	561	↑1	2
11	Donna	542	↑2	10
12	Barbara	524	↓3	9
13	Sandra	502	↓1	15
14	Sharon	468	–	17
15	Cheryl	454	–	13
16	Kathy	446	↑1	14
17	Lisa	412	↑2	19
18	Elizabeth	411	–	22
19	Carolyn	389	↓3	37
20	Debbie	319	↑17	24
21	Janice	305	↓1	35
22	Wanda	300	↓1	66
23	Denise	295	↑8	27
24	Connie	283	↑9	50
25	Shirley	280	↓3	52
26	Julie	274	↑22	23
27	Peggy	270	↑16	42
28	Betty	264	↓4	54
29	Janet	262	↓3	28
30	Cindy	249	↓2	25
31	Tammy	249	new	44
32	Rebecca	247	↑3	41
33	Darlene	245	↑8	49
34	Sheila	245	↑5	59
35	Beverly	241	↓5	55
36	Carol	240	–	20
37	Joyce	239	↓14	46
38	Gwendolyn	232	↑4	>100
39	Judy	225	↓14	36
40	Kim	223	↓13	40
41	Margaret	222	↑3	31
42	Nancy	218	↓13	12
43	Catherine	217	↓11	38
44	Diane	205	↓4	18
45	Rhonda	204	↓11	48
46	Theresa	204	↑1	33
47	Cathy	202	new	34
48	Kathleen	199	↑1	21
49	Rose	195	↓11	78
50	Paula	190	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	1,672	–	1
2	James	1,415	–	3
3	David	1,355	↑1	2
4	John	1,222	↓1	5
5	Robert	1,150	–	4
6	Charles	901	–	11
7	Kenneth	738	↑1	14
8	Mark	707	↑4	7
9	Donald	698	–	18
10	William	681	↓3	6
11	Joseph	676	↓1	12
12	Richard	632	↓1	8
13	Ronald	573	–	19
14	Larry	545	–	22
15	Thomas	527	–	9
16	Gary	468	–	17
17	Gregory	462	–	23
18	Paul	426	–	15
19	Ricky	425	↑4	34
20	Keith	391	–	37
21	Terry	391	↑1	33
22	Jerry	378	↑2	35
23	Anthony	369	↓4	27
24	Steven	346	↓3	10
25	Kevin	341	↑7	20
26	Timothy	333	↑1	13
27	George	309	↓2	31
28	Edward	307	↓2	28
29	Willie	306	↑1	70
30	Brian	297	↑7	24
31	Dennis	286	↑3	29
32	Randy	285	↓1	32
33	Johnny	271	–	61
34	Stephen	264	↓5	26
35	Bobby	260	↑5	69
36	Carl	254	–	51
37	Daniel	239	↓9	16
38	Rickey	234	new	>100
39	Gerald	233	↑8	58
40	Danny	230	↑3	45
41	Henry	227	↓3	83
42	Billy	226	↑6	64
43	Raymond	221	↓8	43
44	Ronnie	221	↑6	66
45	Patrick	216	new	42
46	Frank	213	↓5	38
47	Louis	212	↓2	94
48	Wayne	210	↓6	48
49	Eric	203	new	50
50	Glenn	203	↓6	76

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