Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1959

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,132 babies) and Michael for boys (1,589). Social Security records list 82,270 babies born in Louisiana in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1959

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: 27 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Joycelyn: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Earline: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cherry: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 220 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 187 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Claudette: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cassandra: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mona: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ava: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 34 babies, 21× the national rate
Jules: 24 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Emile: 26 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Lionel: 78 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Errol: 27 babies, 9× the national rate
Wilbert: 66 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nolan: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alton: 62 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cornell: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Percy: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,132	–	1
2	Linda	802	–	3
3	Cynthia	793	↑2	8
4	Donna	788	↑7	5
5	Patricia	741	↓1	6
6	Debra	726	↓3	7
7	Karen	662	↓1	4
8	Brenda	576	↓1	16
9	Pamela	571	↓1	12
10	Susan	565	–	2
11	Sandra	560	↑2	13
12	Lisa	529	↑5	10
13	Sharon	522	↑1	17
14	Deborah	484	↓5	9
15	Barbara	441	↓3	11
16	Cheryl	406	↓1	18
17	Kathy	390	↓1	15
18	Elizabeth	389	–	21
19	Tammy	381	↑12	31
20	Carolyn	344	↓1	42
21	Debbie	323	↓1	20
22	Denise	306	↑1	29
23	Wanda	295	↓1	65
24	Janet	284	↑5	28
25	Janice	283	↓4	37
26	Rhonda	279	↑19	45
27	Sheila	279	↑7	52
28	Connie	278	↓4	48
29	Cindy	259	↑1	25
30	Shirley	259	↓5	61
31	Betty	256	↓3	59
32	Carol	250	↑4	22
33	Darlene	250	–	66
34	Nancy	236	↑8	14
35	Rebecca	236	↓3	38
36	Julie	233	↓10	26
37	Angela	232	new	68
38	Kim	229	↑2	35
39	Beverly	228	↓4	55
40	Diane	227	↑4	19
41	Joyce	223	↓4	50
42	Gwendolyn	220	↓4	>100
43	Theresa	219	↑3	34
44	Judy	211	↓5	41
45	Paula	200	↑5	51
46	Stephanie	195	new	>100
47	Catherine	194	↓4	40
48	Peggy	192	↓21	57
49	Annette	191	new	64
50	Terri	189	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	1,589	–	1
2	David	1,407	↑1	2
3	James	1,347	↓1	3
4	John	1,291	–	4
5	Robert	1,068	–	5
6	Charles	853	–	11
7	Mark	776	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	772	↓1	15
9	William	694	↑1	7
10	Joseph	688	↑1	13
11	Donald	633	↓2	19
12	Richard	617	–	8
13	Ronald	536	–	21
14	Thomas	515	↑1	9
15	Kevin	469	↑10	14
16	Larry	460	↓2	25
17	Gregory	434	–	23
18	Paul	432	–	17
19	Ricky	400	–	34
20	Timothy	399	↑6	12
21	Anthony	398	↑2	26
22	Terry	397	↓1	33
23	Gary	393	↓7	20
24	Keith	343	↓4	39
25	Jerry	321	↓3	36
26	Steven	315	↓2	10
27	Edward	314	↑1	27
28	George	312	↓1	32
29	Brian	306	↑1	22
30	Dennis	305	↑1	29
31	Randy	285	↑1	31
32	Carl	272	↑4	54
33	Daniel	270	↑4	18
34	Danny	268	↑6	48
35	Willie	262	↓6	78
36	Stephen	256	↓2	28
37	Johnny	244	↓4	64
38	Wayne	227	↑10	51
39	Patrick	216	↑6	43
40	Gerald	214	↓1	61
41	Micheal	212	new	96
42	Bobby	208	↓7	71
43	Jimmy	208	new	69
44	Eric	206	↑5	46
45	Christopher	205	new	35
46	Craig	203	new	44
47	Jeffery	203	new	55
48	Louis	199	↓1	100
49	Rickey	198	↓11	>100
50	Raymond	197	↓7	45

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