Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1960

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,089 babies) and Michael for boys (1,555). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,021 babies born in Louisiana in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1960

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

Girls

Cecile: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Melba: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lisha: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shelia: 209 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mona: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dinah: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 183 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bridgette: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bessie: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Wilton: 26 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Huey: 22 babies, 15× the national rate
Felton: 22 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Jude: 30 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Nolan: 32 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Errol: 27 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lionel: 73 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Percy: 40 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 65 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Elton: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,089	–	1
2	Donna	756	↑2	5
3	Cynthia	750	–	9
4	Linda	719	↓2	3
5	Lisa	711	↑7	6
6	Patricia	700	↓1	7
7	Karen	656	–	4
8	Brenda	617	–	13
9	Sandra	613	↑2	11
10	Debra	611	↓4	8
11	Pamela	501	↓2	14
12	Susan	497	↓2	2
13	Sharon	491	–	16
14	Deborah	449	–	10
15	Barbara	433	–	12
16	Cheryl	420	–	17
17	Tammy	405	↑2	31
18	Elizabeth	382	–	18
19	Denise	345	↑3	29
20	Carolyn	343	–	43
21	Kathy	296	↓4	21
22	Rhonda	296	↑4	44
23	Connie	292	↑5	47
24	Janice	287	↑1	41
25	Wanda	269	↓2	66
26	Sheila	255	↑1	56
27	Debbie	252	↓6	24
28	Judy	250	↑16	48
29	Kim	248	↑9	34
30	Theresa	246	↑13	35
31	Rebecca	243	↑4	38
32	Angela	242	↑5	50
33	Janet	237	↓9	32
34	Nancy	231	–	15
35	Carol	226	↓3	23
36	Julie	225	–	28
37	Laura	224	new	25
38	Cindy	221	↓9	30
39	Betty	212	↓8	68
40	Tina	211	new	45
41	Shelia	209	new	>100
42	Stephanie	199	↑4	91
43	Catherine	198	↑4	42
44	Paula	196	↑1	55
45	Darlene	195	↓12	75
46	Shirley	194	↓16	70
47	Margaret	189	new	36
48	Diane	185	↓8	22
49	Gwendolyn	183	↓7	>100
50	Lori	183	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	1,555	–	2
2	David	1,363	–	1
3	James	1,354	–	3
4	John	1,264	–	4
5	Robert	1,066	–	5
6	Charles	811	–	13
7	Mark	780	–	6
8	Kenneth	724	–	16
9	Joseph	681	↑1	12
10	William	646	↓1	7
11	Donald	590	–	19
12	Richard	550	–	8
13	Ronald	488	–	21
14	Gregory	476	↑3	24
15	Kevin	475	–	15
16	Larry	458	–	28
17	Thomas	436	↓3	9
18	Anthony	435	↑3	25
19	Paul	430	↓1	18
20	Timothy	383	–	11
21	Keith	381	↑3	35
22	Gary	379	↑1	22
23	Terry	379	↓1	34
24	Steven	352	↑2	10
25	Ricky	341	↓6	38
26	Jerry	321	↓1	37
27	Edward	307	–	26
28	Brian	301	↑1	20
29	Randy	295	↑2	32
30	Stephen	294	↑6	27
31	Carl	290	↑1	53
32	Willie	287	↑3	81
33	Dennis	280	↓3	31
34	Daniel	269	↓1	17
35	Christopher	267	↑10	29
36	George	258	↓8	33
37	Johnny	254	–	65
38	Raymond	221	↑12	46
39	Jeffrey	218	new	14
40	Micheal	215	↑1	>100
41	Craig	212	↑5	41
42	Bobby	210	–	73
43	Patrick	209	↓4	45
44	Billy	205	new	67
45	Eric	202	↓1	44
46	Gerald	202	↓6	62
47	Henry	202	new	84
48	Danny	201	↓14	48
49	Frank	200	new	40
50	Jimmy	195	↓7	69

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