Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1961

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1961 were Mary for girls (1,010 babies) and Michael for boys (1,584). Social Security records list 79,302 babies born in Louisiana in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1961

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

Girls

Joycelyn: 27 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Earline: 24 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Deidra: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lisha: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 170 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Claudette: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 194 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Velvet: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Mona: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 28 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Huey: 32 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Errol: 28 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jude: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Nolan: 31 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ivory: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lionel: 74 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Percy: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wilbert: 44 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wilfred: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	1,010	–	1
2	Lisa	882	↑3	2
3	Karen	661	↑4	5
4	Donna	647	↓2	7
5	Linda	646	↓1	4
6	Cynthia	588	↓3	8
7	Brenda	555	↑1	11
8	Sharon	538	↑5	17
9	Patricia	527	↓3	6
10	Pamela	508	↑1	15
11	Debra	506	↓1	13
12	Sandra	495	↓3	9
13	Susan	443	↓1	3
14	Barbara	403	↑1	12
15	Deborah	396	↓1	10
16	Tammy	387	↑1	28
17	Elizabeth	380	↑1	19
18	Angela	369	↑14	38
19	Cheryl	361	↓3	20
20	Carolyn	335	–	42
21	Denise	306	↓2	30
22	Jacqueline	301	new	37
23	Kathy	277	↓2	25
24	Rhonda	275	↓2	46
25	Wanda	264	–	70
26	Robin	262	new	27
27	Connie	261	↓4	50
28	Laura	260	↑9	21
29	Janet	255	↑4	32
30	Julie	249	↑6	23
31	Jennifer	247	new	47
32	Lori	246	↑18	14
33	Sheila	244	↓7	59
34	Rebecca	241	↓3	44
35	Carla	240	new	77
36	Tina	233	↑4	41
37	Debbie	231	↓10	31
38	Nancy	231	↓4	16
39	Kim	229	↓10	36
40	Janice	225	↓16	52
41	Michelle	217	new	34
42	Paula	215	↑2	60
43	Cindy	214	↓5	33
44	Theresa	214	↓14	35
45	Carol	195	↓10	24
46	Gwendolyn	194	↑3	>100
47	Stephanie	194	↓5	78
48	Judy	191	↓20	58
49	Shirley	186	↓3	85
50	Terri	186	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	1,584	–	1
2	John	1,329	↑2	3
3	David	1,257	↓1	2
4	James	1,245	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,055	–	5
6	Mark	850	↑1	6
7	Charles	753	↓1	13
8	Joseph	661	↑1	12
9	Kenneth	658	↓1	16
10	William	658	–	7
11	Kevin	561	↑4	14
12	Donald	545	↓1	22
13	Gregory	511	↑1	23
14	Richard	486	↓2	8
15	Anthony	439	↑3	25
16	Paul	418	↑3	18
17	Ronald	414	↓4	24
18	Thomas	414	↓1	9
19	Gary	400	↑3	21
20	Larry	364	↓4	30
21	Terry	361	↑2	32
22	Timothy	357	↓2	15
23	Keith	352	↓2	35
24	Brian	330	↑4	20
25	Steven	319	↓1	10
26	Ricky	299	↓1	44
27	Daniel	282	↑7	17
28	Jerry	280	↓2	37
29	Patrick	272	↑14	39
30	Stephen	267	–	27
31	Randy	259	↓2	33
32	Edward	253	↓5	29
33	Carl	248	↓2	56
34	George	248	↑2	31
35	Jeffrey	242	↑4	11
36	Christopher	240	↓1	26
37	Johnny	235	–	70
38	Craig	227	↑3	43
39	Dennis	226	↓6	34
40	Willie	225	↓8	86
41	Jeffery	220	new	50
42	Billy	215	↑2	68
43	Dwayne	215	new	>100
44	Raymond	207	↓6	48
45	Bobby	206	↓3	76
46	Gerald	205	–	62
47	Bruce	195	new	40
48	Scott	195	new	19
49	Wayne	192	new	61
50	Eric	186	↓5	38

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