Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1962

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1962 were Mary for girls (965 babies) and Michael for boys (1,492). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 78,484 babies born in Louisiana in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1962

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: 26 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Earline: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Kayla: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dinah: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charmaine: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Deidra: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ava: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelia: 175 babies, 4× the national rate
Erica: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bessie: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Emile: 28 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Jules: 21 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Huey: 31 babies, 18× the national rate
Lionel: 62 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cornell: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilfred: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Percy: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wilbert: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Elton: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Alton: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	965	–	2
2	Lisa	887	–	1
3	Karen	662	–	4
4	Cynthia	602	↑2	8
5	Donna	593	↓1	7
6	Sharon	574	↑2	17
7	Linda	562	↓2	5
8	Sandra	548	↑4	10
9	Brenda	533	↓2	12
10	Pamela	502	–	13
11	Patricia	500	↓2	6
12	Debra	462	↓1	15
13	Susan	449	–	3
14	Tammy	425	↑2	23
15	Angela	381	↑3	36
16	Deborah	381	↓1	9
17	Barbara	377	↓3	14
18	Elizabeth	356	↓1	20
19	Carolyn	323	↑1	46
20	Cheryl	321	↓1	24
21	Lori	320	↑11	11
22	Robin	307	↑4	25
23	Rhonda	296	↑1	45
24	Kim	284	↑15	37
25	Tina	284	↑11	33
26	Jacqueline	280	↓4	44
27	Connie	262	–	51
28	Jennifer	251	↑3	41
29	Wanda	248	↓4	77
30	Denise	247	↓9	30
31	Stephanie	240	↑16	70
32	Janice	239	↑8	58
33	Laura	232	↓5	21
34	Carla	231	↑1	78
35	Janet	231	↓6	35
36	Kathy	229	↓13	27
37	Sheila	223	↓4	52
38	Michelle	220	↑3	31
39	Debbie	216	↓2	32
40	Judy	206	↑8	63
41	Julie	206	↓11	22
42	Theresa	206	↑2	40
43	Rebecca	205	↓9	47
44	Cindy	204	↓1	34
45	Darlene	197	new	88
46	Paula	193	↓4	60
47	Carol	189	↓2	28
48	Melissa	180	new	68
49	Nancy	179	↓11	19
50	Melanie	175	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	1,492	–	1
2	John	1,285	–	3
3	James	1,249	↑1	4
4	David	1,165	↓1	2
5	Robert	975	–	5
6	Mark	811	–	6
7	Charles	713	–	15
8	Joseph	692	–	13
9	Kenneth	682	–	18
10	Kevin	609	↑1	14
11	William	599	↓1	7
12	Gregory	535	↑1	21
13	Donald	522	↓1	23
14	Richard	484	–	8
15	Thomas	440	↑3	9
16	Ronald	439	↑1	25
17	Anthony	431	↓2	24
18	Paul	408	↓2	19
19	Terry	369	↑2	34
20	Keith	352	↑3	36
21	Steven	349	↑4	12
22	Timothy	340	–	16
23	Gary	315	↓4	22
24	Larry	311	↓4	31
25	Brian	308	↓1	20
26	Troy	300	new	67
27	Jeffrey	291	↑8	10
28	Patrick	279	↑1	40
29	Christopher	276	↑7	26
30	Scott	266	↑18	11
31	Stephen	265	↓1	28
32	Jerry	263	↓4	38
33	Randy	263	↓2	35
34	Ricky	262	↓8	50
35	Daniel	261	↓8	17
36	Edward	251	↓4	29
37	Todd	246	new	30
38	Eric	245	↑12	33
39	Carl	241	↓6	58
40	George	240	↓6	32
41	Jeffery	218	–	45
42	Gerald	210	↑4	65
43	Billy	202	↓1	71
44	Danny	201	new	54
45	Bobby	199	–	78
46	Bruce	198	↑1	41
47	Willie	194	↓7	89
48	Dennis	192	↓9	37
49	Glenn	189	new	55
50	Johnny	187	↓13	69

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