Top baby names in Louisiana, 1949
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,559 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,550 |
| 3 | Barbara | 870 |
| 4 | Patricia | 865 |
| 5 | Brenda | 738 |
| 6 | Sandra | 537 |
| 7 | Carolyn | 508 |
| 8 | Shirley | 505 |
| 9 | Betty | 489 |
| 10 | Susan | 438 |
| 11 | Judy | 435 |
| 12 | Gloria | 419 |
| 13 | Cynthia | 390 |
| 14 | Sharon | 379 |
| 15 | Dorothy | 361 |
| 16 | Margaret | 350 |
| 17 | Joyce | 331 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 311 |
| 19 | Carol | 294 |
| 20 | Deborah | 291 |
| 21 | Peggy | 276 |
| 22 | Janice | 275 |
| 23 | Kathleen | 271 |
| 24 | Donna | 267 |
| 25 | Diane | 258 |
| 26 | Rose | 251 |
| 27 | Beverly | 247 |
| 27 | Karen | 247 |
| 29 | Catherine | 234 |
| 30 | Cheryl | 231 |
| 31 | Dianne | 227 |
| 32 | Nancy | 206 |
| 33 | Wanda | 204 |
| 34 | Martha | 199 |
| 35 | Alice | 196 |
| 36 | Frances | 194 |
| 36 | Helen | 194 |
| 38 | Pamela | 192 |
| 39 | Judith | 191 |
| 40 | Gwendolyn | 173 |
| 41 | Bonnie | 171 |
| 41 | Jo | 171 |
| 41 | Virginia | 171 |
| 44 | Janet | 170 |
| 45 | Charlotte | 167 |
| 46 | Glenda | 162 |
| 46 | Katherine | 162 |
| 48 | Evelyn | 161 |
| 49 | Annie | 157 |
| 49 | Doris | 157 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 1,576 |
| 2 | John | 1,393 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,231 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,049 |
| 5 | Michael | 933 |
| 6 | Joseph | 795 |
| 7 | William | 767 |
| 8 | Larry | 683 |
| 9 | David | 675 |
| 10 | Ronald | 672 |
| 11 | Donald | 584 |
| 12 | Thomas | 565 |
| 13 | Richard | 560 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 482 |
| 15 | Willie | 451 |
| 16 | George | 414 |
| 17 | Edward | 379 |
| 18 | Jerry | 349 |
| 19 | Gary | 331 |
| 19 | Henry | 331 |
| 21 | Paul | 289 |
| 22 | Johnny | 283 |
| 23 | Albert | 266 |
| 24 | Louis | 263 |
| 25 | Gerald | 262 |
| 26 | Lawrence | 239 |
| 27 | Roy | 238 |
| 28 | Frank | 237 |
| 29 | Harold | 233 |
| 30 | Clarence | 226 |
| 30 | Daniel | 226 |
| 32 | Raymond | 221 |
| 33 | Walter | 213 |
| 33 | Wayne | 213 |
| 35 | Stephen | 205 |
| 36 | Glenn | 203 |
| 37 | Bobby | 201 |
| 38 | Anthony | 199 |
| 39 | Arthur | 195 |
| 39 | Terry | 195 |
| 41 | Dennis | 193 |
| 42 | Billy | 187 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 185 |
| 44 | Roger | 177 |
| 45 | Eddie | 175 |
| 45 | Samuel | 175 |
| 47 | Russell | 165 |
| 48 | Earl | 164 |
| 49 | Patrick | 159 |
| 50 | Leroy | 158 |