State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,761 Louisiana births in 1963 across 1,371 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Louisiana more than they say America.

#48Shelia#185 nationally
#52Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#87Byronoutside the national top 200
#75Vanessa#188 nationally
#91Alvin#197 nationally
#60Charlotte#153 nationally
#96Glenda#187 nationally
#69Belinda#150 nationally
#97Rickey#175 nationally
#43Dwayne#115 nationally
#89Darren#158 nationally
#63Phyllis#131 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa947US #1
#2Mary871US #2
#3Donna618US #6
#4Karen615US #4
#5Tammy549US #12
#6Cynthia539US #10
#7Pamela528US #14
#8Linda500US #5
#9Angela482US #30
#10Sharon479US #19
#11Sandra435US #9
#12Patricia434US #7
#13Susan425US #3
#14Debra409US #21
#15Brenda393US #15
#16Elizabeth352US #20
#17Lori337US #8
#18Barbara302US #17
#19Rhonda295US #45
#20Denise292US #27
#21Connie291US #55
#22Paula288US #42
#23Deborah285US #13
#24Carolyn281US #56
#25Cheryl279US #24
#26Kim273US #39
#27Robin263US #25
#28Tina252US #35
#29Melissa246US #61
#30Cindy243US #37
#31Jacqueline243US #51
#32Michelle240US #26
#33Laura239US #16
#34Rebecca229US #44
#35Stephanie225US #64
#36Jennifer223US #36
#37Julie218US #22
#38Sheila212US #50
#39Janice211US #63
#40Wanda211US #76
#41Kathy207US #34
#42Terri202US #58
#43Kimberly197US #11
#44Janet184US #40
#45Darlene181US #85
#46Penny181US #86
#47Theresa181US #38
#48Shelia172US #185
#49Nancy161US #23
#50Melanie159US #101
#51Dana156US #88
#52Gwendolyn156US #171
#53Christine153US #29
#54Carol151US #33
#55Monica149US #110
#56Catherine148US #53
#57Margaret147US #46
#58Judy145US #70
#59Sherry145US #49
#60Charlotte144US #153
#61Debbie142US #41
#62Shirley141US #99
#63Phyllis138US #131
#64Anita137US #77
#65Annette137US #71
#66Kelly136US #32
#67Carla133US #82
#68Laurie131US #47
#69Belinda130US #150
#70Betty130US #104
#71Beverly129US #81
#72Teresa129US #18
#73Leslie125US #72
#74Tracy122US #48
#75Vanessa122US #188
#76Kathleen120US #28
#77Cathy118US #67
#78Joyce116US #84
#79Suzanne115US #65
#80Peggy112US #106
#81Sarah112US #94
#82Vickie112US #120
#83Gloria110US #96
#84Maria110US #43
#85Andrea108US #89
#86Ann108US #57
#87Bonnie105US #83
#88Diane105US #31
#89Veronica105US #139
#90Gina104US #79
#91Michele104US #59
#92Alice103US #138
#93Dawn102US #52
#94Dorothy101US #116
#95Katherine101US #87
#96Glenda99US #187
#97Stacey99US #127
#98Wendy99US #60
#99Marilyn98US #125
#100Rose98US #118

Boys

#1Michael1,438US #1
#2John1,286US #2
#3David1,237US #3
#4James1,186US #4
#5Robert1,057US #5
#6Mark775US #6
#7Kevin738US #11
#8Charles665US #16
#9William639US #7
#10Kenneth637US #18
#11Joseph633US #13
#12Richard509US #8
#13Gregory505US #21
#14Paul468US #17
#15Anthony438US #22
#16Donald435US #25
#17Ronald418US #23
#18Thomas393US #9
#19Keith369US #33
#20Troy338US #66
#21Steven333US #14
#22Terry331US #32
#23Timothy331US #15
#24Brian323US #20
#25Gary320US #24
#26Patrick319US #35
#27Eric286US #31
#28Carl278US #54
#29Jerry276US #38
#30Edward274US #27
#31Jeffrey274US #10
#32Larry262US #36
#33Todd258US #30
#34Christopher256US #26
#35Scott249US #12
#36Stephen249US #29
#37Willie229US #93
#38Randy227US #37
#39George221US #34
#40Jeffery221US #46
#41Ricky219US #47
#42Daniel211US #19
#43Dwayne201US #115
#44Danny199US #55
#45Johnny194US #71
#46Raymond181US #45
#47Dennis179US #39
#48Bobby178US #75
#49Craig175US #51
#50Bruce172US #43
#51Gerald172US #60
#52Barry170US #67
#53Frank165US #41
#54Tommy163US #107
#55Chris158US #59
#56Bryan155US #73
#57Tony154US #52
#58Billy153US #74
#59Henry153US #94
#60Glenn151US #64
#61Micheal150US #106
#62Douglas149US #28
#63Louis148US #104
#64Darryl147US #80
#65Ronnie147US #101
#66Jimmy146US #78
#67Curtis144US #72
#68Lawrence140US #68
#69Wayne140US #63
#70Allen139US #90
#71Rodney138US #76
#72Darrell135US #95
#73Reginald133US #132
#74Arthur131US #91
#75Steve130US #49
#76Harold129US #96
#77Melvin124US #133
#78Russell124US #57
#79Andrew123US #42
#80Randall119US #65
#81Marvin118US #120
#82Roy118US #89
#83Albert115US #100
#84Calvin115US #140
#85Roger113US #53
#86Warren112US #152
#87Byron110
#88Eddie110US #109
#89Darren108US #158
#90Phillip108US #70
#91Alvin107US #197
#92Walter106US #77
#93Samuel105US #87
#94Dale103US #69
#95Stanley102US #105
#96Mike101US #44
#97Rickey101US #175
#98Jerome100US #128
#99Clarence99US #163
#100Peter98US #40

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑32Penny#46
↑24Paula#22
↑19Melissa#29
↑19Christine#53
↑19Anita#64
↑19Suzanne#79
↑19Harold#76
↑16Vanessa#75

Falling

↓33Carla#67
↓29Marilyn#99
↓26Jerome#98
↓22Debbie#61
↓22Joyce#78
↓18Judy#58
↓18Veronica#89
↓17Walter#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.