State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,043 Louisiana births in 1964 across 1,387 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#57Shelia#186 nationally
#66Vanessa#183 nationally
#84Alvin#195 nationally
#93Byronoutside the national top 200
#56Charlotte#158 nationally
#91Clarence#166 nationally
#47Dwayne#120 nationally
#81Charlene#144 nationally
#82Calvin#145 nationally
#79Phyllis#140 nationally
#67Darren#127 nationally
#70Reginald#128 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa967US #1
#2Mary938US #2
#3Karen599US #4
#4Angela582US #22
#5Donna569US #7
#6Cynthia541US #9
#7Tammy501US #10
#8Pamela493US #11
#9Patricia488US #5
#10Sharon488US #20
#11Linda399US #8
#12Susan372US #3
#13Sandra365US #13
#14Jacqueline331US #37
#15Elizabeth324US #16
#16Debra320US #24
#17Brenda315US #18
#18Rhonda313US #43
#19Michelle306US #23
#20Denise295US #25
#21Barbara290US #19
#22Deborah283US #12
#23Lori277US #15
#24Paula273US #45
#25Melissa270US #53
#26Dana262US #70
#27Stephanie260US #57
#28Kimberly259US #6
#29Tina255US #34
#30Cheryl252US #29
#31Kim252US #42
#32Laura251US #14
#33Carolyn247US #56
#34Connie247US #64
#35Julie247US #17
#36Robin239US #27
#37Sheila232US #51
#38Wanda231US #81
#39Jennifer218US #31
#40Darlene213US #80
#41Rebecca201US #46
#42Theresa199US #38
#43Terri189US #62
#44Annette187US #68
#45Cindy187US #47
#46Monica184US #90
#47Janice174US #69
#48Nancy170US #26
#49Carla166US #78
#50Christine165US #28
#51Kathy165US #39
#52Dawn163US #33
#53Margaret159US #49
#54Tracy153US #40
#55Janet152US #48
#56Charlotte150US #158
#57Shelia147US #186
#58Melanie145US #105
#59Sherry145US #50
#60Debbie141US #52
#61Kelly141US #35
#62Carol140US #36
#63Judy139US #74
#64Betty135US #102
#65Catherine134US #54
#66Vanessa133US #183
#67Joyce125US #87
#68Penny124US #96
#69Laurie120US #59
#70Teresa120US #21
#71Valerie118US #66
#72Amy117US #44
#73Leslie115US #73
#74Beverly112US #91
#75Anita111US #85
#76Sarah111US #92
#77Wendy111US #55
#78Shirley110US #103
#79Phyllis109US #140
#80Ann107US #60
#81Charlene107US #144
#82Kathleen105US #30
#83Rose105US #120
#84Veronica105US #133
#85Gina104US #79
#86Cathy103US #75
#87Gloria103US #104
#88Melinda103US #113
#89Terry103US #139
#90Anna102US #97
#91Maria102US #41
#92Marilyn102US #146
#93Vickie100US #127
#94Renee99US #71
#95Jackie98US #128
#96Katherine97US #82
#97Yvette97US #155
#98Regina96US #83
#99Andrea95US #77
#100Yolanda95US #147

Boys

#1John1,467US #2
#2Michael1,312US #1
#3James1,263US #4
#4David1,133US #3
#5Robert1,044US #5
#6Mark715US #6
#7Kevin708US #13
#8Charles670US #17
#9Joseph658US #11
#10Kenneth641US #18
#11William605US #7
#12Richard543US #8
#13Gregory467US #22
#14Paul455US #16
#15Anthony425US #21
#16Thomas417US #9
#17Patrick402US #30
#18Donald398US #25
#19Ronald385US #24
#20Timothy361US #15
#21Steven346US #12
#22Christopher339US #23
#23Brian332US #20
#24Troy328US #57
#25Keith312US #34
#26Randy311US #38
#27Gary304US #26
#28Scott292US #14
#29Terry286US #35
#30Edward278US #27
#31Eric274US #32
#32Carl267US #55
#33Stephen260US #29
#34Todd258US #28
#35Jerry256US #40
#36Jeffrey251US #10
#37Daniel240US #19
#38George233US #33
#39Larry229US #36
#40Ricky225US #54
#41Jeffery205US #45
#42Danny201US #56
#43Gerald200US #60
#44Johnny200US #74
#45Willie200US #90
#46Raymond196US #44
#47Dwayne186US #120
#48Rodney172US #59
#49Frank169US #41
#50Bobby167US #73
#51Darrell167US #96
#52Barry166US #69
#53Craig165US #48
#54Dennis165US #42
#55Tony162US #50
#56Billy160US #71
#57Douglas159US #31
#58Bruce153US #46
#59Bryan152US #70
#60Ronnie152US #104
#61Darryl151US #87
#62Wayne151US #61
#63Micheal149US #112
#64Tommy149US #108
#65Chris148US #65
#66Louis148US #102
#67Darren143US #127
#68Randall143US #66
#69Henry141US #92
#70Reginald140US #128
#71Roy140US #89
#72Allen138US #93
#73Walter134US #80
#74Russell131US #58
#75Albert129US #100
#76Samuel128US #86
#77Andrew125US #37
#78Glenn123US #81
#79Jimmy122US #78
#80Lawrence121US #68
#81Curtis119US #75
#82Calvin118US #145
#83Ernest115US #124
#84Alvin114US #195
#85Eddie114US #106
#86Phillip114US #67
#87Harold113US #98
#88Melvin110US #134
#89Arthur108US #91
#90Peter108US #39
#91Clarence105US #166
#92Marvin105US #119
#93Byron103
#94Philip101US #76
#95Steve101US #51
#96Jerome100US #140
#97Roger99US #49
#98Aaron96US #138
#99Frederick96US #105
#100Vincent94US #64

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑41Dawn#52
↑25Dana#26
↑23Rodney#48
↑22Darren#67
↑21Annette#44
↑21Wendy#77
↑21Darrell#51
↑20Tracy#54

Falling

↓22Penny#68
↓20Steve#95
↓18Glenn#78
↓16Shirley#78
↓16Phyllis#79
↓15Cindy#45
↓15Arthur#89
↓14Andrea#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.