State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,356 Louisiana births in 1966 across 1,334 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#70Moniqueoutside the national top 200
#56Shelia#181 nationally
#82Vanessa#197 nationally
#85Bridget#198 nationally
#88Byronoutside the national top 200
#93Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#94Alvin#196 nationally
#59Amanda#148 nationally
#66Charlotte#151 nationally
#48Reginald#131 nationally
#100Samantha#182 nationally
#57Chad#135 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,063US #1
#2Angela627US #9
#3Mary622US #3
#4Michelle547US #4
#5Karen485US #5
#6Melissa476US #22
#7Donna438US #12
#8Cynthia428US #11
#9Tammy419US #8
#10Pamela410US #15
#11Sharon394US #28
#12Kimberly380US #2
#13Patricia368US #7
#14Sandra329US #17
#15Rhonda327US #39
#16Stephanie315US #38
#17Jennifer304US #10
#18Tina297US #23
#19Susan281US #6
#20Elizabeth266US #16
#21Cheryl252US #34
#22Linda251US #18
#23Kim249US #43
#24Denise228US #32
#25Deborah225US #14
#26Paula224US #50
#27Barbara223US #27
#28Brenda222US #25
#29Julie213US #13
#30Tracy208US #31
#31Debra204US #35
#32Rebecca196US #40
#33Dawn195US #24
#34Lori195US #21
#35Laura191US #19
#36Carolyn189US #60
#37Jacqueline186US #47
#38Dana182US #68
#39Kelly182US #26
#40Sheila182US #51
#41Wendy180US #41
#42Monica172US #75
#43Stacey172US #76
#44Connie169US #70
#45Robin168US #42
#46Amy166US #30
#47Theresa164US #46
#48Michele160US #36
#49Andrea159US #52
#50Nancy152US #33
#51Christine149US #20
#52Wanda148US #84
#53Carla140US #77
#54Catherine138US #54
#55Darlene135US #94
#56Shelia135US #181
#57Sherry129US #53
#58Janet125US #57
#59Amanda124US #148
#60Cindy124US #56
#61Leslie124US #71
#62Veronica124US #113
#63Yolanda120US #131
#64Stacy113US #91
#65Katherine112US #78
#66Charlotte111US #151
#67Kathy110US #59
#68Janice107US #80
#69Margaret107US #55
#70Monique107
#71Penny107US #112
#72Melanie106US #116
#73Annette104US #79
#74Gina103US #58
#75Carol99US #48
#76Sonya99US #126
#77Yvette99US #143
#78Teresa98US #29
#79Debbie97US #73
#80Renee97US #66
#81Valerie97US #74
#82Vanessa97US #197
#83Jill96US #49
#84Betty94US #121
#85Bridget93US #198
#86Terri93US #72
#87Melinda91US #102
#88Judy90US #97
#89Shannon90US #120
#90Tonya90US #96
#91Maria89US #44
#92Tanya89US #160
#93Gwendolyn87
#94Kathleen87US #37
#95Phyllis86US #173
#96Rachel86US #154
#97Beverly85US #109
#98Regina85US #82
#99Rose84US #141
#100Samantha84US #182

Boys

#1Michael1,236US #1
#2John1,157US #4
#3James1,124US #3
#4David1,004US #2
#5Robert833US #5
#6Kevin612US #17
#7Charles586US #20
#8Joseph551US #15
#9Mark548US #7
#10Kenneth531US #21
#11William492US #6
#12Richard455US #8
#13Paul442US #18
#14Christopher434US #12
#15Anthony429US #22
#16Brian396US #14
#17Gregory392US #23
#18Troy373US #48
#19Donald371US #27
#20Ronald362US #24
#21Timothy355US #11
#22Thomas339US #10
#23Patrick334US #31
#24Steven334US #13
#25Keith331US #32
#26Jeffrey283US #9
#27Rodney281US #35
#28Gary273US #28
#29Eric267US #25
#30Scott254US #16
#31Jerry250US #41
#32Terry245US #40
#33Stephen243US #26
#34Larry235US #38
#35Todd228US #29
#36Daniel224US #19
#37Edward223US #30
#38George219US #37
#39Jeffery212US #42
#40Darren196US #63
#41Randy194US #45
#42Tony187US #49
#43Craig182US #46
#44Willie170US #93
#45Carl161US #56
#46Gerald161US #60
#47Raymond157US #47
#48Reginald156US #131
#49Billy150US #80
#50Darrell148US #95
#51Dennis146US #44
#52Bryan144US #52
#53Johnny143US #73
#54Frank142US #43
#55Ricky140US #64
#56Bobby138US #82
#57Chad138US #135
#58Dwayne132US #133
#59Andrew130US #36
#60Douglas130US #33
#61Darryl129US #88
#62Roy129US #94
#63Micheal128US #115
#64Henry126US #92
#65Louis126US #104
#66Chris125US #55
#67Jason125US #89
#68Jimmy124US #77
#69Bruce123US #53
#70Lawrence120US #66
#71Russell117US #61
#72Barry114US #87
#73Danny113US #62
#74Ronnie113US #108
#75Wayne113US #59
#76Marvin108US #113
#77Curtis107US #75
#78Albert106US #100
#79Randall104US #70
#80Roger103US #51
#81Sean102US #50
#82Allen98US #97
#83Samuel98US #81
#84Matthew97US #34
#85Peter96US #39
#86Tommy96US #124
#87Arthur95US #96
#88Byron94
#89Earl91US #160
#90Warren91US #167
#91Walter90US #83
#92Harold89US #99
#93Vincent89US #58
#94Alvin88US #196
#95Philip86US #86
#96Melvin85US #142
#97Phillip84US #71
#98Darrin83US #119
#99Eddie83US #121
#100Brent81US #114

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑29Katherine#65
↑28Stacy#64
↑28Jason#67
↑23Michele#48
↑23Billy#49
↑21Dana#38
↑21Veronica#62
↑16Micheal#63

Falling

↓35Terri#86
↓26Harold#92
↓25Samantha#100
↓24Gwendolyn#93
↓24Eddie#99
↓20Danny#73
↓19Allen#82
↓18Kathy#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.