State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,966 Louisiana births in 1969 across 1,333 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#81Ronoutside the national top 200
#68Monique#183 nationally
#87Byronoutside the national top 200
#98Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#59Charlotte#160 nationally
#100Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#96Belinda#193 nationally
#48Dwayne#144 nationally
#95Vickie#174 nationally
#50Reginald#125 nationally
#62Shannon#129 nationally
#70Tyrone#137 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa711US #1
#2Michelle635US #2
#3Angela592US #7
#4Melissa570US #5
#5Kimberly489US #4
#6Tammy451US #9
#7Stephanie425US #19
#8Mary411US #8
#9Jennifer389US #3
#10Karen369US #13
#11Shannon346US #31
#12Pamela345US #24
#13Sharon301US #36
#14Tina286US #22
#15Nicole276US #47
#16Laura275US #10
#17Cynthia269US #23
#18Donna269US #26
#19Tracy263US #17
#20Amy262US #6
#21Rhonda250US #44
#22Elizabeth249US #16
#23Sandra249US #25
#24Dawn238US #21
#25Patricia235US #18
#26Monica234US #59
#27Dana229US #60
#28Lori224US #20
#29Susan215US #11
#30Kelly203US #15
#31Rebecca201US #28
#32Stacy198US #53
#33Rachel194US #69
#34Leslie193US #64
#35Wendy192US #29
#36Christine188US #14
#37Julie187US #12
#38Kim185US #66
#39Paula179US #50
#40Denise175US #35
#41Stacey175US #52
#42Yolanda166US #98
#43Tonya164US #54
#44Deborah149US #27
#45Linda149US #33
#46Cheryl146US #41
#47Robin145US #46
#48Theresa144US #49
#49Michele142US #30
#50Brenda138US #38
#51Debra136US #43
#52Carla135US #90
#53Carolyn135US #71
#54Andrea134US #48
#55Jacqueline134US #62
#56Melanie129US #92
#57Barbara125US #39
#58Carol125US #56
#59Charlotte124US #160
#60Tara120US #107
#61Sherry119US #55
#62Tanya115US #91
#63Sheila113US #68
#64Veronica112US #108
#65Teresa111US #32
#66Catherine110US #58
#67Tracey110US #65
#68Monique109US #183
#69Sonya109US #123
#70Laurie108US #79
#71Wanda106US #126
#72Regina104US #86
#73Connie103US #105
#74Cindy101US #74
#75Ann96US #57
#76Terri94US #93
#77Kathy92US #77
#78Christina91US #37
#79Katherine90US #70
#80Amanda89US #122
#81Nancy89US #45
#82Jill86US #51
#83Gina85US #63
#84Heather85US #34
#85Renee84US #67
#86Yvette84US #152
#87Christy81US #116
#88Cassandra80US #151
#89Margaret79US #73
#90Sarah79US #72
#91Melinda77US #89
#92Vanessa77US #147
#93Crystal75US #118
#94Suzanne75US #75
#95Vickie75US #174
#96Belinda74US #193
#97Felicia74US #146
#98Gwendolyn72
#99Janice72US #131
#100Shelia72

Boys

#1Michael1,314US #1
#2James1,057US #3
#3John1,033US #4
#4David934US #2
#5Robert916US #5
#6Charles588US #19
#7Christopher566US #7
#8Kevin562US #16
#9Joseph556US #15
#10Mark550US #8
#11William543US #6
#12Richard448US #10
#13Brian413US #9
#14Kenneth403US #23
#15Thomas376US #13
#16Paul363US #22
#17Anthony360US #20
#18Ronald358US #29
#19Troy358US #42
#20Steven356US #14
#21Patrick349US #31
#22Eric343US #21
#23Jason331US #25
#24Gregory325US #26
#25Scott315US #12
#26Timothy306US #17
#27Donald278US #30
#28Stephen272US #27
#29Jeffrey267US #11
#30Daniel262US #18
#31Todd238US #28
#32Keith229US #36
#33Edward227US #32
#34Larry205US #40
#35Corey189US #58
#36Gary186US #35
#37Chad183US #69
#38Jerry177US #45
#39George173US #38
#40Terry173US #52
#41Craig164US #39
#42Willie164US #101
#43Bryan157US #51
#44Johnny157US #67
#45Matthew153US #24
#46Darren152US #60
#47Gerald151US #65
#48Dwayne148US #144
#49Raymond146US #50
#50Reginald146US #125
#51Jeffery144US #48
#52Rodney142US #49
#53Bobby141US #82
#54Derrick137US #107
#55Randy131US #55
#56Jimmy128US #79
#57Chris127US #66
#58Shane127US #87
#59Henry126US #100
#60Tony123US #54
#61Douglas122US #34
#62Shannon121US #129
#63Darrell118US #93
#64Billy117US #77
#65Sean116US #37
#66Shawn116US #41
#67Carl115US #62
#68Louis113US #121
#69Russell112US #57
#70Tyrone108US #137
#71Jonathan105US #46
#72Ricky105US #90
#73Frank103US #47
#74Samuel103US #64
#75Randall102US #85
#76Roy102US #105
#77Allen101US #111
#78Lawrence100US #71
#79Wayne100US #75
#80Andrew96US #33
#81Ron96
#82Micheal95US #120
#83Danny94US #73
#84Dennis94US #44
#85Tommy94US #134
#86Walter90US #84
#87Byron89
#88Lance89US #103
#89Albert88US #108
#90Barry88US #99
#91Brent87US #92
#92Curtis87US #81
#93Harold85US #117
#94Marvin85US #139
#95Arthur84US #97
#96Calvin83US #163
#97Kirk83US #148
#98Melvin83US #162
#99Ronnie83US #127
#100Bruce82US #72

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑35Shannon#62
↑30Laurie#70
↑21Jason#23
↑20Veronica#64
↑20Jonathan#71
↑19Shannon#11
↑19Dwayne#48
↑17Ann#75

Falling

↓34Dennis#84
↓24Ronnie#99
↓23Bruce#100
↓21Janice#99
↓21Curtis#92
↓20Harold#93
↓19Barbara#57
↓17Linda#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.