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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,262 Louisiana births in 1970 across 1,385 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#82Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#84Byronoutside the national top 200
#58Charlotte#166 nationally
#55Monique#160 nationally
#49Dwayne#141 nationally
#100Bridget#179 nationally
#65Reginald#142 nationally
#89Calvin#166 nationally
#94Shawn#168 nationally
#69Vanessa#138 nationally
#68Tyrone#132 nationally
#35Derrick#96 nationally

Girls

#1Angela601US #6
#2Michelle578US #4
#3Lisa541US #2
#4Melissa516US #7
#5Kimberly511US #3
#6Jennifer506US #1
#7Tammy479US #8
#8Mary448US #9
#9Shannon426US #22
#10Stephanie369US #17
#11Nicole357US #30
#12Amy330US #5
#13Karen321US #12
#14Tracy311US #10
#15Pamela274US #26
#16Tina268US #21
#17Dawn260US #16
#18Elizabeth257US #18
#19Sharon248US #37
#20Rhonda247US #46
#21Dana236US #54
#22Donna227US #32
#23Julie223US #11
#24Patricia214US #24
#25Laura213US #13
#26Susan212US #15
#27Cynthia208US #25
#28Stacy206US #42
#29Monica204US #56
#30Lori197US #23
#31Leslie192US #64
#32Rebecca192US #29
#33Wendy191US #28
#34Stacey186US #48
#35Sandra182US #27
#36Christine177US #14
#37Tonya176US #49
#38Rachel173US #58
#39Kelly168US #20
#40Paula167US #57
#41Tanya158US #76
#42Kim156US #78
#43Cheryl152US #44
#44Tiffany149US #99
#45Denise144US #36
#46Yolanda142US #106
#47Melanie139US #91
#48Linda137US #38
#49Robin135US #51
#50Carla129US #94
#51Tara129US #69
#52Sabrina127US #107
#53Theresa126US #53
#54Brenda125US #40
#55Monique124US #160
#56Debra123US #47
#57Barbara122US #41
#58Charlotte121US #166
#59Regina121US #86
#60Heather120US #19
#61Deborah119US #33
#62Carolyn115US #84
#63Andrea114US #43
#64Connie113US #116
#65Sherry113US #60
#66Christy112US #105
#67Laurie112US #88
#68Amanda111US #108
#69Vanessa110US #138
#70Catherine109US #59
#71Jacqueline107US #66
#72Wanda104US #132
#73Tracey103US #55
#74Sheila100US #75
#75Sonya100US #131
#76Michele97US #31
#77Veronica97US #110
#78Gina96US #61
#79Melinda96US #93
#80Jill95US #52
#81Nancy93US #50
#82Ashley92
#83Margaret92US #80
#84Erica91US #129
#85Felicia90US #139
#86Renee90US #68
#87Cassandra87US #135
#88Crystal87US #101
#89Christina86US #35
#90Kathy86US #77
#91Katherine85US #67
#92Sarah85US #65
#93Holly83US #74
#94Shawn81US #168
#95Allison77US #133
#96April77US #82
#97Suzanne77US #87
#98Alicia76US #118
#99Teresa76US #34
#100Bridget75US #179

Boys

#1Michael1,262US #1
#2James1,076US #2
#3John1,034US #4
#4Robert840US #5
#5David812US #3
#6Christopher709US #6
#7Kevin637US #14
#8Charles581US #21
#9William563US #7
#10Joseph550US #16
#11Mark482US #9
#12Richard442US #10
#13Brian423US #8
#14Jason414US #13
#15Anthony404US #22
#16Kenneth391US #25
#17Eric365US #18
#18Scott359US #12
#19Thomas329US #17
#20Paul322US #23
#21Steven316US #15
#22Troy313US #41
#23Timothy312US #20
#24Ronald307US #29
#25Patrick295US #33
#26Jeffrey286US #11
#27Gregory280US #26
#28Donald278US #30
#29Chad257US #51
#30Stephen254US #27
#31Daniel250US #19
#32Edward232US #31
#33Todd211US #28
#34Keith209US #38
#35Derrick192US #96
#36Terry189US #54
#37Jerry185US #45
#38Gary183US #35
#39Larry181US #43
#40Shawn181US #34
#41Craig178US #39
#42George171US #40
#43Corey170US #84
#44Gerald164US #67
#45Matthew160US #24
#46Sean156US #37
#47Shane154US #64
#48Johnny146US #65
#49Dwayne145US #141
#50Bryan143US #53
#51Jeffery140US #50
#52Henry139US #104
#53Andrew134US #32
#54Willie134US #103
#55Bobby130US #87
#56Marcus130US #71
#57Raymond128US #49
#58Carl124US #66
#59Rodney124US #55
#60Tony122US #57
#61Frank121US #48
#62Jonathan121US #42
#63Darren119US #75
#64Louis119US #124
#65Reginald118US #142
#66Randy114US #59
#67Russell114US #58
#68Tyrone110US #132
#69Douglas109US #36
#70Travis109US #69
#71Wayne109US #80
#72Chris108US #63
#73Darrell107US #102
#74Brent104US #74
#75Billy102US #78
#76Dennis102US #46
#77Allen101US #113
#78Harold100US #122
#79Lawrence99US #83
#80Micheal96US #126
#81Jimmy93US #86
#82Samuel92US #62
#83Shannon92US #128
#84Byron91
#85Lance91US #76
#86Walter90US #89
#87Aaron87US #52
#88Arthur87US #111
#89Calvin86US #166
#90Ronnie86US #133
#91Tommy85US #148
#92Albert84US #107
#93Bradley84US #47
#94Roy84US #108
#95Danny83US #85
#96Ricky80US #105
#97Phillip78US #73
#98Curtis77US #88
#99Eddie77US #151
#100Frederick77US #115

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑27Andrew#53
↑26Shawn#40
↑24Heather#60
↑23Vanessa#69
↑21Tanya#41
↑21Christy#66
↑19Derrick#35
↑19Sean#46

Falling

↓34Teresa#99
↓27Michele#76
↓25Jimmy#81
↓24Ricky#96
↓21Shannon#83
↓18Roy#94
↓17Deborah#61
↓17Darren#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.