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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,237 Louisiana births in 1971 across 1,378 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#66Charlotte#176 nationally
#96Byronoutside the national top 200
#60Monique#161 nationally
#91Bridget#181 nationally
#59Reginald#141 nationally
#88Calvin#169 nationally
#79Dwayne#157 nationally
#47Felicia#124 nationally
#71Tyrone#142 nationally
#98Shawn#168 nationally
#94Marvin#152 nationally
#80Wanda#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer663US #1
#2Angela632US #6
#3Michelle619US #2
#4Melissa503US #7
#5Kimberly489US #4
#6Lisa451US #3
#7Tammy421US #8
#8Shannon361US #21
#9Mary355US #9
#10Stephanie350US #11
#11Amy333US #5
#12Nicole324US #27
#13Karen298US #15
#14Dawn291US #14
#15Tiffany286US #62
#16Stacy264US #32
#17Pamela252US #28
#18Tina248US #20
#19Elizabeth240US #19
#20Dana236US #44
#21Monica221US #48
#22Tracy216US #13
#23Donna208US #38
#24Sharon203US #40
#25Cynthia201US #24
#26Julie195US #10
#27Rebecca192US #23
#28Tonya192US #45
#29Patricia185US #26
#30Susan185US #17
#31Wendy184US #29
#32Rachel177US #54
#33Stacey175US #41
#34Christine174US #18
#35Rhonda172US #46
#36Laura171US #16
#37Leslie169US #68
#38Robin160US #51
#39Kelly158US #22
#40Tanya157US #72
#41Denise155US #36
#42Lori153US #25
#43Yolanda152US #98
#44Tara146US #49
#45Melanie136US #66
#46Paula128US #63
#47Felicia123US #124
#48Andrea120US #35
#49Heather120US #12
#50Sandra120US #31
#51Amanda117US #84
#52Kim116US #101
#53Carla115US #107
#54Theresa115US #61
#55Erica113US #108
#56Christy112US #89
#57Deborah112US #33
#58April108US #56
#59Linda107US #42
#60Monique107US #161
#61Debra106US #57
#62Crystal105US #79
#63Jessica105US #64
#64Cheryl104US #50
#65Christina104US #30
#66Charlotte99US #176
#67Katherine99US #67
#68Sherry99US #60
#69Carolyn98US #104
#70Nancy98US #52
#71Cindy96US #70
#72Sheila94US #81
#73Holly93US #76
#74Jill91US #59
#75Shelly90US #103
#76Alicia89US #105
#77Connie89US #125
#78Laurie89US #96
#79Teresa89US #34
#80Wanda88US #137
#81Allison87US #119
#82Barbara87US #47
#83Stacie86US #131
#84Kristi83US #113
#85Michele83US #39
#86Gina82US #69
#87Brenda80US #43
#88Cassandra80US #136
#89Catherine80US #65
#90Tricia80US #109
#91Bridget79US #181
#92Sarah79US #58
#93Tracey79US #74
#94Sonya78US #126
#95Veronica78US #110
#96Carol76US #92
#97Regina76US #90
#98Shawn76US #168
#99Jacqueline75US #75
#100Renee75US #73

Boys

#1Michael1,183US #1
#2James944US #2
#3John865US #4
#4Christopher821US #6
#5David775US #3
#6Robert760US #5
#7Jason601US #8
#8Kevin565US #14
#9William555US #7
#10Charles524US #22
#11Joseph507US #15
#12Scott442US #10
#13Chad410US #29
#14Brian403US #9
#15Mark385US #13
#16Eric368US #18
#17Anthony351US #23
#18Richard345US #11
#19Kenneth325US #25
#20Paul319US #24
#21Troy300US #46
#22Thomas296US #17
#23Ronald289US #31
#24Steven286US #16
#25Patrick277US #35
#26Timothy267US #21
#27Gregory264US #26
#28Shawn258US #28
#29Keith254US #37
#30Jeffrey250US #12
#31Donald232US #34
#32Stephen203US #27
#33Larry199US #44
#34Shane198US #60
#35Derrick196US #84
#36Edward194US #32
#37Daniel191US #20
#38Jerry172US #50
#39Matthew169US #19
#40Gary168US #38
#41Jonathan168US #40
#42Craig166US #43
#43Sean165US #36
#44Marcus162US #65
#45Todd162US #30
#46Terry161US #56
#47Corey156US #77
#48George156US #42
#49Jeffery156US #53
#50Bryan140US #48
#51Rodney137US #59
#52Johnny134US #74
#53Shannon134US #106
#54Jeremy129US #45
#55Gerald125US #83
#56Bobby123US #79
#57Frederick123US #109
#58Ryan122US #51
#59Reginald120US #141
#60Willie120US #115
#61Billy115US #75
#62Aaron112US #41
#63Darren112US #100
#64Frank112US #54
#65Raymond111US #52
#66Henry110US #112
#67Chris108US #68
#68Dennis108US #49
#69Andrew104US #33
#70Travis104US #61
#71Tyrone101US #142
#72Darrell100US #118
#73Louis100US #126
#74Russell100US #64
#75Douglas99US #39
#76Carl98US #72
#77Jimmy96US #93
#78Tony96US #62
#79Dwayne93US #157
#80Randy93US #67
#81Samuel93US #66
#82Brent92US #73
#83Curtis92US #89
#84Jamie91US #96
#85Brandon90US #95
#86Micheal90US #124
#87Lawrence89US #85
#88Calvin88US #169
#89Phillip88US #76
#90Roy88US #111
#91Walter87US #91
#92Albert86US #119
#93Harold86US #130
#94Marvin86US #152
#95Bradley85US #58
#96Byron85
#97Danny83US #82
#98Lance83US #98
#99Derek82US #63
#100Allen80US #120

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑43Frederick#57
↑38Felicia#47
↑38April#58
↑30Shannon#53
↑29Tiffany#15
↑29Erica#55
↑26Crystal#62
↑25Aaron#62

Falling

↓38Regina#97
↓33Brenda#87
↓30Dwayne#79
↓28Jacqueline#99
↓25Barbara#82
↓23Allen#100
↓21Cheryl#64
↓20Tracey#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.