State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,414 Louisiana births in 1973 across 1,376 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#46Catinaoutside the national top 200
#65Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#88Shawn#200 nationally
#91Cedricoutside the national top 200
#97Byronoutside the national top 200
#70Dwayne#167 nationally
#60Monique#154 nationally
#29Katina#120 nationally
#63Reginald#152 nationally
#98Wanda#187 nationally
#70Natasha#155 nationally
#73Angel#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer771US #1
#2Angela527US #7
#3Melissa503US #6
#4Michelle479US #3
#5Kimberly422US #4
#6Nicole413US #11
#7Stephanie386US #9
#8Amy379US #2
#9Lisa296US #5
#10Shannon286US #22
#11Mary261US #14
#12Rebecca257US #10
#13Tammy225US #15
#14Tiffany224US #52
#15Heather223US #8
#16Tonya209US #36
#17Dawn206US #21
#18Monica197US #40
#19Dana195US #59
#20Danielle194US #49
#21Elizabeth188US #13
#22Stacy184US #32
#23Crystal181US #48
#24Tina180US #24
#25Wendy178US #29
#26Tanya174US #50
#27Tracy169US #20
#28Julie159US #12
#29Katina158US #120
#30Karen155US #23
#31Sharon149US #57
#32April147US #33
#33Kelly147US #18
#34Lori145US #28
#35Rachel141US #42
#36Andrea136US #30
#37Amanda135US #51
#38Melanie134US #43
#39Stacey133US #41
#40Cynthia132US #26
#41Pamela132US #47
#42Brandy128US #82
#43Christina128US #16
#44Jessica127US #34
#45Patricia127US #27
#46Catina126
#47Donna125US #55
#48Laura124US #19
#49Susan124US #25
#50Denise119US #38
#51Christy118US #73
#52Tara118US #37
#53Rhonda115US #70
#54Bridget113US #112
#55Christine112US #17
#56Leslie112US #75
#57Robin112US #60
#58Erica106US #81
#59Brandi104US #109
#60Monique100US #154
#61Holly99US #54
#62Tamara97US #66
#63Sandra95US #39
#64Linda93US #61
#65Ashley91
#66Sherry90US #76
#67Katherine88US #64
#68Catherine87US #67
#69Kim85US #129
#70Natasha85US #155
#71Shelly84US #104
#72Yolanda84US #113
#73Angel83US #152
#74Alicia81US #91
#75Paula81US #87
#76Theresa80US #69
#77Felicia79US #138
#78Allison77US #105
#79Kristi76US #108
#80Renee75US #80
#81Aimee74US #126
#82Carla72US #114
#83Kristie72US #161
#84Margaret72US #94
#85Brenda70US #53
#86Katrina69US #118
#87Jacqueline67US #88
#88Shawn66US #200
#89Cheryl64US #74
#90Deborah64US #56
#91Cassandra63US #153
#92Debra63US #84
#93Barbara62US #63
#94Cindy62US #92
#95Jill61US #62
#96Kristy61US #147
#97Sonya61US #131
#98Wanda61US #187
#99Kristen59US #58
#100Sheila58US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,037US #1
#2Christopher942US #2
#3John792US #6
#4Jason784US #3
#5James777US #4
#6Robert625US #7
#7David616US #5
#8Kevin540US #14
#9Brian471US #8
#10Charles452US #23
#11Joseph424US #12
#12Chad415US #25
#13William401US #9
#14Mark321US #15
#15Anthony320US #21
#16Eric311US #13
#17Richard295US #16
#18Scott262US #18
#19Daniel257US #11
#20Kenneth254US #28
#21Thomas248US #19
#22Donald243US #38
#23Steven237US #20
#24Paul235US #24
#25Patrick230US #37
#26Timothy225US #22
#27Troy209US #59
#28Shawn206US #27
#29Gregory205US #26
#30Ryan204US #30
#31Shane202US #54
#32Jeffrey199US #17
#33Ronald198US #40
#34Edward188US #39
#35Jonathan181US #31
#36Matthew180US #10
#37Stephen177US #32
#38Keith176US #41
#39Larry174US #50
#40Bryan171US #43
#41Derrick170US #87
#42Brandon162US #58
#43Jeremy155US #33
#44Corey146US #89
#45Todd135US #35
#46Gary130US #44
#47Terry130US #65
#48Willie126US #109
#49Sean125US #36
#50Joshua123US #42
#51George120US #46
#52Marcus119US #72
#53Jeffery118US #64
#54Aaron114US #34
#55Jermaine111US #127
#56Jerry110US #57
#57Johnny108US #82
#58Rodney106US #68
#59Brent104US #80
#60Shannon104US #100
#61Travis104US #53
#62Billy102US #76
#63Reginald100US #152
#64Tyrone98US #139
#65Andrew97US #29
#66Brad97US #137
#67Craig96US #48
#68Jamie94US #70
#69Dennis92US #56
#70Dwayne91US #167
#71Gerald91US #102
#72Roy88US #117
#73Chris87US #96
#74Samuel87US #66
#75Randy86US #79
#76Raymond86US #60
#77Henry85US #111
#78Micheal84US #106
#79Douglas83US #47
#80Benjamin82US #55
#81Bradley82US #62
#82Frank82US #61
#83Derek81US #69
#84Ronnie81US #136
#85Bobby80US #93
#86Damon78US #125
#87Louis78US #135
#88Albert76US #112
#89Carl76US #90
#90Curtis76US #98
#91Cedric75
#92Frederick74US #120
#93Jimmy73US #95
#94Adam72US #45
#95Allen70US #124
#96Russell70US #77
#97Byron69
#98Leonard69US #150
#99Carlos68US #74
#100Danny68US #83

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑58Danielle#20
↑41Jermaine#55
↑36Aaron#54
↑35Brandy#42
↑33April#32
↑24Crystal#23
↑21Heather#15
↑17Amanda#37

Falling

↓27Paula#75
↓26Yolanda#72
↓23Theresa#76
↓21Debra#92
↓21Frederick#92
↓20Catina#46
↓20Raymond#76
↓20Russell#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.