State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,734 Louisiana births in 1975 across 1,410 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#66Latasha#197 nationally
#90Byronoutside the national top 200
#95Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#71Monique#176 nationally
#96Cedricoutside the national top 200
#36Ashley#138 nationally
#67Angel#166 nationally
#82Dwayne#181 nationally
#99Toby#190 nationally
#79Reginald#162 nationally
#63Natasha#145 nationally
#97Jermaine#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer824US #1
#2Angela498US #5
#3Melissa466US #4
#4Amy448US #2
#5Kimberly417US #7
#6Michelle414US #6
#7Nicole317US #10
#8Heather311US #3
#9Stephanie308US #9
#10Amanda257US #14
#11Shannon252US #21
#12Mary241US #19
#13Lisa239US #8
#14Tiffany233US #37
#15Jessica232US #13
#16Brandy230US #57
#17Dawn212US #23
#18Rebecca211US #11
#19Christina205US #12
#20Danielle192US #42
#21April188US #25
#22Dana178US #62
#23Tammy178US #31
#24Tracy175US #24
#25Kelly173US #16
#26Rachel170US #26
#27Wendy167US #33
#28Elizabeth166US #15
#29Christy162US #53
#30Karen158US #27
#31Brandi156US #88
#32Crystal155US #43
#33Tonya152US #45
#34Stacy150US #34
#35Julie147US #18
#36Ashley146US #138
#37Tanya138US #50
#38Misty134US #47
#39Andrea131US #28
#40Christine131US #22
#41Monica128US #49
#42Laura123US #20
#43Felicia122US #116
#44Lori122US #39
#45Stacey119US #44
#46Christie118US #96
#47Cynthia117US #40
#48Tina115US #35
#49Erica111US #63
#50Rhonda110US #93
#51Tara109US #41
#52Leslie108US #71
#53Alicia105US #76
#54Melanie105US #52
#55Patricia105US #36
#56Yolanda103US #107
#57Donna100US #85
#58Pamela100US #70
#59Robin99US #65
#60Sarah97US #17
#61Jamie95US #68
#62Shelly93US #113
#63Natasha92US #145
#64Emily91US #48
#65Courtney90US #102
#66Latasha90US #197
#67Angel89US #166
#68Allison87US #89
#69Susan86US #32
#70Denise84US #64
#71Monique84US #176
#72Erin83US #38
#73Holly83US #55
#74Catherine79US #73
#75Jill78US #46
#76Theresa76US #78
#77Bridget74US #143
#78Carla74US #122
#79Sharon74US #75
#80Katherine73US #58
#81Kristie73US #147
#82Samantha73US #101
#83Tamika73US #130
#84Sherry72US #95
#85Carrie70US #29
#86Natalie70US #110
#87Katrina69US #131
#88Mandy69US #106
#89Regina68US #111
#90Aimee66US #136
#91Renee66US #87
#92Sandra65US #51
#93Tamara65US #77
#94Amber64US #59
#95Latonya64
#96Jacqueline63US #90
#97Heidi62US #66
#98Kristi61US #109
#99Paula61US #108
#100Kim60US #178

Boys

#1Michael1,086US #1
#2Christopher918US #3
#3Jason846US #2
#4James755US #4
#5John735US #7
#6David587US #5
#7Robert583US #6
#8Joseph468US #12
#9Charles443US #25
#10Brian411US #8
#11William407US #10
#12Chad404US #27
#13Kevin389US #15
#14Eric322US #13
#15Jeremy291US #24
#16Scott290US #17
#17Anthony282US #21
#18Richard271US #16
#19Daniel264US #11
#20Timothy259US #22
#21Steven254US #18
#22Brandon251US #44
#23Matthew249US #9
#24Thomas242US #20
#25Mark241US #19
#26Ryan228US #23
#27Patrick225US #39
#28Jonathan217US #30
#29Stephen214US #34
#30Joshua212US #26
#31Kenneth212US #35
#32Gregory210US #33
#33Jeffrey210US #14
#34Shawn206US #31
#35Donald204US #42
#36Ronald196US #46
#37Derrick195US #90
#38Corey193US #71
#39Larry181US #56
#40Paul177US #29
#41Marcus173US #68
#42Brad165US #98
#43Keith165US #49
#44Shane162US #57
#45Benjamin159US #36
#46Edward145US #41
#47George137US #53
#48Troy137US #69
#49Bryan136US #47
#50Terry128US #67
#51Todd126US #43
#52Andrew125US #28
#53Gary123US #50
#54Travis121US #51
#55Jerry119US #65
#56Jeffery118US #70
#57Rodney117US #76
#58Jamie115US #62
#59Sean115US #40
#60Willie113US #118
#61Aaron112US #32
#62Adam109US #38
#63Gerald108US #108
#64Billy101US #84
#65Craig100US #58
#66Bradley97US #52
#67Raymond95US #63
#68Tyrone95US #146
#69Samuel94US #61
#70Carl93US #91
#71Shannon93US #101
#72Bobby91US #93
#73Louis89US #138
#74Wayne89US #120
#75Frank85US #66
#76Russell85US #82
#77Brent84US #79
#78Nathan81US #45
#79Reginald80US #162
#80Micheal79US #104
#81Danny78US #94
#82Dwayne78US #181
#83Henry77US #124
#84Andre76US #123
#85Johnny76US #86
#86Dennis75US #59
#87Randy75US #78
#88Justin74US #37
#89Allen73US #127
#90Byron73
#91Damon72US #114
#92Derek72US #83
#93Lawrence71US #110
#94Tony70US #80
#95Walter70US #112
#96Cedric68
#97Jermaine68US #176
#98Roy68US #122
#99Toby67US #190
#100Albert66US #129

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑32Felicia#43
↑27Christina#19
↑27Misty#38
↑25Allison#68
↑25Carl#70
↑24Courtney#65
↑23Brandi#31
↑21Ashley#36

Falling

↓37Paula#99
↓32Sharon#79
↓30Tamara#93
↓29Kristi#98
↓26Tina#48
↓23Monica#41
↓23Kim#100
↓23Cedric#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.