State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,416 Louisiana births in 1976 across 1,438 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#76Keishaoutside the national top 200
#59Monique#170 nationally
#74Latasha#185 nationally
#96Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#97Chasityoutside the national top 200
#100Tobyoutside the national top 200
#85Calvin#184 nationally
#98Terrance#185 nationally
#79Reginald#163 nationally
#91Dwayne#175 nationally
#53Latoya#135 nationally
#35Ashley#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer875US #1
#2Melissa478US #3
#3Amy446US #2
#4Kimberly442US #7
#5Angela410US #5
#6Michelle366US #6
#7Nicole359US #13
#8Heather342US #4
#9Jessica320US #8
#10Amanda319US #10
#11Shannon299US #17
#12Stephanie281US #11
#13Christina269US #14
#14Jamie254US #18
#15Tiffany244US #32
#16Mary236US #22
#17Rebecca231US #12
#18Lisa225US #9
#19Elizabeth217US #16
#20Brandy212US #55
#21Kelly202US #19
#22Brandi195US #79
#23Danielle187US #33
#24Rachel177US #23
#25April175US #30
#26Dawn167US #35
#27Misty165US #46
#28Julie163US #21
#29Dana162US #64
#30Wendy161US #39
#31Christy158US #60
#32Tonya156US #58
#33Laura155US #20
#34Crystal153US #36
#35Ashley148US #115
#36Monica148US #45
#37Stacy144US #38
#38Tammy142US #41
#39Jaime136US #29
#40Leslie135US #65
#41Tara135US #42
#42Melanie133US #53
#43Sarah132US #15
#44Karen131US #31
#45Tanya130US #61
#46Holly123US #56
#47Tracy122US #37
#48Erica121US #54
#49Erin119US #24
#50Andrea118US #25
#51Tina117US #48
#52Christine114US #26
#53Latoya114US #135
#54Robin113US #75
#55Stacey110US #51
#56Lori109US #47
#57Felicia106US #130
#58Courtney99US #76
#59Monique96US #170
#60Alicia94US #71
#61Patricia93US #43
#62Natalie91US #80
#63Rhonda90US #107
#64Natasha86US #131
#65Aimee85US #123
#66Cynthia85US #44
#67Donna85US #93
#68Mandy85US #100
#69Yolanda85US #117
#70Sharon83US #81
#71Theresa83US #89
#72Carrie82US #28
#73Allison80US #67
#74Latasha80US #185
#75Samantha80US #85
#76Keisha79
#77Katrina78US #110
#78Shelly77US #145
#79Amber75US #49
#80Bridget75US #154
#81Kendra75US #157
#82Susan75US #40
#83Denise72US #69
#84Emily71US #50
#85Kristi71US #104
#86Pamela71US #84
#87Catherine70US #72
#88Jill70US #52
#89Tamika70US #144
#90Angel69US #156
#91Katherine69US #57
#92Christie68US #139
#93Kristy67US #113
#94Jacqueline62US #99
#95Lauren62US #125
#96Latonya60
#97Chasity59
#98Regina59US #116
#99Sara59US #27
#100Sabrina58US #146

Boys

#1Michael1,092US #1
#2Christopher933US #3
#3Jason889US #2
#4James749US #5
#5John665US #6
#6David606US #4
#7Robert567US #7
#8Joseph484US #12
#9Kevin461US #15
#10Jeremy447US #14
#11Brian412US #8
#12William410US #11
#13Charles378US #26
#14Eric371US #13
#15Chad356US #29
#16Brandon303US #40
#17Daniel299US #10
#18Anthony283US #22
#19Kenneth278US #38
#20Steven272US #20
#21Matthew267US #9
#22Ryan260US #16
#23Timothy260US #21
#24Mark251US #25
#25Joshua249US #18
#26Richard243US #19
#27Scott239US #24
#28Corey232US #64
#29Donald230US #47
#30Thomas230US #23
#31Jonathan224US #31
#32Paul216US #28
#33Benjamin199US #32
#34Jeffrey196US #17
#35Ronald189US #49
#36Shane189US #57
#37Derrick186US #91
#38Gregory181US #35
#39Patrick174US #41
#40Marcus172US #74
#41Bryan162US #43
#42Shawn158US #34
#43Stephen157US #37
#44Troy154US #73
#45Larry150US #60
#46Keith144US #48
#47Aaron140US #30
#48Brad138US #108
#49Terry132US #75
#50Travis130US #46
#51Andrew127US #27
#52George125US #53
#53Jerry122US #67
#54Edward120US #45
#55Gary116US #52
#56Brent115US #78
#57Johnny115US #92
#58Bradley112US #51
#59Todd109US #50
#60Willie105US #121
#61Jamie104US #62
#62Sean104US #42
#63Shannon101US #98
#64Adam99US #36
#65Samuel98US #59
#66Jeffery97US #76
#67Lance96US #144
#68Justin91US #33
#69Henry90US #122
#70Louis89US #142
#71Damon88US #104
#72Phillip88US #69
#73Randy86US #79
#74Raymond86US #65
#75Gerald84US #120
#76Jacob84US #63
#77Lawrence84US #113
#78Craig82US #61
#79Reginald82US #163
#80Bobby81US #96
#81Cory80US #83
#82Jared80US #90
#83Nathan80US #39
#84Ricky79US #132
#85Calvin78US #184
#86Russell78US #87
#87Billy76US #85
#88Rodney76US #88
#89Antonio75US #71
#90Dennis75US #66
#91Dwayne75US #175
#92Micheal75US #116
#93Derek74US #84
#94Carl72US #95
#95Frank72US #68
#96Albert71US #136
#97Jermaine71US #164
#98Terrance70US #185
#99Ronnie69US #155
#100Toby69

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑47Jamie#14
↑28Johnny#57
↑27Holly#46
↑25Aimee#65
↑24Natalie#62
↑23Erin#49
↑21Brent#56
↑20Mandy#68

Falling

↓46Christie#92
↓31Rodney#88
↓28Pamela#86
↓24Carl#94
↓23Tracy#47
↓23Angel#90
↓23Billy#87
↓20Emily#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.