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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,568 Louisiana births in 1978 across 1,497 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#62Latasha#185 nationally
#90Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#82Dwayne#192 nationally
#93Keishaoutside the national top 200
#97Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#98Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#72Monique#172 nationally
#92Alisha#188 nationally
#70Bridget#163 nationally
#83Casey#174 nationally
#86Shelly#175 nationally
#72Reginald#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer854US #1
#2Jessica491US #3
#3Melissa464US #2
#4Amanda433US #6
#5Kimberly433US #13
#6Amy384US #4
#7Brandy362US #37
#8Angela347US #7
#9Heather338US #5
#10Michelle334US #9
#11Crystal330US #18
#12Nicole330US #10
#13Kelly316US #12
#14Stephanie282US #16
#15Elizabeth263US #14
#16April260US #27
#17Brandi254US #61
#18Christina240US #15
#19Tiffany239US #32
#20Sarah238US #8
#21Jamie232US #20
#22Mary227US #24
#23Rebecca221US #17
#24Lisa216US #11
#25Ashley213US #87
#26Shannon213US #22
#27Erica183US #34
#28Rachel183US #25
#29Kristy179US #51
#30Laura171US #19
#31Danielle162US #31
#32Christy156US #59
#33Erin153US #21
#34Emily146US #33
#35Andrea145US #23
#36Julie144US #26
#37Misty143US #43
#38Tina137US #45
#39Leslie133US #63
#40Monica132US #42
#41Dana130US #71
#42Dawn130US #52
#43Courtney128US #68
#44Stacy126US #44
#45Alicia123US #58
#46Natalie122US #66
#47Amber118US #30
#48Natasha116US #114
#49Tara115US #40
#50Melanie113US #54
#51Jill111US #46
#52Latoya111US #135
#53Katherine109US #38
#54Stacey108US #53
#55Wendy108US #56
#56Holly105US #55
#57Tonya105US #77
#58Felicia100US #140
#59Denise96US #85
#60Karen96US #39
#61Sabrina95US #91
#62Latasha93US #185
#63Tanya92US #82
#64Mandy91US #96
#65Patricia91US #48
#66Lori90US #60
#67Samantha89US #74
#68Tammy89US #67
#69Tracy89US #47
#70Bridget88US #163
#71Christine88US #29
#72Monique85US #172
#73Susan85US #49
#74Allison84US #75
#75Lauren82US #80
#76Sharon80US #106
#77Kendra78US #145
#78Catherine77US #72
#79Sara76US #28
#80Aimee75US #144
#81Jacqueline73US #81
#82Kristi71US #98
#83Casey70US #174
#84Theresa70US #101
#85Cynthia69US #50
#86Shelly69US #175
#87Angel67US #141
#88Robin67US #89
#89Carrie65US #35
#90Latonya65
#91Pamela65US #109
#92Alisha64US #188
#93Keisha64
#94Summer64US #143
#95Tabitha64US #126
#96Yolanda64US #138
#97Kristen62US #62
#98Lakisha61
#99Linda60US #100
#100Tamika59US #166

Boys

#1Michael1,141US #1
#2Christopher1,040US #3
#3Jason940US #2
#4James802US #5
#5John719US #7
#6David687US #4
#7Robert614US #8
#8Joseph546US #10
#9Jeremy439US #18
#10Kevin437US #15
#11William436US #13
#12Charles422US #27
#13Joshua413US #12
#14Brian411US #9
#15Brandon398US #40
#16Matthew344US #6
#17Ryan342US #14
#18Eric336US #16
#19Daniel329US #11
#20Derrick326US #76
#21Timothy310US #17
#22Chad308US #35
#23Anthony306US #20
#24Richard283US #21
#25Nicholas274US #25
#26Mark257US #26
#27Steven255US #24
#28Thomas249US #23
#29Jonathan243US #31
#30Kenneth239US #41
#31Corey232US #61
#32Paul218US #33
#33Jeffrey213US #19
#34Stephen212US #37
#35Donald207US #48
#36Scott201US #30
#37Patrick200US #42
#38Justin196US #28
#39Gregory190US #38
#40Ronald190US #55
#41Marcus184US #70
#42Shawn180US #39
#43Benjamin177US #34
#44Aaron174US #32
#45Travis162US #46
#46Adam160US #29
#47Bryan158US #43
#48Larry154US #64
#49Edward149US #47
#50Gary137US #60
#51Shane135US #65
#52Keith134US #49
#53Andrew132US #22
#54Shaun130US #52
#55Troy128US #88
#56Bradley127US #53
#57Lance124US #134
#58Jacob121US #50
#59Jeffery121US #80
#60Brad118US #123
#61Jared115US #72
#62Terry115US #91
#63Sean112US #45
#64Jerry108US #82
#65Randy107US #86
#66Willie106US #121
#67Craig105US #66
#68Todd104US #56
#69George103US #58
#70Rodney103US #102
#71Phillip102US #67
#72Reginald101US #160
#73Cory100US #73
#74Casey98US #92
#75Raymond98US #69
#76Damon97US #132
#77Samuel95US #57
#78Bobby94US #109
#79Kyle93US #63
#80Nathan93US #36
#81Henry92US #127
#82Dwayne91US #192
#83Derek88US #75
#84Gerald88US #137
#85Louis87US #149
#86Curtis85US #96
#87Frank85US #77
#88Shannon84US #143
#89Billy81US #99
#90Douglas81US #59
#91Brent77US #87
#92Damien76US #161
#93Carl75US #100
#94Johnny74US #101
#95Wesley74US #83
#96Jamie73US #95
#97Kendrick73
#98Carlos72US #78
#99Roy72US #147
#100Albert71US #146

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑49Nicholas#25
↑33Denise#59
↑32Jeffery#59
↑26Mandy#64
↑22Amber#47
↑22Casey#74
↑20Jill#51
↑20Kendra#77

Falling

↓28Karen#60
↓26Robin#88
↓26Jamie#96
↓25Tammy#68
↓25Keisha#93
↓21Johnny#94
↓20Latasha#62
↓20Billy#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.