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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,160 Louisiana births in 1979 across 1,568 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#47Latasha#167 nationally
#82Lakeishaoutside the national top 200
#82Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#98Keishaoutside the national top 200
#99Byronoutside the national top 200
#88Damien#183 nationally
#56Latoya#148 nationally
#91Shelly#182 nationally
#54Casey#144 nationally
#67Felicia#153 nationally
#75Bridget#161 nationally
#71Aimee#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer879US #1
#2Amanda684US #3
#3Melissa530US #2
#4Kimberly500US #12
#5Jessica493US #4
#6Angela405US #8
#7Nicole392US #9
#8Crystal389US #18
#9Amy362US #5
#10Heather356US #7
#11April316US #23
#12Christina314US #14
#13Michelle310US #10
#14Tiffany300US #28
#15Brandy294US #39
#16Kelly293US #16
#17Ashley287US #67
#18Elizabeth282US #11
#19Stephanie278US #15
#20Jamie241US #19
#21Rebecca237US #17
#22Mary231US #24
#23Sarah231US #6
#24Rachel229US #27
#25Lisa223US #13
#26Brandi207US #61
#27Shannon204US #25
#28Erica187US #32
#29Dana184US #54
#30Danielle183US #33
#31Erin181US #21
#32Christy176US #72
#33Misty171US #42
#34Monica152US #40
#35Amber150US #22
#36Kristy148US #56
#37Laura148US #20
#38Julie145US #29
#39Andrea143US #26
#40Courtney142US #71
#41Lauren139US #45
#42Natasha137US #110
#43Emily134US #34
#44Holly134US #48
#45Tara130US #38
#46Katherine124US #36
#47Latasha120US #167
#48Alicia119US #47
#49Leslie118US #65
#50Tonya118US #86
#51Melanie115US #53
#52Stacy112US #43
#53Mindy110US #81
#54Casey108US #144
#55Lori107US #69
#56Latoya105US #148
#57Natalie104US #68
#58Dawn102US #57
#59Samantha101US #66
#60Tracy101US #49
#61Christine100US #35
#62Wendy100US #64
#63Tammy99US #79
#64Allison95US #70
#65Jill95US #52
#66Monique95US #141
#67Felicia92US #153
#68Karen92US #46
#69Stacey91US #60
#70Mandy87US #116
#71Aimee86US #156
#72Kristi86US #109
#73Patricia86US #44
#74Tina86US #58
#75Bridget84US #161
#76Megan84US #31
#77Robin84US #95
#78Katie81US #63
#79Katrina81US #99
#80Denise79US #92
#81Catherine78US #78
#82Lakeisha77
#83Tanya77US #93
#84Heidi74US #83
#85Kathryn74US #50
#86Pamela74US #90
#87Anna73US #59
#88Carrie73US #41
#89Sabrina73US #106
#90Sara72US #30
#91Shelly70US #182
#92Susan70US #51
#93Tamara70US #104
#94Yolanda70US #147
#95Kendra69US #137
#96Summer69US #150
#97Jacqueline68US #80
#98Keisha68
#99Kelli67US #129
#100Renee67US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,164US #1
#2Christopher1,140US #2
#3Jason981US #3
#4James812US #5
#5John762US #7
#6David688US #4
#7Robert570US #8
#8Joshua567US #9
#9Joseph544US #11
#10Jeremy542US #16
#11Brandon500US #35
#12Travis430US #36
#13Charles425US #28
#14Brian417US #10
#15William412US #13
#16Kevin401US #19
#17Ryan384US #14
#18Nicholas360US #15
#19Daniel359US #12
#20Matthew350US #6
#21Anthony337US #21
#22Chad327US #38
#23Eric323US #17
#24Timothy321US #18
#25Jonathan310US #31
#26Steven274US #27
#27Derrick273US #80
#28Justin258US #22
#29Richard255US #25
#30Kenneth254US #41
#31Thomas242US #26
#32Patrick234US #39
#33Corey233US #63
#34Mark228US #30
#35Jeffrey216US #24
#36Paul215US #34
#37Adam213US #23
#38Donald212US #51
#39Benjamin209US #33
#40Scott196US #29
#41Keith190US #52
#42Andrew186US #20
#43Gregory186US #42
#44Aaron185US #32
#45Stephen175US #40
#46Marcus173US #76
#47Jacob170US #45
#48Bryan168US #46
#49Ronald166US #54
#50Shawn163US #43
#51Larry162US #69
#52Edward161US #48
#53Brad139US #115
#54Bradley139US #47
#55Willie133US #125
#56Shane126US #67
#57Gary125US #59
#58Terry121US #96
#59Jared118US #65
#60Derek117US #72
#61Shaun117US #64
#62Todd112US #60
#63Kyle109US #56
#64George108US #57
#65Lance108US #142
#66Cory104US #82
#67Nathan104US #37
#68Troy103US #99
#69Jeffery102US #87
#70Randy100US #86
#71Casey99US #93
#72Jesse96US #50
#73Billy95US #97
#74Samuel95US #55
#75Raymond94US #70
#76Dennis92US #75
#77Phillip90US #68
#78Reginald90US #157
#79Sean90US #49
#80Gerald89US #143
#81Jerry88US #85
#82Kendrick87
#83Wesley85US #89
#84Craig84US #77
#85Frank84US #78
#86Louis82US #148
#87Brent81US #84
#88Damien81US #183
#89Douglas81US #58
#90Russell81US #92
#91Bobby80US #106
#92Darrell80US #162
#93Dustin80US #62
#94Henry80US #138
#95Terrance79US #179
#96Carl78US #100
#97Calvin76US #181
#98Jamie76US #88
#99Byron75
#100Walter74US #128

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑34Lauren#41
↑33Travis#12
↑29Casey#54
↑23Derek#60
↑16Kyle#63
↑16Billy#73
↑15Latasha#47
↑15Kendrick#82

Falling

↓36Tina#74
↓28Sabrina#89
↓21Denise#80
↓20Tanya#83
↓19Susan#92
↓18Kendra#95
↓17Jerry#81
↓17Craig#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.