State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,267 Louisiana births in 1980 across 1,607 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#57Renataoutside the national top 200
#94Byronoutside the national top 200
#98Beauoutside the national top 200
#81Damien#182 nationally
#93Shelly#186 nationally
#60Jermaine#149 nationally
#77Reginald#166 nationally
#54Latasha#141 nationally
#69Lance#152 nationally
#44Latoya#123 nationally
#56Casey#135 nationally
#86Felicia#164 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,002US #1
#2Amanda750US #2
#3Jessica683US #3
#4Melissa490US #4
#5Tiffany468US #14
#6Kimberly452US #11
#7Crystal416US #18
#8Ashley404US #40
#9April383US #26
#10Heather351US #6
#11Michelle343US #10
#12Amy329US #8
#13Nicole328US #7
#14Sarah321US #5
#15Angela301US #12
#16Brandy295US #42
#17Elizabeth293US #9
#18Jamie286US #24
#19Christina263US #15
#20Rebecca261US #17
#21Stephanie258US #13
#22Mary250US #25
#23Kelly242US #19
#24Danielle240US #33
#25Erica224US #34
#26Lauren224US #38
#27Rachel222US #23
#28Erin216US #20
#29Brandi205US #63
#30Lisa191US #16
#31Courtney181US #48
#32Kristin178US #37
#33Shannon178US #29
#34Laura173US #21
#35Misty165US #49
#36Amber164US #22
#37Kristy159US #78
#38Christy152US #83
#39Kristen146US #39
#40Dana144US #68
#41Natasha143US #89
#42Emily142US #31
#43Andrea133US #28
#44Latoya133US #123
#45Melanie133US #60
#46Katherine131US #35
#47Alicia130US #47
#48Julie130US #32
#49Natalie130US #65
#50Katie129US #44
#51Leslie129US #61
#52Monica124US #45
#53Monique124US #93
#54Latasha123US #141
#55Holly115US #52
#56Casey112US #135
#57Renata111
#58Dawn108US #67
#59Tara106US #43
#60Christine105US #41
#61Tracy104US #56
#62Lori102US #76
#63Kristi100US #122
#64Sara100US #27
#65Tina99US #72
#66Wendy99US #75
#67Tonya98US #97
#68Stacey95US #74
#69Allison94US #59
#70Karen94US #54
#71Brooke93US #57
#72Stacy93US #53
#73Pamela92US #86
#74Katrina91US #90
#75Robin90US #109
#76Samantha90US #58
#77Tanya90US #88
#78Jill89US #66
#79Megan88US #30
#80Tasha88US #130
#81Patricia84US #51
#82Candace82US #134
#83Catherine81US #77
#84Kelli81US #125
#85Candice80US #99
#86Felicia80US #164
#87Leah80US #84
#88Bridget79US #153
#89Heidi78US #79
#90Cynthia77US #64
#91Kathryn77US #50
#92Renee74US #107
#93Shelly74US #186
#94Theresa73US #104
#95Anna71US #55
#96Susan70US #62
#97Mindy69US #131
#98Sabrina69US #113
#99Aimee68US #174
#100Carrie68US #46

Boys

#1Michael1,208US #1
#2Christopher1,035US #2
#3Jason968US #3
#4John819US #8
#5James790US #5
#6Joshua731US #7
#7David680US #4
#8Brandon619US #31
#9Joseph604US #10
#10Robert578US #9
#11Jeremy553US #18
#12Justin515US #13
#13William480US #14
#14Jonathan451US #21
#15Nicholas445US #17
#16Brian435US #12
#17Charles425US #29
#18Matthew415US #6
#19Ryan404US #15
#20Daniel393US #11
#21Eric387US #16
#22Travis358US #37
#23Kevin342US #23
#24Chad329US #39
#25Anthony320US #24
#26Timothy304US #20
#27Richard279US #26
#28Thomas273US #25
#29Kenneth250US #41
#30Paul247US #35
#31Steven243US #28
#32Derrick237US #74
#33Dustin235US #44
#34Patrick232US #38
#35Mark227US #30
#36Corey220US #68
#37Adam219US #22
#38Benjamin208US #32
#39Gregory207US #42
#40Donald206US #53
#41Jeffrey204US #27
#42Stephen197US #40
#43Derek192US #50
#44Scott189US #33
#45Andrew188US #19
#46Aaron186US #34
#47Shawn170US #47
#48Jacob169US #43
#49Marcus168US #71
#50Ronald167US #58
#51Bradley160US #51
#52Jared153US #61
#53Larry153US #70
#54Bryan142US #49
#55Gary140US #63
#56Brad137US #116
#57Edward136US #52
#58Keith136US #56
#59Terry130US #101
#60Jermaine126US #149
#61Sean125US #48
#62Samuel123US #54
#63Shane122US #69
#64Willie119US #130
#65Bobby116US #109
#66Troy116US #106
#67George115US #60
#68Craig112US #73
#69Lance112US #152
#70Jerry109US #94
#71Kyle109US #57
#72Douglas104US #62
#73Nathan104US #36
#74Brent103US #84
#75Casey102US #93
#76Jesse102US #45
#77Reginald102US #166
#78Billy99US #100
#79Todd99US #75
#80Jamie98US #105
#81Damien94US #182
#82Johnny94US #113
#83Raymond94US #66
#84Randy93US #87
#85Curtis92US #89
#86Rodney91US #121
#87Frank90US #81
#88Phillip89US #65
#89Cory88US #83
#90Wesley87US #95
#91Albert86US #142
#92Jeffery86US #90
#93Gerald82US #148
#94Byron81
#95Carl81US #103
#96Micheal80US #132
#97Antonio79US #77
#98Beau78
#99Louis78US #151
#100Shaun78US #79

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑60Dustin#33
↑28Katie#50
↑26Sara#64
↑26Bobby#65
↑18Sean#61
↑18Jamie#80
↑17Derek#43
↑17Douglas#72

Falling

↓44Mindy#97
↓39Shaun#100
↓28Aimee#99
↓23Cory#89
↓23Jeffery#92
↓20Stacy#72
↓19Felicia#86
↓18Monica#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.