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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,278 Louisiana births in 1981 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.

#71Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#43Latasha#139 nationally
#64Lance#160 nationally
#80Jermaine#161 nationally
#84Angel#157 nationally
#69Willie#141 nationally
#94Brittany#165 nationally
#98Felicia#168 nationally
#74Brad#143 nationally
#85Gerald#154 nationally
#57Casey#122 nationally
#94Blake#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer937US #1
#2Jessica882US #2
#3Amanda675US #3
#4Crystal477US #16
#5Ashley464US #34
#6Tiffany458US #14
#7Melissa452US #5
#8Kimberly412US #13
#9Sarah373US #4
#10Stephanie365US #8
#11Amy362US #6
#12Nicole350US #7
#13Heather342US #10
#14April333US #25
#15Michelle332US #11
#16Elizabeth310US #9
#17Brandi279US #50
#18Rebecca275US #12
#19Brandy273US #41
#20Jamie260US #28
#21Rachel260US #22
#22Angela247US #15
#23Erin247US #19
#24Courtney241US #43
#25Kelly236US #23
#26Mary230US #27
#27Danielle227US #30
#28Latoya227US #69
#29Lauren218US #35
#30Christina211US #17
#31Amber206US #20
#32Emily204US #29
#33Erica204US #36
#34Laura189US #21
#35Lisa181US #18
#36Shannon172US #32
#37Kristin170US #31
#38Kristen165US #38
#39Andrea163US #24
#40Leslie161US #56
#41Katie148US #44
#42Misty148US #61
#43Latasha146US #139
#44Katherine144US #39
#45Julie139US #37
#46Monica137US #49
#47Brooke133US #52
#48Dana132US #70
#49Kristy127US #94
#50Natasha125US #85
#51Alicia124US #46
#52Melanie124US #66
#53Monique120US #103
#54Tara119US #45
#55Christy116US #99
#56Sara116US #26
#57Casey114US #122
#58Samantha108US #51
#59Tina107US #80
#60Natalie106US #60
#61Dawn105US #79
#62Katrina103US #95
#63Stacy103US #65
#64Wendy101US #90
#65Allison99US #57
#66Christine99US #42
#67Lori96US #91
#68Holly94US #63
#69Candace90US #118
#70Candice90US #86
#71Latonya90
#72Lindsey88US #58
#73Pamela88US #76
#74Karen87US #64
#75Patricia85US #53
#76Megan84US #33
#77Krystal82US #131
#78Robin82US #102
#79Lindsay81US #47
#80Heidi79US #84
#81Stacey79US #83
#82Kelli78US #126
#83Tanya78US #92
#84Angel77US #157
#85Kathryn76US #48
#86Mandy75US #136
#87Tammy75US #117
#88Anna74US #54
#89Tracy74US #77
#90Kristi73US #129
#91Bridget71US #150
#92Catherine71US #73
#93Miranda69US #128
#94Brittany68US #165
#95Leah68US #81
#96Susan67US #71
#97Tonya65US #110
#98Felicia64US #168
#99Renee64US #98
#100Carrie63US #55

Boys

#1Michael1,141US #1
#2Christopher1,092US #2
#3Joshua845US #6
#4James834US #7
#5Jason828US #4
#6Brandon752US #19
#7John739US #8
#8David690US #5
#9Robert648US #9
#10Joseph606US #11
#11Matthew605US #3
#12Jonathan564US #16
#13Justin542US #12
#14Jeremy521US #22
#15William465US #15
#16Ryan425US #13
#17Charles414US #31
#18Brian402US #14
#19Eric395US #17
#20Daniel377US #10
#21Travis339US #40
#22Kevin338US #25
#23Nicholas330US #21
#24Kenneth318US #41
#25Anthony312US #23
#26Timothy302US #24
#27Chad275US #47
#28Steven272US #28
#29Dustin265US #42
#30Paul261US #35
#31Thomas257US #26
#32Adam254US #20
#33Richard247US #27
#34Mark245US #33
#35Benjamin243US #32
#36Corey235US #69
#37Aaron227US #30
#38Jacob221US #43
#39Derrick219US #78
#40Stephen212US #39
#41Patrick208US #38
#42Andrew199US #18
#43Scott198US #34
#44Donald194US #56
#45Ronald186US #59
#46Jeffrey182US #29
#47Derek177US #53
#48Jared176US #57
#49Gregory167US #46
#50Larry166US #73
#51Marcus159US #67
#52Jesse153US #37
#53Edward152US #51
#54Keith148US #58
#55Gary141US #62
#56Sean138US #44
#57Nathan136US #36
#58Bryan135US #48
#59Jeffery132US #93
#60Bradley122US #50
#61Terry120US #105
#62Cody119US #119
#63George119US #61
#64Lance119US #160
#65Samuel118US #54
#66Shawn115US #49
#67Kyle113US #52
#68Shane112US #81
#69Willie110US #141
#70Randy108US #91
#71Johnny107US #113
#72Phillip107US #66
#73Casey103US #85
#74Brad102US #143
#75Raymond101US #68
#76Troy100US #114
#77Brett98US #79
#78Bobby97US #110
#79Jerry97US #97
#80Jermaine95US #161
#81Craig93US #72
#82Henry92US #126
#83Billy91US #103
#84Curtis88US #94
#85Gerald88US #154
#86Lawrence88US #125
#87Ricky87US #122
#88Brent86US #88
#89Wesley86US #99
#90Todd84US #74
#91Carl82US #106
#92Dennis81US #83
#93Antonio80US #75
#94Blake80US #159
#95Lee80US #123
#96Russell79US #98
#97Cory78US #90
#98Louis77US #151
#99Lucas77US #89
#100Allen76US #131

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑33Jeffery#59
↑24Brooke#47
↑24Jesse#52
↑18Samantha#58
↑16Latoya#28
↑16Nathan#57
↑16Phillip#72
↑15Candice#70

Falling

↓30Tonya#97
↓28Tracy#89
↓27Kristi#90
↓20Jermaine#80
↓19Shawn#66
↓18Brad#74
↓17Christy#55
↓14Brent#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.