State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,473 Louisiana births in 1982 across 1,590 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#49Latasha#153 nationally
#98Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#38Kayla#133 nationally
#91Reginald#184 nationally
#77Brad#163 nationally
#84Jermaine#168 nationally
#89Mandy#171 nationally
#64Lance#142 nationally
#85Louis#162 nationally
#75Bridget#147 nationally
#98Angel#166 nationally
#59Lacey#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer982US #1
#2Jessica887US #2
#3Ashley810US #17
#4Amanda686US #3
#5Crystal549US #9
#6Tiffany463US #13
#7Sarah438US #4
#8Melissa414US #5
#9Kimberly405US #14
#10Nicole370US #6
#11Michelle361US #11
#12Amy348US #10
#13Heather343US #12
#14Lauren302US #26
#15Rebecca297US #15
#16Brandi296US #55
#17Stephanie293US #7
#18April292US #32
#19Elizabeth290US #8
#20Rachel277US #21
#21Brandy276US #50
#22Jamie272US #29
#23Angela267US #16
#24Danielle254US #31
#25Courtney251US #43
#26Mary250US #30
#27Erica241US #35
#28Erin239US #20
#29Amber235US #18
#30Kelly226US #25
#31Christina223US #19
#32Emily217US #24
#33Laura208US #22
#34Kristen203US #33
#35Lindsey176US #40
#36Latoya172US #91
#37Lisa157US #23
#38Kayla156US #133
#39Andrea155US #27
#40Shannon153US #38
#41Leslie151US #60
#42Natalie146US #51
#43Katie144US #45
#44Misty144US #74
#45Sara144US #28
#46Natasha137US #71
#47Dana134US #67
#48Lindsay134US #39
#49Latasha133US #153
#50Krystal130US #83
#51Tara130US #47
#52Katherine128US #36
#53Samantha126US #44
#54Monica125US #52
#55Megan123US #34
#56Alicia120US #53
#57Holly120US #61
#58Julie120US #41
#59Lacey120US #125
#60Kristin118US #37
#61Brittany117US #94
#62Kristy112US #104
#63Casey109US #119
#64Melanie107US #65
#65Candace103US #103
#66Allison102US #58
#67Monique102US #116
#68Christine100US #46
#69Christy100US #115
#70Alexis99US #93
#71Candice96US #78
#72Jacqueline94US #54
#73Victoria93US #66
#74Ebony90US #132
#75Bridget89US #147
#76Anna88US #56
#77Brooke85US #92
#78Dawn83US #95
#79Kathryn83US #48
#80Pamela83US #82
#81Kristi82US #140
#82Stacy82US #72
#83Karen79US #68
#84Kelli77US #127
#85Catherine76US #73
#86Carrie75US #57
#87Leah75US #79
#88Lori75US #98
#89Mandy75US #171
#90Katrina73US #87
#91Stacey73US #85
#92Miranda70US #117
#93Tracy70US #88
#94Cassie69US #137
#95Tabitha69US #152
#96Wendy69US #105
#97Tonya68US #126
#98Angel67US #166
#99Renee67US #101
#100Tina67US #90

Boys

#1Christopher1,320US #2
#2Michael1,144US #1
#3Joshua851US #7
#4James839US #6
#5John814US #8
#6Jason797US #4
#7Brandon786US #18
#8David695US #5
#9Joseph695US #11
#10Robert650US #9
#11Justin610US #12
#12Matthew601US #3
#13Jonathan554US #16
#14William487US #15
#15Jeremy457US #28
#16Ryan454US #13
#17Daniel418US #10
#18Charles416US #31
#19Brian401US #14
#20Kevin370US #25
#21Eric350US #20
#22Nicholas344US #22
#23Anthony342US #21
#24Timothy327US #24
#25Travis314US #39
#26Richard291US #27
#27Steven289US #26
#28Thomas287US #23
#29Adam276US #19
#30Dustin274US #42
#31Chad272US #48
#32Kenneth258US #45
#33Mark245US #32
#34Benjamin242US #33
#35Andrew240US #17
#36Jeffrey235US #29
#37Paul229US #35
#38Patrick228US #37
#39Aaron227US #30
#40Jacob222US #41
#41Stephen220US #38
#42Gregory214US #40
#43Derrick212US #78
#44Scott199US #34
#45Marcus195US #63
#46Donald191US #58
#47Jared188US #54
#48Corey183US #74
#49Derek181US #50
#50Edward161US #53
#51Larry158US #77
#52Keith153US #59
#53Cody152US #95
#54Bradley145US #51
#55Bryan145US #49
#56Gary143US #64
#57Ronald139US #60
#58Sean139US #44
#59Shawn139US #52
#60Blake136US #120
#61Kyle130US #47
#62Terry129US #105
#63Jesse123US #43
#64Lance119US #142
#65George117US #62
#66Samuel111US #56
#67Nathan110US #36
#68Troy109US #115
#69Randy108US #94
#70Jeffery107US #92
#71Casey106US #86
#72Phillip96US #67
#73Shane96US #84
#74Johnny95US #118
#75Russell95US #97
#76Billy92US #116
#77Brad92US #163
#78Willie92US #144
#79Jerry91US #100
#80Jimmy91US #132
#81Raymond91US #70
#82Brett90US #72
#83Henry88US #134
#84Jermaine88US #168
#85Louis87US #162
#86Tony86US #112
#87Allen85US #122
#88Bobby85US #113
#89Wesley85US #98
#90Carl83US #104
#91Reginald83US #184
#92Brent82US #91
#93Cory82US #93
#94Randall82US #130
#95Rodney82US #145
#96Antonio81US #76
#97Curtis81US #101
#98Kendrick81
#99Lawrence80US #128
#100Ricky79US #129

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑37Lindsey#35
↑34Blake#60
↑33Brittany#61
↑31Lindsay#48
↑27Krystal#50
↑21Megan#55
↑21Russell#75
↑18Natalie#42

Falling

↓41Tina#100
↓32Wendy#96
↓30Brooke#77
↓28Katrina#90
↓23Kristin#60
↓21Lori#88
↓19Stacy#82
↓17Dawn#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.