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Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,464 Louisiana births in 1983 across 1,532 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#83Byronoutside the national top 200
#88Reginald#193 nationally
#64Latasha#166 nationally
#93Aimee#184 nationally
#46Lacey#128 nationally
#93Brad#175 nationally
#75Willie#155 nationally
#85Jermaine#165 nationally
#94Angel#174 nationally
#86Rodney#161 nationally
#39Marquita#112 nationally
#63Lance#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,413US #4
#2Jennifer927US #1
#3Jessica904US #2
#4Amanda676US #3
#5Crystal452US #11
#6Tiffany422US #14
#7Sarah416US #5
#8Heather403US #9
#9Kimberly373US #15
#10Melissa363US #6
#11Stephanie338US #8
#12Amy332US #12
#13Lauren332US #24
#14Nicole305US #7
#15Michelle284US #13
#16Rebecca273US #19
#17Elizabeth272US #10
#18April268US #39
#19Rachel264US #20
#20Amber261US #17
#21Danielle261US #29
#22Erin261US #18
#23Jamie261US #28
#24Courtney257US #44
#25Alicia248US #41
#26Megan246US #21
#27Kelly242US #26
#28Christina237US #16
#29Erica236US #33
#30Brandy235US #57
#31Brandi231US #56
#32Mary227US #32
#33Angela217US #22
#34Emily200US #25
#35Lindsey200US #35
#36Laura185US #23
#37Kayla181US #81
#38Kristen169US #37
#39Marquita168US #112
#40Katherine161US #34
#41Katie153US #45
#42Krystal146US #78
#43Natalie145US #52
#44Latoya143US #90
#45Brittany136US #64
#46Lacey136US #128
#47Shannon133US #38
#48Leslie129US #67
#49Samantha129US #40
#50Lindsay128US #36
#51Victoria126US #58
#52Holly121US #48
#53Lisa120US #27
#54Natasha119US #71
#55Tara116US #51
#56Monique115US #117
#57Misty111US #87
#58Dana110US #72
#59Stacy110US #61
#60Andrea109US #30
#61Julie109US #46
#62Kristin109US #42
#63Anna108US #55
#64Latasha106US #166
#65Alexis98US #83
#66Stacey97US #76
#67Casey96US #110
#68Sara95US #31
#69Christine91US #47
#70Allison90US #59
#71Brooke90US #96
#72Candace90US #104
#73Catherine90US #66
#74Monica90US #54
#75Melanie85US #79
#76Jacqueline84US #53
#77Kathryn82US #50
#78Tracy79US #89
#79Ebony78US #135
#80Candice75US #84
#81Robin75US #127
#82Christy73US #146
#83Kristy71US #133
#84Pamela71US #91
#85Karen70US #77
#86Leah67US #82
#87Patricia67US #60
#88Renee67US #97
#89Dawn66US #106
#90Tabitha66US #137
#91Adrienne65US #140
#92Kristi65US #154
#93Aimee64US #184
#94Angel64US #174
#95Bridget64US #162
#96Heidi64US #95
#97Katrina63US #108
#98Tina61US #100
#99Alisha60US #141
#100Hannah60US #124

Boys

#1Christopher1,295US #2
#2Michael1,113US #1
#3Brandon856US #17
#4Joshua818US #5
#5James761US #6
#6John754US #9
#7Matthew748US #3
#8David625US #4
#9Jason625US #7
#10Justin613US #12
#11Robert613US #10
#12Joseph583US #11
#13Jonathan564US #19
#14William501US #16
#15Daniel460US #8
#16Ryan438US #13
#17Jeremy406US #30
#18Eric394US #20
#19Brian379US #14
#20Charles375US #33
#21Kevin365US #25
#22Adam347US #18
#23Nicholas340US #21
#24Anthony338US #22
#25Dustin333US #43
#26Thomas306US #24
#27Travis293US #41
#28Richard281US #27
#29Steven278US #23
#30Timothy278US #26
#31Kenneth269US #45
#32Aaron264US #29
#33Andrew261US #15
#34Benjamin246US #32
#35Jacob231US #36
#36Chad229US #49
#37Stephen228US #35
#38Gregory224US #42
#39Mark222US #31
#40Marcus216US #58
#41Patrick213US #37
#42Jeffrey204US #28
#43Paul198US #39
#44Jared192US #56
#45Derek190US #51
#46Derrick188US #78
#47Donald179US #60
#48Corey177US #74
#49Kyle167US #34
#50Scott166US #38
#51Ronald153US #64
#52Bryan148US #47
#53Blake143US #109
#54Larry141US #85
#55Samuel141US #54
#56Cody140US #81
#57Sean140US #44
#58Edward139US #55
#59Bradley138US #52
#60Jesse135US #46
#61Jeffery131US #91
#62Keith128US #61
#63Lance119US #135
#64Gary118US #68
#65Phillip118US #66
#66Terry109US #110
#67Shawn108US #53
#68Nathan107US #40
#69George103US #65
#70Lawrence102US #132
#71Cory99US #83
#72Brett98US #73
#73Casey96US #90
#74Bobby95US #118
#75Willie95US #155
#76Jerry93US #103
#77Randy93US #96
#78Carl91US #106
#79Jordan89US #72
#80Shane88US #84
#81Chase86US #149
#82Raymond85US #71
#83Byron84
#84Troy84US #113
#85Jermaine83US #165
#86Rodney83US #161
#87Louis82US #156
#88Reginald82US #193
#89Allen81US #120
#90Billy81US #124
#91Dennis81US #92
#92Ricky80US #128
#93Brad79US #175
#94Todd79US #87
#95Zachary79US #50
#96Craig78US #70
#97Devin76US #142
#98Randall75US #129
#99Henry73US #136
#100Johnathan73US #137

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑31Alicia#25
↑29Megan#26
↑29Lawrence#70
↑25Stacey#66
↑23Stacy#59
↑22Victoria#51
↑22Cory#71
↑16Brittany#45

Falling

↓23Sara#68
↓21Andrea#60
↓21Kristy#83
↓20Monica#74
↓20Bridget#95
↓16Lisa#53
↓16Troy#84
↓16Brad#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.