State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,621 Louisiana births in 1984 across 1,511 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#79Mindy#199 nationally
#83Brad#196 nationally
#89Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#89Terrance#198 nationally
#93Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#88Marquita#195 nationally
#85Reginald#186 nationally
#86Jermaine#170 nationally
#75Louis#158 nationally
#93Latasha#175 nationally
#65Christy#145 nationally
#84Angel#162 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,343US #3
#2Jessica892US #2
#3Jennifer861US #1
#4Amanda625US #4
#5Heather453US #9
#6Tiffany446US #14
#7Danielle443US #16
#8Crystal435US #12
#9Sarah433US #5
#10Lauren388US #21
#11Kimberly353US #22
#12Stephanie345US #6
#13Elizabeth325US #10
#14Megan313US #11
#15Nicole312US #7
#16Melissa309US #8
#17Amber294US #18
#18Amy294US #13
#19Rachel291US #15
#20Latoya269US #60
#21Courtney263US #46
#22Michelle250US #17
#23Brittany249US #41
#24Mary236US #33
#25Christina235US #20
#26Erin228US #25
#27Rebecca220US #23
#28Jamie219US #31
#29April218US #42
#30Lindsey218US #35
#31Alicia215US #40
#32Erica215US #34
#33Laura215US #19
#34Emily212US #24
#35Brandi210US #61
#36Kelly187US #27
#37Katherine185US #30
#38Brandy179US #64
#39Angela176US #26
#40Katie166US #44
#41Kristen162US #38
#42Lindsay144US #36
#43Shannon142US #37
#44Kayla139US #100
#45Krystal138US #74
#46Andrea134US #28
#47Samantha133US #39
#48Sara130US #32
#49Natalie125US #55
#50Victoria122US #59
#51Lacey121US #116
#52Allison115US #51
#53Lisa114US #29
#54Alexis112US #89
#55Holly111US #53
#56Candice108US #86
#57Kristin108US #47
#58Leslie108US #75
#59Dana104US #73
#60Ebony102US #137
#61Stacy100US #67
#62Tara99US #49
#63Monique98US #130
#64Misty96US #98
#65Christy95US #145
#66Julie95US #52
#67Natasha95US #77
#68Candace94US #102
#69Christine92US #43
#70Kathryn92US #48
#71Melanie92US #85
#72Jenna89US #54
#73Jacqueline88US #56
#74Anna87US #57
#75Casey87US #107
#76Catherine86US #69
#77Brooke85US #99
#78Sheena85US #80
#79Mindy81US #199
#80Monica77US #58
#81Miranda75US #114
#82Robin74US #139
#83Karen73US #82
#84Angel72US #162
#85Meghan72US #65
#86Kristi71US #159
#87Leah71US #83
#88Marquita71US #195
#89Dominique68
#90Kristy68US #135
#91Kelli67US #147
#92Kristina67US #68
#93Latasha67US #175
#94Patricia67US #66
#95Stacey66US #79
#96Jenny62US #136
#97Renee61US #108
#98Theresa61US #121
#99Valerie61US #76
#100Brittney60US #176

Boys

#1Christopher1,317US #2
#2Michael1,063US #1
#3Joshua1,033US #4
#4Brandon901US #15
#5Matthew774US #3
#6John713US #8
#7James693US #7
#8Justin615US #13
#9Robert562US #9
#10David561US #5
#11Jonathan544US #19
#12Joseph526US #10
#13Jason516US #11
#14William501US #16
#15Daniel476US #6
#16Ryan469US #12
#17Jeremy415US #31
#18Eric401US #22
#19Brian389US #17
#20Anthony377US #21
#21Charles370US #33
#22Kevin369US #24
#23Nicholas365US #20
#24Dustin341US #41
#25Adam338US #18
#26Steven303US #23
#27Stephen270US #35
#28Thomas270US #25
#29Travis270US #42
#30Andrew263US #14
#31Jacob262US #37
#32Richard259US #27
#33Timothy257US #26
#34Marcus236US #57
#35Kenneth233US #46
#36Chad232US #51
#37Aaron226US #29
#38Cody221US #62
#39Patrick220US #36
#40Paul215US #40
#41Mark213US #32
#42Jeffrey206US #28
#43Benjamin201US #30
#44Derrick200US #79
#45Donald182US #63
#46Gregory169US #44
#47Corey162US #69
#48Kyle161US #34
#49Bryan159US #48
#50Scott155US #39
#51Jared153US #59
#52Derek150US #52
#53Blake141US #103
#54Ronald137US #67
#55Sean131US #43
#56Keith126US #61
#57Zachary126US #45
#58Bradley125US #53
#59Lance121US #127
#60Edward119US #58
#61Brett114US #72
#62Nathan112US #38
#63Gary107US #76
#64Larry107US #91
#65Jeffery105US #94
#66Jesse104US #50
#67Shawn104US #56
#68Tyler103US #47
#69Terry101US #118
#70Samuel100US #55
#71Randy98US #100
#72Craig95US #75
#73George95US #68
#74Phillip95US #70
#75Louis94US #158
#76Carl93US #108
#77Casey90US #82
#78Raymond90US #73
#79Jordan85US #65
#80Seth84US #99
#81Bobby82US #129
#82Jerry82US #111
#83Brad81US #196
#84Cory81US #83
#85Reginald80US #186
#86Jermaine79US #170
#87Todd79US #92
#88Andre78US #119
#89Terrance78US #198
#90Willie78US #166
#91Chase77US #133
#92Dennis77US #97
#93Kendrick77
#94Ricky77US #138
#95Antonio76US #77
#96Devin76US #123
#97Rodney76US #165
#98Billy75US #140
#99Henry75US #135
#100Brent72US #89

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑38Zachary#57
↑24Latoya#20
↑24Candice#56
↑24Craig#72
↑22Brittany#23
↑20Sara#48
↑19Ebony#60
↑18Allison#52

Falling

↓49Marquita#88
↓29Latasha#93
↓29Stacey#95
↓15Samuel#70
↓15Willie#90
↓13Natasha#67
↓13Cory#84
↓11Rebecca#27

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.