State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,930 Louisiana births in 1985 across 1,565 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#73Latasha#200 nationally
#77Bradoutside the national top 200
#81Jermaineoutside the national top 200
#82Terranceoutside the national top 200
#94Sierraoutside the national top 200
#86Reginald#192 nationally
#96Aimeeoutside the national top 200
#85Gerald#181 nationally
#42Lacey#124 nationally
#81Angel#161 nationally
#88Louis#164 nationally
#57Lance#130 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,428US #2
#2Jessica838US #1
#3Amanda672US #4
#4Jennifer658US #3
#5Brittany529US #17
#6Heather441US #8
#7Megan420US #10
#8Lauren414US #15
#9Kimberly379US #19
#10Crystal367US #21
#11Sarah363US #5
#12Tiffany348US #23
#13Danielle344US #18
#14Rachel312US #13
#15Amber292US #16
#16Stephanie292US #6
#17Nicole289US #7
#18Jamie287US #27
#19Courtney281US #43
#20Elizabeth278US #9
#21Amy270US #20
#22Melissa250US #11
#23Christina247US #12
#24Laura246US #14
#25Emily234US #24
#26Erica232US #34
#27Katie229US #39
#28Michelle229US #22
#29Mary219US #35
#30Rebecca219US #25
#31Lindsey218US #37
#32Erin217US #26
#33April204US #47
#34Latoya201US #81
#35Kelly192US #28
#36Alicia189US #45
#37Katherine187US #32
#38Brandi172US #69
#39Angela164US #31
#40Kristen164US #38
#41Krystal151US #53
#42Lacey151US #124
#43Samantha150US #29
#44Dominique149US #83
#45Brittney134US #84
#46Andrea131US #33
#47Shannon130US #41
#48Sara122US #30
#49Leslie121US #76
#50Natalie121US #58
#51Brandy119US #70
#52Victoria115US #59
#53Lindsay112US #40
#54Allison110US #46
#55Holly108US #56
#56Kayla104US #109
#57Lisa104US #36
#58Meghan102US #63
#59Kristin100US #49
#60Anna98US #54
#61Christine98US #44
#62Candace92US #104
#63Leah92US #78
#64Alexis91US #112
#65Catherine91US #65
#66Whitney89US #73
#67Monica86US #61
#68Melanie83US #88
#69Tara83US #51
#70Julie82US #55
#71Jenna81US #50
#72Brooke80US #102
#73Latasha79US #200
#74Candice78US #86
#75Jasmine78US #103
#76Meagan78US #133
#77Stacy77US #67
#78Kristina76US #57
#79Kathryn75US #48
#80Monique75US #140
#81Angel74US #161
#82Misty74US #121
#83Kristy73US #145
#84Christy71US #151
#85Dana71US #82
#86Felicia71US #101
#87Sheena71US #91
#88Jacqueline70US #60
#89Casey69US #114
#90Natasha69US #79
#91Ebony65US #160
#92Hannah65US #117
#93Robin64US #147
#94Sierra63
#95Tina63US #110
#96Aimee60
#97Tracy60US #107
#98Renee59US #118
#99Krystle58US #111
#100Stacey58US #89

Boys

#1Christopher1,228US #2
#2Joshua1,057US #4
#3Michael1,033US #1
#4Brandon968US #13
#5James730US #7
#6Matthew680US #3
#7John666US #9
#8David600US #6
#9Robert545US #8
#10Jonathan543US #17
#11Joseph518US #10
#12Daniel507US #5
#13Justin505US #15
#14Ryan498US #12
#15William472US #16
#16Jason465US #14
#17Jeremy411US #30
#18Kevin362US #23
#19Eric358US #21
#20Brian356US #18
#21Nicholas345US #19
#22Dustin335US #41
#23Charles333US #34
#24Anthony314US #20
#25Andrew296US #11
#26Jacob294US #35
#27Stephen275US #36
#28Adam273US #22
#29Steven270US #24
#30Cody265US #52
#31Timothy265US #26
#32Mark256US #32
#33Thomas255US #25
#34Patrick245US #37
#35Kyle244US #27
#36Aaron234US #33
#37Travis223US #46
#38Richard222US #28
#39Benjamin216US #31
#40Jared210US #58
#41Kenneth206US #47
#42Paul193US #42
#43Corey191US #63
#44Marcus190US #61
#45Jeffrey189US #29
#46Chad186US #57
#47Sean181US #38
#48Gregory179US #45
#49Bryan171US #48
#50Derrick166US #83
#51Donald158US #66
#52Blake156US #100
#53Scott153US #44
#54Zachary153US #39
#55Derek152US #56
#56Shawn137US #55
#57Lance132US #130
#58Ronald127US #71
#59Tyler126US #43
#60Edward125US #59
#61Jesse118US #51
#62Keith118US #64
#63Larry118US #97
#64Nathan118US #40
#65Samuel116US #54
#66Shane116US #68
#67Bradley112US #53
#68Jordan112US #62
#69Jeffery102US #96
#70Terry100US #119
#71Phillip97US #69
#72Gary96US #82
#73Randy95US #102
#74Brent92US #89
#75Brett92US #70
#76George88US #72
#77Brad84
#78Casey84US #86
#79Alexander83US #50
#80Cory83US #81
#81Jermaine80
#82Terrance79
#83Antonio78US #73
#84Devin78US #121
#85Gerald78US #181
#86Reginald78US #192
#87Johnathan77US #118
#88Louis77US #164
#89Tony75US #114
#90Troy75US #123
#91Bobby74US #135
#92Jerry74US #116
#93Todd74US #99
#94Carl73US #112
#95Craig73US #79
#96Wesley73US #94
#97Johnny70US #127
#98Nathaniel70US #77
#99Ricky70US #145
#100Raymond69US #75

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑55Brittney#45
↑45Dominique#44
↑27Meghan#58
↑26Brent#74
↑24Leah#63
↑20Latasha#73
↑18Brittany#5
↑14Anna#60

Falling

↓31Ebony#91
↓26Dana#85
↓23Natasha#90
↓23Craig#95
↓22Raymond#100
↓19Christy#84
↓18Candice#74
↓18Misty#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.