State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,246 Louisiana births in 1986 across 1,503 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#82Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#87Aimee#197 nationally
#90Reginald#188 nationally
#91Britney#189 nationally
#79Sierra#169 nationally
#87Darren#168 nationally
#90Angel#171 nationally
#94Ebony#165 nationally
#97Kristi#168 nationally
#41Latoya#111 nationally
#64Lance#134 nationally
#75Chase#142 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,282US #2
#2Jessica914US #1
#3Brittany720US #8
#4Amanda618US #3
#5Jennifer537US #4
#6Sarah470US #5
#7Lauren431US #14
#8Heather387US #9
#9Megan379US #11
#10Tiffany357US #17
#11Kimberly327US #18
#12Amber323US #13
#13Courtney308US #35
#14Stephanie289US #6
#15Danielle288US #16
#16Elizabeth268US #10
#17Rachel257US #15
#18Crystal254US #25
#19Erica243US #31
#20Amy234US #22
#21Jamie227US #34
#22Nicole221US #7
#23Whitney214US #32
#24Christina211US #19
#25Emily209US #24
#26Michelle208US #23
#27Melissa203US #12
#28Laura195US #20
#29Mary195US #37
#30Samantha194US #21
#31Lindsey185US #39
#32Katie184US #38
#33Brittney181US #65
#34Kayla180US #64
#35Rebecca173US #26
#36Erin170US #30
#37April164US #53
#38Katherine161US #28
#39Kristen154US #41
#40Kelly152US #29
#41Latoya144US #111
#42Krystal141US #61
#43Alicia139US #45
#44Victoria139US #54
#45Dominique138US #98
#46Sara137US #27
#47Angela135US #33
#48Brandi132US #79
#49Allison126US #42
#50Shannon121US #44
#51Brandy120US #84
#52Casey116US #80
#53Anna103US #51
#54Lindsay103US #46
#55Andrea97US #36
#56Lacey95US #121
#57Natalie94US #52
#58Meagan89US #123
#59Monica89US #59
#60Holly88US #63
#61Jasmine88US #95
#62Hannah86US #82
#63Christine85US #47
#64Candace83US #114
#65Mallory83US #83
#66Kristin82US #50
#67Catherine78US #67
#68Kathryn77US #48
#69Lisa77US #40
#70Brooke72US #104
#71Jenna72US #55
#72Natasha72US #70
#73Alexis71US #129
#74Monique71US #136
#75Julie70US #58
#76Tara70US #56
#77Meghan68US #71
#78Leslie67US #86
#79Sierra67US #169
#80Kelli65US #142
#81Renee65US #127
#82Candice64US #108
#83Kristina63US #62
#84Melanie62US #97
#85Patricia62US #66
#86Robin61US #122
#87Aimee60US #197
#88Chelsea60US #73
#89Dana59US #92
#90Angel58US #171
#91Britney58US #189
#92Misty58US #145
#93Stacy58US #87
#94Ebony57US #165
#95Felicia56US #89
#96Kristy56US #158
#97Kristi55US #168
#98Tabitha55US #140
#99Jordan54US #135
#100Kendra54US #101

Boys

#1Christopher1,202US #2
#2Michael922US #1
#3Joshua844US #4
#4Brandon808US #13
#5Matthew678US #3
#6John631US #10
#7James604US #7
#8Justin553US #14
#9David548US #5
#10Joseph524US #12
#11Jeremy507US #28
#12Robert471US #9
#13Ryan465US #11
#14Jonathan461US #16
#15Daniel457US #6
#16William421US #15
#17Jason380US #18
#18Kevin373US #21
#19Andrew365US #8
#20Nicholas334US #17
#21Eric328US #22
#22Charles315US #34
#23Dustin308US #42
#24Anthony305US #19
#25Brian293US #20
#26Cody291US #56
#27Jacob281US #31
#28Steven274US #25
#29Kyle265US #23
#30Adam261US #24
#31Timothy240US #27
#32Stephen238US #36
#33Richard230US #29
#34Patrick228US #39
#35Thomas219US #26
#36Kenneth209US #50
#37Corey207US #62
#38Aaron206US #33
#39Mark202US #35
#40Benjamin198US #30
#41Gregory195US #46
#42Jared194US #58
#43Travis186US #49
#44Marcus170US #63
#45Sean167US #37
#46Jeffrey166US #32
#47Paul163US #45
#48Jordan159US #53
#49Chad158US #59
#50Donald154US #71
#51Derrick144US #87
#52Bryan141US #47
#53Tyler141US #40
#54Derek138US #57
#55Blake137US #101
#56Phillip132US #70
#57Zachary132US #38
#58Ronald128US #75
#59Samuel127US #52
#60Shawn127US #55
#61Bradley124US #54
#62Scott122US #44
#63Edward120US #61
#64Lance117US #134
#65Keith116US #66
#66Cory114US #68
#67Jesse111US #48
#68Antonio107US #73
#69Brett103US #69
#70Jeffery103US #102
#71Shane102US #67
#72Nathan98US #43
#73Casey96US #83
#74Larry90US #108
#75Chase86US #142
#76Devin85US #113
#77Terry85US #122
#78Alexander83US #41
#79Gary83US #84
#80Alex81US #64
#81George80US #74
#82Kendrick80
#83Carl79US #114
#84Andre78US #133
#85Randy78US #103
#86Seth77US #97
#87Darren75US #168
#88Johnny75US #125
#89Frank74US #91
#90Reginald74US #188
#91Troy74US #123
#92Joel73US #72
#93Allen72US #128
#94Brent70US #94
#95Louis70US #160
#96Nathaniel70US #78
#97Raymond70US #77
#98Craig68US #80
#99Johnathan67US #115
#100Philip66US #86

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑43Whitney#23
↑37Casey#52
↑30Hannah#62
↑22Kayla#34
↑20Jordan#48
↑18Meagan#58
↑18Natasha#72
↑17Renee#81

Falling

↓29Leslie#78
↓20Brent#94
↓19Meghan#77
↓16Melanie#84
↓16Stacy#93
↓14Lacey#56
↓13Kristy#96
↓12Lisa#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.