State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,477 Louisiana births in 1987 across 1,468 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#95Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#72Gabrielle#174 nationally
#76Britney#177 nationally
#100Byronoutside the national top 200
#74Paige#171 nationally
#89Willie#186 nationally
#99Angel#192 nationally
#64Lance#142 nationally
#97Sierra#173 nationally
#49Lacey#117 nationally
#61Latoya#128 nationally
#90Ebony#157 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,138US #2
#2Jessica909US #1
#3Brittany666US #7
#4Amanda581US #3
#5Sarah452US #5
#6Jennifer411US #4
#7Lauren365US #16
#8Megan364US #12
#9Heather358US #9
#10Tiffany328US #18
#11Courtney305US #33
#12Danielle304US #14
#13Amber291US #15
#14Kayla288US #27
#15Kimberly276US #23
#16Rachel259US #17
#17Melissa238US #13
#18Elizabeth237US #10
#19Emily236US #19
#20Stephanie228US #6
#21Whitney220US #32
#22Nicole212US #8
#23Katie203US #38
#24Samantha203US #11
#25Crystal197US #26
#26Michelle195US #21
#27Laura193US #22
#28Amy190US #24
#29Erica187US #31
#30Rebecca187US #25
#31Brittney176US #61
#32Victoria173US #50
#33Christina167US #20
#34Lindsey164US #41
#35Mary164US #37
#36Kristen159US #42
#37Jamie157US #39
#38Kelly151US #30
#39April148US #58
#40Chelsea146US #47
#41Katherine142US #28
#42Erin141US #34
#43Brandi126US #88
#44Angela125US #35
#45Sara120US #29
#46Allison119US #44
#47Alicia118US #46
#48Brandy114US #92
#49Lacey114US #117
#50Dominique111US #114
#51Krystal108US #70
#52Jasmine107US #79
#53Anna96US #52
#54Kristin95US #55
#55Brooke92US #94
#56Hannah92US #66
#57Christine90US #48
#58Lindsay89US #49
#59Natalie89US #56
#60Andrea87US #36
#61Latoya87US #128
#62Shannon85US #45
#63Candace81US #120
#64Casey81US #81
#65Alexis79US #113
#66Holly78US #71
#67Mallory76US #91
#68Kathryn74US #51
#69Tara74US #69
#70Meagan73US #136
#71Julie72US #65
#72Gabrielle71US #174
#73Morgan71US #95
#74Paige71US #171
#75Dana70US #83
#76Britney69US #177
#77Catherine69US #74
#78Kendra69US #77
#79Lisa69US #40
#80Monique68US #130
#81Leah67US #82
#82Melanie66US #102
#83Jenna64US #57
#84Meghan64US #78
#85Monica64US #64
#86Rachael64US #98
#87Angelica63US #106
#88Stacey63US #103
#89Candice61US #121
#90Ebony59US #157
#91Margaret59US #90
#92Jordan58US #146
#93Leslie58US #89
#94Natasha57US #73
#95Felicia56US #96
#96Kelli56US #131
#97Sierra55US #173
#98Alexandra52US #59
#99Angel52US #192
#100Misty52US #162

Boys

#1Christopher1,066US #2
#2Joshua1,011US #4
#3Michael847US #1
#4Brandon717US #14
#5Matthew681US #3
#6Justin654US #9
#7James550US #8
#8John524US #11
#9David463US #5
#10Robert448US #10
#11Joseph436US #12
#12Ryan430US #13
#13Jeremy427US #29
#14Jonathan423US #18
#15Daniel397US #7
#16Andrew382US #6
#17William344US #15
#18Nicholas340US #16
#19Kevin316US #19
#20Eric312US #21
#21Charles297US #35
#22Anthony292US #17
#23Dustin290US #44
#24Cody289US #49
#25Jason284US #23
#26Timothy267US #26
#27Jacob264US #31
#28Thomas264US #24
#29Brian263US #20
#30Steven262US #25
#31Kyle230US #22
#32Adam223US #27
#33Stephen208US #38
#34Kenneth205US #53
#35Benjamin203US #28
#36Corey203US #57
#37Patrick202US #41
#38Richard197US #30
#39Jared189US #58
#40Aaron188US #34
#41Jordan187US #52
#42Travis183US #42
#43Mark177US #36
#44Gregory170US #47
#45Jeffrey164US #32
#46Derek162US #54
#47Marcus162US #67
#48Chad161US #63
#49Derrick144US #86
#50Zachary141US #33
#51Blake137US #106
#52Samuel136US #50
#53Sean136US #40
#54Paul133US #46
#55Bryan131US #51
#56Scott131US #43
#57Tyler129US #39
#58Donald127US #70
#59Bradley124US #56
#60Cory119US #62
#61Shawn112US #59
#62Casey111US #80
#63Edward109US #61
#64Lance107US #142
#65Shane107US #65
#66Brett106US #71
#67Ronald103US #73
#68Alex101US #60
#69Jesse101US #55
#70Alexander100US #37
#71Keith100US #69
#72Devin94US #99
#73Chase93US #139
#74Seth93US #89
#75Larry90US #114
#76Jeffery89US #109
#77Phillip88US #68
#78Terry88US #133
#79Antonio87US #72
#80Jerry85US #125
#81Nathan83US #45
#82Raymond82US #79
#83Troy81US #122
#84Philip79US #84
#85Brent78US #103
#86Wesley73US #92
#87Randy72US #105
#88Caleb71US #115
#89Willie71US #186
#90Lawrence70US #146
#91Johnathan69US #116
#92Austin68US #76
#93Gary68US #87
#94George68US #77
#95Kendrick68
#96Frank66US #97
#97Carl65US #126
#98Bobby64US #147
#99Tony64US #123
#100Byron63

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑48Chelsea#40
↑22Kendra#78
↑20Kayla#14
↑16Philip#84
↑15Brooke#55
↑15Britney#76
↑15Raymond#82
↑14Dana#75

Falling

↓26Monica#85
↓22Natasha#94
↓21Phillip#77
↓20Latoya#61
↓18Sierra#97
↓16Jamie#37
↓16Kelli#96
↓15Leslie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.