State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,894 Louisiana births in 1988 across 1,483 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#89Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#82Terrance#193 nationally
#97Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#98Chasityoutside the national top 200
#89Claire#190 nationally
#66Ebony#164 nationally
#76Angel#166 nationally
#61Dominique#145 nationally
#75Latoya#157 nationally
#63Meagan#141 nationally
#72Lance#146 nationally
#57Lacey#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley927US #2
#2Jessica856US #1
#3Brittany775US #6
#4Amanda548US #3
#5Lauren433US #11
#6Sarah415US #4
#7Megan370US #12
#8Kayla367US #20
#9Jennifer357US #5
#10Tiffany357US #13
#11Courtney344US #24
#12Amber331US #15
#13Heather323US #14
#14Kimberly254US #25
#15Danielle246US #17
#16Elizabeth245US #10
#17Emily245US #18
#18Brittney244US #52
#19Samantha244US #8
#20Rachel236US #19
#21Whitney235US #39
#22Stephanie217US #7
#23Nicole212US #9
#24Kristen207US #36
#25Katie198US #40
#26Jasmine195US #53
#27Erica193US #31
#28Victoria188US #42
#29Michelle181US #21
#30Crystal174US #28
#31Laura169US #23
#32Mary169US #34
#33Melissa167US #16
#34Chelsea165US #33
#35Rebecca160US #26
#36Amy159US #29
#37Katherine157US #27
#38Jamie154US #45
#39Lindsey151US #48
#40April141US #65
#41Christina136US #22
#42Allison130US #46
#43Erin123US #37
#44Hannah116US #61
#45Kristin115US #58
#46Angela111US #38
#47Brooke111US #87
#48Sara111US #30
#49Alicia110US #50
#50Brandi109US #91
#51Kelly105US #32
#52Lindsay105US #57
#53Krystal95US #74
#54Morgan94US #78
#55Brandy92US #107
#56Anna91US #54
#57Lacey91US #129
#58Kathryn90US #55
#59Christine89US #51
#60Natalie89US #63
#61Dominique87US #145
#62Andrea80US #35
#63Meagan79US #141
#64Alexis78US #97
#65Candace75US #117
#66Ebony75US #164
#67Leslie75US #94
#68Shannon75US #56
#69Caitlin74US #44
#70Holly72US #72
#71Casey71US #92
#72Meghan71US #81
#73Gabrielle70US #137
#74Haley70US #143
#75Latoya70US #157
#76Angel69US #166
#77Catherine69US #69
#78Jenna69US #66
#79Leah69US #82
#80Monica68US #70
#81Mallory65US #120
#82Alexandra64US #49
#83Lisa62US #43
#84Taylor62US #102
#85Paige61US #151
#86Julie59US #71
#87Kelli59US #150
#88Kelsey59US #64
#89Claire58US #190
#90Natasha58US #73
#91Britney56US #138
#92Melanie56US #99
#93Bethany54US #89
#94Kendra54US #80
#95Kristina54US #68
#96Bianca52US #108
#97Candice52US #130
#98Chasity52
#99Katelyn52US #84
#100Margaret51US #93

Boys

#1Christopher974US #2
#2Joshua970US #4
#3Michael823US #1
#4Justin734US #7
#5Brandon626US #17
#6Matthew597US #3
#7James578US #9
#8David525US #6
#9John488US #11
#10Jonathan453US #15
#11Robert444US #10
#12Ryan434US #13
#13Joseph421US #12
#14Andrew384US #5
#15Jeremy372US #35
#16William372US #16
#17Daniel344US #8
#18Kevin314US #20
#19Anthony312US #18
#20Nicholas309US #14
#21Jacob297US #28
#22Eric285US #19
#23Cody282US #43
#24Charles257US #37
#25Dustin250US #48
#26Brian248US #22
#27Thomas242US #23
#28Travis239US #41
#29Kyle237US #21
#30Jason230US #27
#31Timothy230US #25
#32Benjamin226US #30
#33Adam224US #26
#34Aaron218US #31
#35Zachary218US #29
#36Corey215US #56
#37Stephen209US #40
#38Kenneth203US #51
#39Steven199US #24
#40Richard195US #32
#41Patrick191US #42
#42Jordan182US #52
#43Mark182US #39
#44Tyler180US #33
#45Jared178US #60
#46Paul164US #46
#47Sean161US #38
#48Blake157US #103
#49Gregory151US #50
#50Marcus146US #66
#51Chad136US #65
#52Jeffrey133US #36
#53Derek131US #53
#54Derrick130US #97
#55Devin128US #98
#56Samuel126US #45
#57Bryan125US #54
#58Scott125US #47
#59Cory124US #59
#60Donald120US #76
#61Alexander112US #34
#62Bradley106US #57
#63Alex103US #58
#64Keith102US #70
#65Brett101US #73
#66Shawn100US #61
#67Seth99US #90
#68Taylor97US #91
#69Casey96US #83
#70Phillip95US #71
#71Ronald94US #79
#72Lance92US #146
#73Nathan91US #44
#74Austin88US #63
#75Edward87US #62
#76Chase86US #127
#77Shane80US #67
#78Caleb78US #108
#79Antonio77US #72
#80Jesse77US #55
#81Logan77US #109
#82Terrance76US #193
#83Terry75US #141
#84Raymond74US #84
#85Brent72US #107
#86Cameron72US #69
#87Troy72US #124
#88George71US #78
#89Terrence69
#90Vincent69US #82
#91Wesley69US #93
#92Christian68US #86
#93Larry68US #123
#94Johnny67US #129
#95Frank66US #99
#96Jeffery65US #120
#97Reginald65
#98Andre64US #138
#99Carl63US #126
#100Jerry63US #130

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑26Jasmine#26
↑26Leslie#67
↑24Ebony#66
↑23Angel#76
↑19Morgan#54
↑18Austin#74
↑17Devin#55
↑16Alexandra#82

Falling

↓20Jeffery#96
↓20Jerry#100
↓18Larry#93
↓16Melissa#33
↓16Kendra#94
↓15Julie#86
↓15Britney#91
↓14Latoya#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.