State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,666 Louisiana births in 1989 across 1,485 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#76Latoya#190 nationally
#88Jadeoutside the national top 200
#98Chasityoutside the national top 200
#69Lance#165 nationally
#81Ebony#176 nationally
#93Dominique#173 nationally
#99Bobby#172 nationally
#97Angel#167 nationally
#46Kiara#115 nationally
#83Terry#151 nationally
#47Gabrielle#112 nationally
#52Chase#113 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,157US #3
#2Ashley823US #2
#3Jessica664US #1
#4Amanda463US #4
#5Lauren442US #9
#6Sarah414US #5
#7Megan408US #11
#8Courtney369US #21
#9Kayla360US #20
#10Amber332US #14
#11Tiffany319US #16
#12Heather292US #15
#13Elizabeth287US #10
#14Jennifer268US #7
#15Jasmine266US #30
#16Samantha265US #6
#17Brittney261US #41
#18Emily259US #13
#19Kimberly228US #28
#20Kristen225US #36
#21Chelsea222US #27
#22Danielle208US #17
#23Stephanie202US #8
#24Michelle190US #22
#25Rachel190US #18
#26Erica186US #34
#27Katie180US #45
#28Whitney180US #57
#29Victoria169US #44
#30Christina167US #23
#31Rebecca166US #24
#32Erin156US #40
#33Katherine156US #26
#34Mary153US #38
#35Lindsey152US #48
#36Hannah151US #42
#37Crystal149US #32
#38Laura149US #25
#39Melissa149US #19
#40Nicole146US #12
#41Brooke143US #74
#42Jamie130US #52
#43Amy128US #35
#44Allison118US #46
#45April111US #66
#46Kiara109US #115
#47Gabrielle104US #112
#48Kristin103US #60
#49Kelly102US #37
#50Brandi101US #98
#51Sara96US #29
#52Morgan95US #69
#53Alicia94US #53
#54Angela93US #47
#55Alyssa92US #33
#56Anna91US #51
#57Jordan91US #72
#58Kelsey91US #31
#59Alexandra88US #43
#60Catherine88US #67
#61Bianca87US #91
#62Kathryn87US #58
#63Christine84US #59
#64Andrea82US #39
#65Krystal82US #82
#66Brandy81US #121
#67Meagan81US #120
#68Britney80US #118
#69Haley79US #125
#70Alexis78US #92
#71Paige76US #124
#72Caitlin75US #49
#73Meghan75US #80
#74Caroline73US #113
#75Natalie72US #62
#76Latoya71US #190
#77Lindsay71US #63
#78Taylor71US #75
#79Casey70US #103
#80Monique70US #139
#81Ebony69US #176
#82Lacey69US #143
#83Holly66US #79
#84Leah65US #83
#85Dana64US #105
#86Leslie63US #108
#87Candice62US #134
#88Jade60
#89Melanie60US #88
#90Julie59US #78
#91Candace58US #133
#92Erika57US #73
#93Dominique56US #173
#94Kristina56US #65
#95Lisa56US #55
#96Mallory52US #147
#97Angel51US #167
#98Chasity51
#99Natasha50US #87
#100Monica49US #68

Boys

#1Christopher1,023US #2
#2Joshua940US #4
#3Michael866US #1
#4Justin682US #8
#5Matthew621US #3
#6Brandon603US #18
#7John527US #12
#8James507US #9
#9David454US #5
#10Ryan453US #13
#11Robert418US #10
#12Jeremy412US #34
#13Joseph408US #11
#14Jonathan380US #17
#15Nicholas376US #14
#16Daniel368US #6
#17William363US #15
#18Andrew348US #7
#19Jacob317US #26
#20Cody279US #45
#21Anthony274US #16
#22Kevin274US #19
#23Jordan268US #44
#24Aaron262US #31
#25Charles262US #36
#26Dustin261US #48
#27Eric257US #21
#28Benjamin249US #29
#29Steven239US #22
#30Adam238US #27
#31Corey235US #55
#32Thomas228US #23
#33Brian225US #24
#34Travis223US #41
#35Kyle218US #20
#36Stephen212US #40
#37Timothy209US #28
#38Zachary197US #25
#39Patrick193US #38
#40Tyler190US #30
#41Jared187US #57
#42Kenneth185US #53
#43Jason176US #35
#44Gregory175US #52
#45Richard171US #33
#46Blake165US #97
#47Derek156US #54
#48Mark151US #42
#49Marcus144US #67
#50Devin140US #96
#51Paul140US #49
#52Chase129US #113
#53Caleb125US #91
#54Sean124US #39
#55Donald119US #82
#56Jeffrey116US #37
#57Scott113US #51
#58Alexander112US #32
#59Chad112US #74
#60Cory111US #61
#61Ronald110US #85
#62Alex109US #60
#63Phillip109US #75
#64Brett108US #81
#65Samuel108US #47
#66Bradley107US #58
#67Austin105US #59
#68Derrick103US #99
#69Lance102US #165
#70Edward101US #62
#71Keith101US #70
#72Bryan100US #56
#73Casey98US #90
#74Jesse94US #50
#75Taylor94US #72
#76Nathan93US #43
#77Seth93US #94
#78Ethan92US #87
#79Troy88US #124
#80Logan86US #104
#81Garrett82US #102
#82Jeffery82US #129
#83Terry81US #151
#84Christian80US #78
#85Shane80US #71
#86Larry78US #131
#87Shawn75US #65
#88Evan74US #69
#89Johnathan72US #112
#90Andre69US #134
#91Gary68US #106
#92Ian68US #68
#93Wesley68US #98
#94Cameron67US #64
#95Dennis67US #123
#96Henry67US #141
#97Raymond66US #86
#98Antonio65US #76
#99Bobby65US #172
#100Curtis64US #111

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑35Bianca#61
↑30Kelsey#58
↑26Gabrielle#47
↑25Caleb#53
↑24Chase#52
↑23Alexandra#59
↑23Britney#68
↑19Jordan#23

Falling

↓32Dominique#93
↓26Candace#91
↓25Lindsay#77
↓25Lacey#82
↓21Angel#97
↓21Shawn#87
↓20Monica#100
↓19Leslie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.