State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,629 Louisiana births in 1990 across 1,502 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#46Raven#166 nationally
#77Ebony#186 nationally
#94Jadeoutside the national top 200
#99Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#98Darren#199 nationally
#86Lance#182 nationally
#79Mallory#162 nationally
#73Dominique#153 nationally
#94Calvin#173 nationally
#72Lacey#148 nationally
#95Kiara#171 nationally
#64Meagan#126 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany973US #3
#2Ashley775US #2
#3Jessica600US #1
#4Lauren411US #10
#5Courtney410US #17
#6Amanda399US #4
#7Jasmine380US #28
#8Sarah356US #6
#9Kayla352US #14
#10Megan343US #11
#11Amber332US #15
#12Emily297US #12
#13Tiffany269US #23
#14Samantha260US #5
#15Heather256US #19
#16Jennifer242US #8
#17Chelsea234US #24
#18Elizabeth227US #9
#19Hannah226US #30
#20Victoria221US #33
#21Danielle218US #18
#22Brittney213US #44
#23Stephanie213US #7
#24Rachel190US #16
#25Kristen185US #42
#26Whitney184US #60
#27Mary170US #35
#28Kimberly168US #31
#29Erica167US #36
#30Michelle167US #22
#31Rebecca165US #21
#32Brooke164US #70
#33Nicole155US #13
#34Christina150US #25
#35Lindsey150US #51
#36Erin149US #43
#37Katie146US #53
#38Crystal143US #39
#39Katherine138US #26
#40Alexis125US #66
#41Amy125US #38
#42Morgan122US #58
#43Jordan118US #59
#44Taylor117US #46
#45Allison116US #48
#46Raven116US #166
#47Laura113US #29
#48Kristin112US #65
#49Gabrielle111US #99
#50Jamie110US #55
#51Sara109US #34
#52April107US #73
#53Brandi104US #103
#54Haley104US #108
#55Olivia102US #72
#56Kelsey99US #32
#57Paige99US #79
#58Anna95US #45
#59Melissa95US #20
#60Kathryn93US #57
#61Alexandra89US #37
#62Kelly88US #41
#63Alicia87US #54
#64Meagan84US #126
#65Bianca83US #84
#66Caitlin83US #50
#67Ariel81US #94
#68Alyssa80US #27
#69Andrea78US #40
#70Angela77US #52
#71Katelyn77US #75
#72Lacey76US #148
#73Dominique73US #153
#74Lindsay73US #69
#75Catherine71US #71
#76Christine71US #62
#77Ebony71US #186
#78Shelby71US #100
#79Mallory69US #162
#80Chelsey67US #128
#81Natalie65US #63
#82Candace63US #142
#83Casey63US #106
#84Tara63US #85
#85Britney62US #136
#86Holly61US #89
#87Shannon60US #68
#88Leslie59US #115
#89Brianna58US #61
#90Brandy57US #137
#91Caroline57US #116
#92Leah57US #82
#93Margaret57US #102
#94Jade56
#95Kiara56US #171
#96Meghan56US #91
#97Krystal54US #104
#98Claire51US #158
#99Felicia51US #121
#100Jacqueline51US #67

Boys

#1Joshua945US #4
#2Christopher865US #2
#3Michael784US #1
#4Justin600US #9
#5Brandon549US #19
#6James540US #8
#7Matthew537US #3
#8John505US #12
#9Joseph431US #10
#10David417US #6
#11Jonathan398US #17
#12Ryan377US #11
#13Robert373US #13
#14Jacob363US #20
#15Nicholas360US #14
#16William358US #16
#17Jordan348US #29
#18Andrew333US #7
#19Cody326US #31
#20Jeremy325US #40
#21Tyler323US #21
#22Daniel297US #5
#23Anthony294US #15
#24Kevin289US #23
#25Eric265US #24
#26Kyle264US #18
#27Charles259US #38
#28Zachary246US #22
#29Dustin240US #50
#30Aaron238US #34
#31Steven231US #25
#32Corey213US #56
#33Thomas211US #26
#34Stephen208US #39
#35Brian196US #27
#36Kenneth195US #52
#37Travis189US #42
#38Patrick187US #36
#39Adam186US #32
#40Timothy181US #30
#41Benjamin173US #33
#42Blake173US #91
#43Jared164US #63
#44Richard161US #35
#45Mark153US #47
#46Sean147US #37
#47Gregory143US #51
#48Devin142US #98
#49Jason142US #46
#50Derek141US #54
#51Austin138US #55
#52Paul137US #49
#53Chase135US #110
#54Samuel132US #45
#55Taylor132US #64
#56Ethan121US #58
#57Alexander120US #28
#58Caleb115US #88
#59Christian114US #60
#60Donald114US #87
#61Marcus113US #72
#62Seth112US #102
#63Derrick111US #106
#64Bradley107US #65
#65Shawn107US #69
#66Chad106US #85
#67Cameron103US #62
#68Brett102US #84
#69Jeffrey98US #43
#70Bryan97US #57
#71Scott97US #53
#72Troy97US #128
#73Nathan95US #44
#74Ronald94US #97
#75Cory93US #67
#76Alex92US #59
#77Jesse92US #48
#78Shane90US #73
#79Casey88US #89
#80Edward88US #68
#81Keith88US #80
#82Trevor88US #76
#83Garrett86US #99
#84Logan85US #104
#85Ian84US #70
#86Lance82US #182
#87Dylan80US #83
#88Phillip80US #81
#89Antonio75US #77
#90Darius74US #152
#91George74US #79
#92Gary70US #114
#93Larry68US #144
#94Calvin67US #173
#95Evan67US #71
#96Johnathan66US #108
#97Jerry65US #146
#98Darren63US #199
#99Kendrick63
#100Tony62US #147

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑34Taylor#44
↑30Alexis#40
↑27Cameron#67
↑25Christian#59
↑22Ethan#56
↑22Shawn#65
↑20Dominique#73
↑20Taylor#55

Falling

↓49Kiara#95
↓32Krystal#97
↓25Phillip#88
↓24Brandy#90
↓23Meghan#96
↓20Melissa#59
↓17Britney#85
↓17Caroline#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.