State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,234 Louisiana births in 1996 across 1,488 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#73Jadaoutside the national top 200
#61Raven#184 nationally
#64Tori#185 nationally
#81Landonoutside the national top 200
#82Brennanoutside the national top 200
#84Treyoutside the national top 200
#69Mallory#183 nationally
#89Colbyoutside the national top 200
#89Asia#200 nationally
#72Deja#182 nationally
#92Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#74Darius#182 nationally

Girls

#1Alexis396US #8
#2Taylor393US #6
#3Emily354US #1
#4Ashley348US #3
#5Brittany338US #14
#6Sarah320US #4
#7Victoria315US #18
#8Hannah314US #7
#9Kayla273US #11
#10Courtney272US #21
#11Jasmine270US #28
#12Lauren249US #16
#13Jessica237US #2
#14Madison228US #15
#15Amber216US #27
#16Megan207US #12
#17Shelby200US #35
#18Elizabeth199US #10
#19Gabrielle197US #54
#20Morgan193US #25
#21Samantha180US #5
#22Destiny178US #56
#23Haley168US #30
#24Chelsea166US #55
#25Rachel153US #9
#26Brianna150US #17
#27Kelsey149US #36
#28Alyssa146US #23
#29Kaitlyn146US #40
#30Alexandra145US #26
#31Savannah145US #43
#32Brooke143US #45
#33Mary139US #44
#34Kristen135US #70
#35Amanda133US #13
#36Anna127US #33
#37Sydney125US #39
#38Katelyn119US #64
#39Rebecca117US #24
#40Bailey109US #85
#41Olivia109US #34
#42Katherine108US #31
#43Caroline107US #78
#44Allison106US #38
#45Jordan101US #49
#46Madeline101US #67
#47Hailey100US #93
#48Danielle95US #29
#49Tiffany94US #52
#50Katie93US #81
#51Paige92US #65
#52Breanna89US #74
#53Jennifer85US #19
#54Nicole84US #22
#55Erin82US #51
#56Stephanie82US #20
#57Abigail80US #32
#58Heather79US #71
#59Briana77US #72
#60Natalie76US #46
#61Raven75US #184
#62Whitney75US #140
#63Miranda73US #76
#64Tori71US #185
#65Erica70US #79
#66Jade70US #145
#67Jamie70US #96
#68Kimberly69US #41
#69Mallory69US #183
#70Caitlin68US #84
#71Lindsey68US #86
#72Deja67US #182
#73Jada67
#74Catherine66US #95
#75Mariah66US #63
#76Sierra65US #62
#77Angel63US #162
#78Claire63US #116
#79Brittney62US #115
#80Christina62US #57
#81Dominique62US #122
#82Sara60US #50
#83Julia59US #48
#84Kaitlin59US #103
#85Kelly59US #73
#86Andrea56US #61
#87Amy54US #88
#88Ariel53US #163
#89Asia53US #200
#90Brandi53US #161
#91Emma53US #53
#92Ashlyn52
#93Jenna51US #83
#94Alicia50US #91
#95Caitlyn50US #138
#96Chelsey50
#97Laura50US #66
#98Diamond49US #179
#99Kylie49US #111
#100Cheyenne48US #68

Boys

#1Christopher518US #4
#2Joshua514US #5
#3Tyler504US #7
#4Michael498US #1
#5Austin458US #9
#6Brandon431US #8
#7Jacob414US #3
#8Nicholas397US #6
#9Matthew387US #2
#10John369US #15
#11Justin347US #20
#12William340US #18
#13Joseph339US #12
#14Zachary319US #14
#15James290US #17
#16Dylan268US #33
#17Christian266US #24
#18David262US #13
#19Andrew261US #10
#20Hunter261US #47
#21Jordan239US #27
#22Ryan233US #16
#23Devin232US #60
#24Daniel227US #11
#25Jonathan223US #21
#26Robert220US #23
#27Anthony215US #19
#28Logan214US #42
#29Cody213US #31
#30Aaron203US #34
#31Charles191US #43
#32Kyle188US #25
#33Thomas178US #28
#34Caleb176US #48
#35Kevin174US #26
#36Cameron154US #49
#37Alexander150US #22
#38Benjamin149US #29
#39Eric140US #35
#40Jeremy129US #56
#41Blake125US #84
#42Taylor125US #82
#43Patrick124US #44
#44Malik121US #97
#45Alex120US #53
#46Timothy120US #40
#47Adam118US #39
#48Tristan118US #68
#49Corey115US #94
#50Dustin115US #79
#51Seth115US #103
#52Samuel111US #30
#53Brian109US #36
#54Jason109US #41
#55Stephen106US #59
#56Ethan105US #62
#57Trevor102US #63
#58Jared100US #64
#59Chase98US #76
#60Steven98US #38
#61Richard96US #45
#62Mark95US #55
#63Mason95US #104
#64Nathan94US #37
#65Kenneth92US #77
#66Sean92US #46
#67Connor91US #54
#68Garrett91US #85
#69Marcus84US #87
#70Grant82US #119
#71Travis81US #73
#72Collin80US #115
#73Shawn80US #111
#74Darius78US #182
#75Evan77US #65
#76Luke77US #75
#77Bradley76US #83
#78Bryce75US #120
#79Chance75US #154
#80Gabriel75US #61
#81Landon75
#82Brennan74
#83Derrick74US #169
#84Trey74
#85Gregory73US #98
#86Dalton71US #99
#87Donald71US #158
#88Brett67US #110
#89Colby67
#90Noah67US #50
#91Dillon66US #121
#92Bryan64US #66
#93Dakota64US #58
#94Troy64US #155
#95Ian62US #70
#96Cole61US #106
#97Larry61
#98Ronald60US #156
#99Antonio58US #80
#100Nathaniel58US #69

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑23Tori#64
↑22Bailey#40
↑21Savannah#31
↑17Madison#14
↑17Hailey#47
↑15Jade#66
↑14Madeline#46
↑14Abigail#57

Falling

↓25Dakota#93
↓20Kimberly#68
↓19Laura#97
↓18Brandi#90
↓16Dustin#50
↓16Brett#88
↓15Bryan#92
↓14Lindsey#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.