State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,508 Louisiana births in 1997 across 1,508 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#55Mallory#190 nationally
#70Landonoutside the national top 200
#67Asia#195 nationally
#83Brennanoutside the national top 200
#56Raven#170 nationally
#88Peytonoutside the national top 200
#53Jada#165 nationally
#76Derrick#188 nationally
#94Kierraoutside the national top 200
#95Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#95Treyoutside the national top 200
#88Abby#192 nationally

Girls

#1Alexis481US #8
#2Taylor418US #7
#3Emily398US #1
#4Hannah366US #5
#5Sarah345US #4
#6Madison319US #10
#7Victoria297US #19
#8Ashley285US #3
#9Kayla278US #12
#10Brittany242US #20
#11Lauren238US #14
#12Jessica227US #2
#13Jasmine226US #24
#14Destiny220US #42
#15Amber209US #29
#16Gabrielle205US #51
#17Elizabeth197US #9
#18Morgan190US #22
#19Brianna181US #17
#20Megan179US #11
#21Courtney178US #28
#22Alyssa169US #15
#23Samantha169US #6
#24Haley160US #31
#25Shelby156US #43
#26Brooke154US #45
#27Anna148US #33
#28Kaitlyn147US #41
#29Sydney141US #35
#30Rachel140US #13
#31Katelyn131US #63
#32Kelsey129US #57
#33Olivia124US #27
#34Mary123US #46
#35Caroline122US #75
#36Amanda121US #16
#37Bailey120US #65
#38Savannah119US #47
#39Paige114US #64
#40Alexandra112US #30
#41Chelsea112US #73
#42Abigail110US #26
#43Jordan110US #40
#44Allison109US #39
#45Rebecca108US #25
#46Kristen107US #82
#47Madeline107US #59
#48Breanna105US #74
#49Danielle100US #34
#50Katherine98US #32
#51Hailey93US #80
#52Katie93US #87
#53Jada89US #165
#54Erin88US #52
#55Mallory88US #190
#56Raven88US #170
#57Emma83US #36
#58Tiffany83US #61
#59Lindsey82US #95
#60Briana80US #72
#61Jennifer80US #18
#62Julia76US #37
#63Jade74US #129
#64Heather73US #90
#65Angel71US #144
#66Claire71US #108
#67Asia69US #195
#68Caitlin69US #88
#69Catherine69US #96
#70Mia68US #128
#71Sara68US #50
#72Brittney67US #130
#73Cheyenne67US #68
#74Erica67US #84
#75Kimberly67US #49
#76Caitlyn65US #133
#77Laura65US #66
#78Nicole65US #21
#79Aaliyah63US #176
#80Sierra63US #56
#81Natalie62US #48
#82Christina60US #62
#83Dominique60US #118
#84Jenna59US #76
#85Faith58US #124
#86Bethany57US #121
#87Makayla57US #102
#88Abby56US #192
#89Jamie56US #103
#90Michelle56US #55
#91Stephanie56US #23
#92Autumn55US #91
#93Grace55US #69
#94Kierra54
#95Chelsey53
#96Diamond51US #181
#97Cassidy50US #105
#98Whitney49US #158
#99Ashlyn48
#100Leah48US #104

Boys

#1Joshua538US #5
#2Michael500US #1
#3Christopher485US #4
#4Tyler453US #10
#5Jacob443US #2
#6Austin433US #9
#7Matthew431US #3
#8Brandon421US #8
#9Nicholas399US #6
#10John350US #15
#11Joseph341US #12
#12Zachary325US #13
#13James318US #17
#14William297US #19
#15Dylan295US #30
#16Justin294US #20
#17Hunter281US #44
#18Jordan273US #26
#19Christian259US #25
#20Robert249US #23
#21David246US #14
#22Andrew228US #7
#23Ryan225US #16
#24Daniel221US #11
#25Logan218US #42
#26Jonathan213US #21
#27Cameron196US #45
#28Anthony191US #18
#29Devin185US #59
#30Aaron180US #33
#31Kyle175US #24
#32Caleb174US #47
#33Cody172US #36
#34Charles170US #49
#35Kevin163US #28
#36Thomas157US #31
#37Eric154US #35
#38Benjamin148US #29
#39Alexander140US #22
#40Samuel138US #27
#41Blake133US #80
#42Taylor132US #87
#43Patrick126US #50
#44Ethan122US #46
#45Malik122US #111
#46Adam121US #39
#47Connor119US #52
#48Dustin115US #88
#49Corey113US #110
#50Mason113US #89
#51Alex112US #55
#52Jason111US #41
#53Brian109US #37
#54Cole109US #72
#55Kenneth107US #83
#56Chase106US #77
#57Jeremy106US #64
#58Noah104US #38
#59Dakota100US #66
#60Seth100US #97
#61Trevor100US #62
#62Steven99US #40
#63Evan97US #61
#64Timothy97US #43
#65Richard96US #51
#66Mark95US #58
#67Jared91US #56
#68Grant88US #115
#69Garrett87US #85
#70Landon87
#71Stephen87US #68
#72Bryce86US #112
#73Nathan86US #34
#74Sean85US #48
#75Darius83US #177
#76Derrick81US #188
#77Gabriel80US #57
#78Travis79US #81
#79Devon77US #119
#80Dalton76US #90
#81Gavin76US #136
#82Luke76US #78
#83Brennan74
#84Kaleb74US #185
#85Brett73US #116
#86Tristan73US #92
#87Marcus71US #93
#88Peyton71
#89Gregory70US #103
#90Paul70US #79
#91Bryan68US #69
#92Dillon67US #132
#93Gage67US #193
#94Ronald67US #164
#95Trey67
#96Collin66US #122
#97Jeremiah66US #128
#98Nathaniel66US #65
#99Donald65US #173
#100Ian64US #70

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑42Cole#54
↑34Emma#57
↑34Dakota#59
↑32Noah#58
↑27Cheyenne#73
↑22Asia#67
↑21Julia#62
↑20Jada#53

Falling

↓38Tristan#86
↓36Whitney#98
↓35Stephanie#91
↓24Nicole#78
↓24Collin#96
↓22Jamie#89
↓21Natalie#81
↓18Timothy#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.