State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,083 Louisiana births in 1998 across 1,589 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#64Malloryoutside the national top 200
#75Peytonoutside the national top 200
#78Asiaoutside the national top 200
#82Colbyoutside the national top 200
#84Landonoutside the national top 200
#78Derrick#194 nationally
#82Cameron#198 nationally
#71Kennedy#183 nationally
#91Torioutside the national top 200
#55Diamond#164 nationally
#92Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#77Raven#185 nationally

Girls

#1Alexis438US #6
#2Taylor406US #7
#3Hannah375US #2
#4Madison371US #9
#5Emily366US #1
#6Sarah292US #4
#7Victoria273US #16
#8Kayla249US #12
#9Lauren245US #14
#10Ashley244US #5
#11Destiny237US #34
#12Brittany226US #25
#13Megan214US #13
#14Jasmine212US #26
#15Alyssa210US #11
#16Morgan204US #23
#17Elizabeth202US #10
#18Gabrielle199US #47
#19Brianna177US #17
#20Jessica175US #8
#21Amber169US #37
#22Kaitlyn162US #35
#23Olivia159US #21
#24Courtney149US #39
#25Shelby148US #49
#26Haley147US #36
#27Samantha147US #3
#28Mary144US #44
#29Bailey138US #60
#30Madeline132US #50
#31Jada130US #119
#32Caroline128US #75
#33Anna123US #31
#34Rachel122US #15
#35Katelyn121US #58
#36Kelsey121US #56
#37Sydney121US #28
#38Abigail116US #18
#39Brooke113US #46
#40Jordan110US #42
#41Savannah109US #45
#42Hailey103US #70
#43Breanna99US #76
#44Katie99US #88
#45Allison98US #38
#46Paige96US #63
#47Rebecca95US #30
#48Amanda94US #19
#49Alexandra92US #27
#50Chelsea89US #94
#51Emma88US #22
#52Caitlin86US #78
#53Katherine83US #33
#54Makayla82US #71
#55Diamond81US #164
#56Grace80US #53
#57Claire77US #91
#58Angel74US #138
#59Erin74US #57
#60Natalie74US #40
#61Danielle71US #41
#62Jade71US #125
#63Lindsey71US #97
#64Mallory71
#65Catherine69US #101
#66Jennifer69US #20
#67Kristen68US #102
#68Chloe67US #87
#69Julia67US #32
#70Mia66US #130
#71Kennedy65US #183
#72Kimberly65US #54
#73Sierra64US #51
#74Nicole63US #24
#75Ariel62US #147
#76Caitlyn62US #115
#77Raven62US #185
#78Asia61
#79Jenna60US #65
#80Mariah60US #62
#81Skylar60US #173
#82Cameron59US #198
#83Briana58US #79
#84Erica58US #92
#85Jamie58US #112
#86Tiffany58US #67
#87Cheyenne57US #72
#88Heather56US #99
#89Laura56US #74
#90Miranda56US #80
#91Tori56
#92Aaliyah55
#93Ashlyn55
#94Kiara52US #172
#95Sara52US #48
#96Abby51US #194
#97Christina51US #69
#98Dominique51US #146
#99Mya51
#100Bethany50US #132

Boys

#1Jacob494US #2
#2Joshua481US #4
#3Michael465US #1
#4Austin461US #10
#5Christopher444US #5
#6Tyler443US #8
#7Matthew413US #3
#8Nicholas406US #6
#9Brandon370US #7
#10John341US #15
#11Hunter340US #36
#12William336US #14
#13Joseph314US #11
#14Cameron306US #35
#15James306US #18
#16Justin288US #20
#17Dylan283US #25
#18Zachary281US #16
#19Christian280US #26
#20Jordan243US #27
#21Logan240US #44
#22Andrew237US #9
#23David232US #13
#24Caleb230US #42
#25Robert224US #23
#26Jonathan210US #21
#27Daniel195US #12
#28Ethan193US #38
#29Anthony190US #19
#30Devin189US #62
#31Aaron186US #37
#32Ryan176US #17
#33Noah172US #29
#34Kevin168US #32
#35Charles164US #48
#36Kyle156US #24
#37Cody152US #43
#38Thomas145US #31
#39Mason143US #83
#40Benjamin139US #30
#41Patrick130US #57
#42Eric127US #39
#43Alex125US #55
#44Alexander124US #22
#45Seth124US #86
#46Samuel123US #28
#47Blake121US #85
#48Connor119US #47
#49Nathan119US #34
#50Chase112US #67
#51Jeremy109US #68
#52Brian107US #41
#53Jared106US #51
#54Trevor103US #58
#55Stephen102US #78
#56Kenneth100US #87
#57Taylor100US #104
#58Steven99US #46
#59Evan98US #63
#60Malik98US #138
#61Adam97US #45
#62Bryce96US #94
#63Garrett96US #80
#64Jason96US #40
#65Timothy95US #49
#66Gavin94US #116
#67Sean94US #50
#68Dalton93US #88
#69Darius91US #162
#70Cole89US #77
#71Dustin85US #108
#72Corey84US #115
#73Hayden83US #160
#74Tristan83US #92
#75Peyton82
#76Richard81US #56
#77Dakota80US #72
#78Derrick80US #194
#79Luke80US #75
#80Marcus80US #96
#81Gabriel79US #54
#82Colby78
#83Jeremiah78US #114
#84Landon77
#85Shawn77US #113
#86Travis76US #98
#87Grant74US #127
#88Paul73US #89
#89Antonio71US #79
#90Isaiah70US #59
#91Kaleb69US #156
#92Mark69US #64
#93Ian68US #73
#94Ashton66
#95Elijah65US #66
#96Tanner65US #82
#97Collin63US #130
#98Dillon63US #134
#99Bailey62US #154
#100Bradley62US #101

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑41Diamond#55
↑37Grace#56
↑33Makayla#54
↑25Noah#33
↑24Nathan#49
↑22Jada#31
↑21Natalie#60
↑17Madeline#30

Falling

↓28Tiffany#86
↓26Mark#92
↓24Heather#88
↓24Sara#95
↓23Briana#83
↓23Dustin#71
↓23Corey#72
↓21Kristen#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.