State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,159 Louisiana births in 2000 across 1,634 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#65Ravenoutside the national top 200
#67Landon#200 nationally
#69Asiaoutside the national top 200
#72Malloryoutside the national top 200
#56Peyton#183 nationally
#36Diamond#162 nationally
#81Brennanoutside the national top 200
#84Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#85Cadeoutside the national top 200
#86Derrickoutside the national top 200
#73Camryn#185 nationally
#68Ashlyn#178 nationally

Girls

#1Madison465US #3
#2Hannah392US #2
#3Alexis381US #6
#4Emily373US #1
#5Taylor339US #10
#6Sarah279US #5
#7Destiny263US #24
#8Kayla262US #13
#9Lauren233US #11
#10Victoria233US #20
#11Alyssa198US #12
#12Ashley193US #4
#13Kaitlyn193US #30
#14Elizabeth189US #9
#15Brianna186US #15
#16Gabrielle186US #49
#17Anna183US #22
#18Morgan183US #25
#19Olivia176US #16
#20Haley169US #28
#21Jasmine169US #27
#22Sydney161US #23
#23Bailey159US #68
#24Megan153US #18
#25Abigail151US #14
#26Hailey150US #35
#27Chloe149US #38
#28Grace141US #19
#29Emma137US #17
#30Amber131US #47
#31Shelby129US #70
#32Jada125US #84
#33Caroline124US #65
#34Samantha124US #7
#35Savannah122US #37
#36Diamond120US #162
#37Katelyn118US #54
#38Jessica116US #8
#39Rachel113US #21
#40Mary110US #46
#41Trinity107US #74
#42Jordan98US #50
#43Courtney96US #59
#44Katherine92US #33
#45Mackenzie91US #43
#46Madeline91US #56
#47Kennedy89US #139
#48Erin87US #61
#49Julia87US #29
#50Natalie87US #34
#51Angel86US #119
#52Makayla86US #67
#53Claire85US #86
#54Brittany84US #60
#55Kelsey83US #88
#56Rebecca83US #39
#57Sierra83US #53
#58Kaylee82US #72
#59Alexandra81US #36
#60Mia80US #93
#61Breanna79US #80
#62Brooke78US #51
#63Faith78US #66
#64Jade71US #116
#65Raven70
#66Katie69US #95
#67Mya69US #175
#68Ashlyn67US #178
#69Asia67
#70Danielle67US #48
#71Sara67US #57
#72Mallory66
#73Camryn65US #185
#74Isabella65US #45
#75Allison64US #44
#76Mckenzie64US #133
#77Catherine63US #81
#78Amanda62US #32
#79Paige62US #69
#80Skylar62US #135
#81Briana61US #83
#82Lindsey60US #103
#83Zoe60US #82
#84Aaliyah59
#85Caitlin59US #76
#86Madelyn59US #126
#87Kylie58US #104
#88Leah58US #97
#89Laura57US #85
#90Peyton57US #168
#91Abby56
#92Cassidy55US #107
#93Caitlyn54US #118
#94Nicole54US #31
#95Chelsea53US #140
#96Jenna52US #63
#97Mariah52US #75
#98Molly52US #96
#99Kathryn51US #89
#100Sophia50US #42

Boys

#1Joshua473US #4
#2Jacob438US #1
#3Christopher430US #5
#4Michael426US #2
#5Tyler399US #10
#6Nicholas366US #6
#7Matthew351US #3
#8Cameron334US #31
#9John325US #14
#10Austin323US #23
#11William318US #11
#12Brandon316US #12
#13Hunter311US #35
#14Zachary298US #15
#15Christian292US #22
#16Dylan288US #24
#17James267US #18
#18Joseph255US #8
#19Jordan251US #36
#20Caleb250US #38
#21Justin241US #19
#22Ethan231US #25
#23Andrew223US #7
#24Noah204US #27
#25David203US #16
#26Robert198US #29
#27Jonathan197US #21
#28Logan190US #40
#29Ryan186US #13
#30Daniel182US #9
#31Devin181US #69
#32Seth175US #63
#33Kevin160US #32
#34Mason160US #64
#35Benjamin159US #26
#36Anthony158US #17
#37Thomas157US #33
#38Alexander147US #20
#39Samuel146US #28
#40Aaron143US #41
#41Blake142US #80
#42Charles140US #51
#43Bryce137US #92
#44Nathan130US #30
#45Connor129US #50
#46Gavin125US #85
#47Alex124US #62
#48Gabriel123US #44
#49Luke122US #59
#50Kyle120US #37
#51Patrick120US #68
#52Cody112US #60
#53Eric112US #42
#54Chase107US #77
#55Hayden107US #129
#56Peyton106US #183
#57Jalen102US #106
#58Isaiah101US #47
#59Jason101US #39
#60Cole100US #71
#61Jared98US #56
#62Timothy97US #58
#63Adam96US #45
#64Elijah96US #52
#65Richard93US #65
#66Corey92US #149
#67Landon92US #200
#68Trevor92US #75
#69Garrett91US #74
#70Kaleb90US #141
#71Brian89US #43
#72Evan89US #55
#73Gage87US #166
#74Ian84US #73
#75Jeremy84US #84
#76Malik84US #176
#77Collin83US #128
#78Sean82US #57
#79Dalton81US #91
#80Stephen80US #95
#81Brennan79
#82Jackson79US #72
#83Jeremiah79US #102
#84Kenneth79US #94
#85Cade78
#86Derrick75
#87Steven75US #54
#88Dustin74US #148
#89Marcus74US #99
#90Nathaniel74US #61
#91Grant72US #123
#92Chandler71US #174
#93Taylor70US #136
#94Trey70
#95Tristan69US #105
#96Xavier68US #103
#97Colby67
#98Jack66US #46
#99Travis66US #115
#100Tanner65US #93

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑36Kennedy#47
↑30Isaiah#58
↑26Erin#48
↑25Chloe#27
↑24Peyton#56
↑23Camryn#73
↑19Briana#81
↑18Mallory#72

Falling

↓36Allison#75
↓35Brittany#54
↓30Chelsea#95
↓26Lindsey#82
↓26Steven#87
↓21Brooke#62
↓20Paige#79
↓20Tristan#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.