State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,815 Louisiana births in 2001 across 1,598 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#62Landon#194 nationally
#73Asiaoutside the national top 200
#52Peyton#177 nationally
#77Camrynoutside the national top 200
#46Diamond#167 nationally
#81Malloryoutside the national top 200
#83Brennanoutside the national top 200
#85Cadeoutside the national top 200
#90Kamrynoutside the national top 200
#93Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#91Malik#197 nationally
#95Derrickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison482US #2
#2Hannah355US #3
#3Emily314US #1
#4Alexis308US #5
#5Taylor276US #12
#6Destiny270US #22
#7Sarah216US #6
#8Kayla214US #17
#9Abigail212US #8
#10Victoria202US #21
#11Gabrielle201US #50
#12Alyssa198US #14
#13Anna192US #19
#14Lauren192US #15
#15Elizabeth186US #9
#16Brianna180US #18
#17Olivia180US #10
#18Jasmine178US #25
#19Morgan174US #29
#20Kaitlyn166US #31
#21Grace158US #16
#22Chloe153US #30
#23Jada150US #75
#24Ashley146US #4
#25Hailey138US #33
#26Haley136US #34
#27Caroline126US #62
#28Emma126US #13
#29Samantha126US #7
#30Aaliyah125US #96
#31Jordan123US #47
#32Sydney123US #23
#33Makayla121US #54
#34Bailey117US #69
#35Megan115US #20
#36Katelyn111US #52
#37Jessica110US #11
#38Mary105US #48
#39Trinity105US #67
#40Angel102US #104
#41Amber101US #51
#42Madeline101US #56
#43Savannah100US #42
#44Shelby99US #68
#45Isabella98US #28
#46Diamond96US #167
#47Julia95US #27
#48Rachel95US #24
#49Breanna93US #94
#50Katherine93US #35
#51Brooke91US #57
#52Mackenzie89US #40
#53Faith88US #53
#54Courtney86US #73
#55Kennedy84US #138
#56Madelyn83US #121
#57Natalie83US #32
#58Zoe79US #65
#59Allison76US #44
#60Jenna73US #45
#61Alexandra72US #38
#62Mia72US #76
#63Claire71US #82
#64Jade71US #98
#65Sierra70US #55
#66Kelsey68US #100
#67Abby66US #163
#68Paige66US #71
#69Brittany64US #115
#70Erin64US #60
#71Gracie64US #170
#72Katie64US #99
#73Asia63
#74Kaylee61US #66
#75Kylie61US #95
#76Rebecca59US #46
#77Camryn58
#78Skylar57US #141
#79Catherine56US #81
#80Ashlyn53US #157
#81Mallory53
#82Sara53US #58
#83Kathryn52US #97
#84Lindsey52US #105
#85Cassidy51US #107
#86Mariah51US #85
#87Cheyenne50US #119
#88Kiara50US #144
#89Christina49US #80
#90Kamryn49
#91Kimberly49US #61
#92Briana48US #101
#93Sophia48US #37
#94Amanda47US #39
#95Autumn47US #72
#96Kristen47US #162
#97Leah47US #87
#98Allie46
#99Cameron46
#100India46

Boys

#1Jacob426US #1
#2Joshua408US #4
#3Michael389US #2
#4Christopher362US #5
#5Matthew345US #3
#6Tyler336US #13
#7William323US #10
#8Nicholas321US #6
#9Cameron305US #35
#10Ethan300US #17
#11Dylan298US #21
#12Joseph293US #8
#13James290US #19
#14Austin289US #25
#15John288US #14
#16Hunter276US #36
#17Christian255US #24
#18Brandon254US #18
#19Caleb253US #37
#20Logan245US #29
#21Zachary240US #16
#22Andrew237US #7
#23Jordan217US #39
#24Justin215US #22
#25Noah208US #28
#26David190US #12
#27Anthony186US #11
#28Robert167US #30
#29Daniel158US #9
#30Gabriel158US #38
#31Mason155US #54
#32Seth152US #68
#33Jonathan151US #23
#34Luke150US #50
#35Samuel149US #26
#36Devin146US #71
#37Benjamin139US #27
#38Charles137US #55
#39Gavin137US #78
#40Thomas136US #33
#41Aaron135US #42
#42Nathan135US #31
#43Ryan135US #15
#44Kaleb134US #116
#45Kevin128US #32
#46Blake125US #77
#47Alexander124US #20
#48Isaiah117US #43
#49Eric116US #44
#50Connor111US #49
#51Alex110US #62
#52Peyton110US #177
#53Bryce109US #92
#54Cody109US #64
#55Colby109US #99
#56Chase108US #79
#57Garrett108US #80
#58Jeremiah107US #90
#59Kyle107US #40
#60Evan101US #56
#61Jason98US #41
#62Landon98US #194
#63Patrick98US #72
#64Collin96US #136
#65Timothy93US #67
#66Trevor93US #76
#67Grant92US #135
#68Elijah90US #45
#69Ian90US #70
#70Adam89US #51
#71Sean88US #57
#72Gage87US #144
#73Jack87US #48
#74Jalen85US #127
#75Hayden84US #117
#76Jared83US #65
#77Steven83US #63
#78Brian82US #46
#79Jeremy81US #89
#80Richard81US #73
#81Jackson80US #60
#82Kenneth78US #97
#83Brennan76
#84Travis75US #134
#85Cade73
#86Taylor73US #165
#87Cole72US #74
#88Mark72US #84
#89Dakota71US #93
#90Stephen70US #102
#91Malik69US #197
#92Tristan69US #108
#93Ashton68
#94Dalton64US #98
#95Derrick64
#96Gregory64US #157
#97Micah64US #178
#98Trent63
#99Carson62US #95
#100Donald61

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑54Aaliyah#30
↑42Colby#55
↑36Jenna#60
↑30Madelyn#56
↑29Isabella#45
↑26Kaleb#44
↑25Zoe#58
↑25Jeremiah#58

Falling

↓27Cole#87
↓22Erin#70
↓20Rebecca#76
↓20Hayden#75
↓17Jalen#74
↓16Kaylee#74
↓16Amanda#94
↓15Brittany#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.