State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,259 Louisiana births in 2002 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.

#46Diamondoutside the national top 200
#62Peytonoutside the national top 200
#69Indiaoutside the national top 200
#76Asiaoutside the national top 200
#76Derrickoutside the national top 200
#80Cadeoutside the national top 200
#82Malloryoutside the national top 200
#86Ravenoutside the national top 200
#87Malikoutside the national top 200
#91Camilleoutside the national top 200
#92Kamrynoutside the national top 200
#92Ashton#200 nationally

Girls

#1Madison520US #2
#2Emily334US #1
#3Hannah319US #3
#4Alexis303US #5
#5Taylor231US #18
#6Emma219US #4
#7Alyssa209US #12
#8Sarah203US #8
#9Destiny198US #34
#10Abigail190US #7
#11Chloe177US #25
#12Olivia176US #10
#13Lauren171US #13
#14Anna169US #20
#15Elizabeth165US #11
#16Victoria161US #21
#17Brianna158US #17
#18Jasmine158US #26
#19Gabrielle156US #66
#20Isabella156US #14
#21Kaitlyn153US #32
#22Grace151US #15
#23Kayla147US #19
#24Hailey143US #31
#25Morgan143US #29
#26Aaliyah139US #64
#27Sydney127US #23
#28Ashley126US #6
#29Savannah126US #39
#30Ashanti124US #115
#31Haley123US #35
#32Caroline121US #67
#33Makayla120US #50
#34Jada116US #78
#35Mary114US #49
#36Mia112US #43
#37Bailey109US #84
#38Katelyn106US #53
#39Trinity106US #70
#40Jessica105US #16
#41Jordan105US #45
#42Samantha105US #9
#43Brooke101US #52
#44Megan101US #22
#45Angel100US #109
#46Diamond98
#47Kylie92US #61
#48Mackenzie88US #42
#49Breanna87US #104
#50Katherine87US #36
#51Paige86US #51
#52Zoe84US #60
#53Kennedy82US #136
#54Shelby82US #75
#55Faith81US #48
#56Madeline81US #56
#57Amber80US #65
#58Kaylee80US #57
#59Jade78US #86
#60Courtney77US #88
#61Claire76US #95
#62Sophia73US #27
#63Julia72US #33
#64Jenna71US #47
#65Skylar71US #141
#66Kelsey70US #118
#67Sierra68US #62
#68Allison65US #44
#69India64
#70Lillian63US #96
#71Abby62US #166
#72Ashlyn62US #158
#73Rachel62US #24
#74Brooklyn61US #152
#75Katie61US #103
#76Asia60
#77Mckenzie59US #143
#78Sara58US #59
#79Alexandra57US #38
#80Gracie56US #153
#81Madelyn56US #120
#82Mallory55
#83Natalie55US #30
#84Lindsey54US #122
#85Kyla53US #187
#86Raven53
#87Catherine51US #101
#88Erin50US #72
#89Gabriella50US #76
#90Autumn49US #73
#91Camille48
#92Kamryn48
#93Briana47US #102
#94Camryn45
#95Laura45US #105
#96Mya45US #145
#97Ariel44
#98Cameron44
#99Sadie44
#100Alaina43

Boys

#1Joshua411US #3
#2Jacob410US #1
#3Michael398US #2
#4Ethan352US #5
#5Christopher330US #8
#6Cameron311US #39
#7Tyler308US #14
#8Matthew304US #4
#9John292US #17
#10Nicholas290US #9
#11Joseph288US #7
#12William280US #11
#13James279US #18
#14Caleb268US #35
#15Brandon258US #20
#16Dylan251US #23
#17Hunter246US #38
#18Christian245US #24
#19Austin243US #26
#20Logan239US #29
#21Justin222US #22
#22Zachary222US #19
#23Andrew218US #6
#24Jordan206US #37
#25Noah201US #31
#26David200US #13
#27Gabriel195US #32
#28Gavin183US #61
#29Robert165US #34
#30Anthony163US #12
#31Mason158US #53
#32Daniel154US #10
#33Jonathan147US #21
#34Nathan147US #28
#35Seth147US #72
#36Charles146US #58
#37Connor141US #47
#38Ryan138US #16
#39Samuel136US #25
#40Blake130US #76
#41Benjamin129US #27
#42Luke129US #46
#43Aaron128US #43
#44Elijah128US #41
#45Alexander125US #15
#46Landon124US #142
#47Thomas124US #36
#48Kyle123US #40
#49Eric120US #52
#50Evan120US #56
#51Kaleb120US #111
#52Kevin119US #33
#53Jeremiah118US #86
#54Jackson117US #50
#55Bryce115US #97
#56Devin115US #74
#57Hayden111US #96
#58Isaiah109US #45
#59Jason106US #42
#60Alex101US #63
#61Cody101US #71
#62Peyton97
#63Adam96US #55
#64Chase93US #82
#65Timothy93US #70
#66Cole91US #69
#67Ian91US #67
#68Trevor91US #81
#69Gage90US #140
#70Jalen85US #145
#71Grant83US #127
#72Steven81US #68
#73Collin80US #148
#74Tristan80US #103
#75Colby79US #125
#76Derrick78
#77Sean78US #59
#78Jaden77US #87
#79Patrick76US #79
#80Cade75
#81Brian74US #51
#82Jack74US #44
#83Richard74US #77
#84Garrett73US #91
#85Kenneth73US #104
#86Travis70US #144
#87Malik69
#88Xavier68US #88
#89Corey67US #181
#90Dakota67US #107
#91Nathaniel66US #62
#92Ashton65US #200
#93Jayden65US #101
#94Colin64US #116
#95Tanner62US #112
#96Brennan61
#97Jeremy60US #95
#98Kameron60
#99Aidan59US #60
#100Trent58

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑31Sophia#62
↑31India#69
↑28Kylie#47
↑27Jackson#54
↑26Mia#36
↑25Isabella#20
↑24Elijah#44
↑22Emma#6

Falling

↓27Garrett#84
↓26Natalie#83
↓25Rachel#73
↓25Madelyn#81
↓20Devin#56
↓20Colby#75
↓18Alexandra#79
↓18Erin#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.