State roster

Top names in Louisiana

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Louisiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,799 Louisiana births in 2005 across 1,631 distinct names.

Distinctively Louisiana

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

#47Parisoutside the national top 200
#77Asiaoutside the national top 200
#77Jaceoutside the national top 200
#81Lailaoutside the national top 200
#82Diamondoutside the national top 200
#79Jayla#197 nationally
#83Derrickoutside the national top 200
#85Allieoutside the national top 200
#87Aniyaoutside the national top 200
#89Malloryoutside the national top 200
#93Kamrynoutside the national top 200
#98Amarioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison418US #3
#2Emma338US #2
#3Emily295US #1
#4Hannah239US #7
#5Olivia211US #5
#6Chloe206US #19
#7Abigail200US #4
#8Ava199US #9
#9Alexis198US #13
#10Alyssa194US #16
#11Anna172US #22
#12Taylor163US #24
#13Makayla157US #44
#14Isabella156US #6
#15Elizabeth153US #11
#16Gabrielle146US #55
#17Grace144US #14
#18Destiny141US #32
#19Lauren141US #21
#20Brianna139US #20
#21Sarah139US #15
#22Mia127US #17
#23Trinity126US #48
#24Ella118US #23
#25Hailey112US #26
#26Victoria109US #28
#27Jasmine106US #29
#28Samantha106US #8
#29Kaitlyn104US #34
#30Morgan103US #33
#31Caroline102US #83
#32Kayla102US #25
#33Gracie98US #94
#34Mary97US #72
#35Sophia96US #12
#36Brooke94US #47
#37Sydney93US #30
#38Jada91US #76
#39Savannah87US #35
#40Kylie86US #57
#41Brooklyn85US #78
#42Bailey83US #108
#43Zoe83US #58
#44Kaylee81US #40
#45Katelyn80US #59
#46Haley79US #53
#47Paris78
#48Kennedy77US #118
#49Mackenzie77US #51
#50Avery76US #67
#51Faith76US #49
#52Aaliyah75US #93
#53Julia75US #31
#54Natalie75US #18
#55Allison73US #45
#56Layla73US #144
#57Ashley72US #10
#58Riley72US #54
#59Madeline71US #70
#60Mya71US #98
#61Katherine70US #36
#62Lily69US #39
#63Claire68US #95
#64Addison67US #106
#65Angel67US #143
#66Lillian67US #50
#67Breanna62US #124
#68Paige62US #60
#69Mariah61US #85
#70Madelyn60US #107
#71Megan60US #41
#72Amelia59US #84
#73Jordan59US #86
#74Mckenzie59US #163
#75Shelby59US #117
#76Audrey58US #77
#77Asia57
#78Leah57US #68
#79Jayla56US #197
#80Jessica56US #27
#81Laila56
#82Diamond55
#83Jade55US #114
#84Skylar54US #154
#85Allie53
#86Nevaeh53US #69
#87Aniya52
#88Ashlyn52US #127
#89Mallory52
#90Sara51US #75
#91Serenity51US #168
#92Aubrey50US #153
#93Kamryn50
#94Jenna49US #62
#95Autumn48US #90
#96Catherine48US #109
#97Rachel48US #38
#98Amari47
#99Rylee47US #128
#100Alaina46

Boys

#1Joshua324US #3
#2Ethan322US #5
#3Michael313US #2
#4Jacob305US #1
#5William272US #11
#6John265US #18
#7Christopher264US #10
#8Landon257US #61
#9Tyler251US #16
#10Matthew247US #4
#11Christian245US #22
#12Cameron238US #52
#13James237US #17
#14Caleb217US #35
#15Andrew215US #6
#16Joseph213US #9
#17Logan206US #26
#18Dylan205US #24
#19Nicholas196US #15
#20Noah196US #23
#21Jordan191US #46
#22Mason188US #42
#23Hunter186US #53
#24Gavin181US #47
#25Gabriel179US #28
#26Anthony177US #8
#27Luke177US #41
#28Brandon167US #27
#29Elijah163US #31
#30Austin162US #38
#31David160US #12
#32Hayden160US #76
#33Nathan159US #20
#34Jeremiah152US #78
#35Connor150US #48
#36Ashton147US #107
#37Daniel146US #7
#38Samuel145US #21
#39Jackson142US #44
#40Benjamin138US #25
#41Jonathan136US #19
#42Evan134US #39
#43Jayden132US #54
#44Alexander131US #13
#45Robert131US #37
#46Zachary129US #29
#47Brayden127US #80
#48Charles120US #56
#49Justin120US #36
#50Seth118US #91
#51Thomas117US #40
#52Peyton115US #138
#53Devin114US #90
#54Blake107US #99
#55Jack107US #34
#56Caden103US #98
#57Kaleb102US #121
#58Bryce100US #109
#59Aidan99US #43
#60Aiden97US #50
#61Cole97US #79
#62Kaden97US #100
#63Jason96US #51
#64Carter94US #77
#65Ryan94US #14
#66Isaiah92US #45
#67Aaron87US #57
#68Kevin87US #33
#69Ian85US #68
#70Cody83US #96
#71Carson82US #101
#72Gage82US #151
#73Chase80US #82
#74Brian79US #63
#75Wyatt79US #81
#76Alex77US #71
#77Jace75
#78Adam73US #64
#79Tristan73US #113
#80Collin71US #145
#81Sean71US #75
#82Antonio70US #92
#83Derrick70
#84Conner68US #127
#85Eric68US #66
#86Colin67US #95
#87Marcus67US #116
#88Jaden66US #88
#89Jake66US #103
#90Kenneth66US #122
#91Kyle66US #69
#92Owen66US #60
#93Xavier66US #87
#94Parker65US #119
#95Ty65US #169
#96Timothy63US #84
#97Travis63US #175
#98Bryson61US #195
#99Patrick61US #108
#100Paul60US #130

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑26Jack#55
↑25Brayden#47
↑25Carter#64
↑24Brooklyn#41
↑22Julia#53
↑22Blake#54
↑21Allison#55
↑20Lily#62

Falling

↓29Leah#78
↓28Ryan#65
↓25Jenna#94
↓24Devin#53
↓24Colin#86
↓24Kyle#91
↓22Jaden#88
↓21Timothy#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.