NameCensus.

Top first names in Louisiana

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Louisiana since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Louisiana account for 2,081,149 total births.

# Name Total in Louisiana Trend
1 James 89,597
2 John 85,289
3 Mary 79,152
4 Michael 66,553
5 Robert 64,688
6 Joseph 59,072
7 William 51,631
8 Charles 51,122
9 David 49,455
10 Christopher 37,537
11 Willie 29,968
12 Thomas 29,782
13 Richard 28,603
14 Linda 26,525
15 Donald 25,226
16 Kenneth 24,699
17 Patricia 24,460
18 Elizabeth 24,075
19 George 23,869
20 Barbara 23,663
21 Joshua 23,580
22 Anthony 23,127
23 Dorothy 23,114
24 Paul 21,730
25 Edward 21,520
26 Daniel 21,081
27 Ronald 20,935
28 Kevin 20,645
29 Jennifer 20,471
30 Betty 20,471
31 Henry 19,687
32 Matthew 19,658
33 Mark 18,668
34 Larry 18,622
35 Brandon 18,553
36 Ashley 18,179
37 Jason 17,525
38 Shirley 17,153
39 Andrew 16,984
40 Sarah 16,161
41 Jessica 15,901
42 Louis 15,741
43 Brian 15,576
44 Lisa 15,454
45 Jerry 15,310
46 Brenda 15,153
47 Sandra 14,954
48 Cynthia 14,863
49 Frank 14,844
50 Carolyn 14,666
51 Steven 14,586
52 Margaret 14,470
53 Eric 14,396
54 Timothy 14,332
55 Karen 14,235
56 Patrick 14,096
57 Helen 14,091
58 Gregory 14,058
59 Angela 13,945
60 Jacob 13,929
61 Justin 13,889
62 Gloria 13,610
63 Raymond 13,564
64 Jonathan 13,414
65 Anna 13,250
66 Donna 13,232
67 Marie 13,204
68 Stephen 13,144
69 Terry 13,140
70 Gary 13,075
71 Emily 13,062
72 Albert 13,008
73 Ryan 12,932
74 Samuel 12,890
75 Susan 12,856
76 Kimberly 12,850
77 Nicholas 12,780
78 Melissa 12,762
79 Sharon 12,730
80 Amanda 12,694
81 Michelle 12,687
82 Joyce 12,530
83 Laura 12,394
84 Rebecca 12,268
85 Emma 12,020
86 Pamela 11,887
87 Catherine 11,863
88 Stephanie 11,705
89 Annie 11,533
90 Johnny 11,488
91 Walter 11,472
92 Debra 11,448
93 Lawrence 11,431
94 Deborah 11,404
95 Roy 11,334
96 Rose 11,152
97 Clarence 10,979
98 Benjamin 10,762
99 Jeremy 10,650
100 Jessie 10,626