The most common names of people born in Louisiana

Social Security has recorded about 6 million births in Louisiana since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 4.3 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 45. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Louisiana, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Louisiana from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Louisiana

Most common names of living women born in Louisiana
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	37,000	66
2	Linda	19,000	71
3	Jennifer	19,000	48
4	Elizabeth	17,000	48
5	Ashley	17,000	38
6	Patricia	17,000	69
7	Jessica	15,000	41
8	Barbara	14,000	73
9	Lisa	14,000	58
10	Sarah	13,000	41
11	Angela	13,000	54
12	Kimberly	12,000	48
13	Cynthia	12,000	65
14	Amanda	12,000	43
15	Karen	12,000	63
16	Melissa	12,000	51
17	Michelle	12,000	51
18	Brenda	12,000	69
19	Emily	11,000	32
20	Sandra	11,000	68
21	Stephanie	11,000	50
22	Donna	11,000	65
23	Sharon	10,000	65
24	Rebecca	10,000	52
25	Susan	10,000	66
26	Pamela	9,900	64
27	Carolyn	9,800	70
28	Betty	9,500	76
29	Debra	9,400	67
30	Brittany	9,200	36

Men and boys born in Louisiana

Most common names of living men born in Louisiana
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	54,000	51
2	James	50,000	55
3	John	48,000	54
4	Robert	37,000	57
5	David	36,000	53
6	Christopher	34,000	41
7	Joseph	32,000	51
8	William	31,000	49
9	Charles	28,000	57
10	Joshua	22,000	34
11	Thomas	18,000	52
12	Kevin	18,000	48
13	Matthew	18,000	36
14	Richard	18,000	58
15	Brandon	18,000	36
16	Kenneth	18,000	57
17	Anthony	17,000	46
18	Daniel	16,000	44
19	Jason	16,000	44
20	Donald	15,000	61
21	Mark	15,000	55
22	Ronald	14,000	61
23	Brian	14,000	48
24	Paul	13,000	56
25	Justin	13,000	35
26	Jacob	13,000	29
27	Andrew	13,000	38
28	Eric	13,000	45
29	Jonathan	12,000	38
30	Larry	12,000	62

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Louisiana, not the national average.

Names more common in Louisiana than nationally

Among living people born in Louisiana, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Lionel is 7.0× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Louisiana than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Lionel	7.0×	2,400	59
2	Alton	5.3×	1,800	59
3	Shelia	4.3×	2,700	64
4	Kendrick	4.3×	2,200	34
5	Alvin	3.9×	4,400	60
6	Cedric	3.7×	2,200	46
7	Herman	3.7×	2,200	66
8	Byron	3.7×	3,300	49
9	Roderick	3.6×	2,100	47
10	Dwayne	3.5×	3,500	49
11	Freddie	3.5×	2,300	65
12	Ethel	3.4×	1,900	78
13	Brennan	3.4×	1,900	24
14	Willie	3.3×	10,000	66
15	Reginald	3.3×	4,400	50

The newest Louisiana babies

The most popular names for babies born in Louisiana in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Louisiana
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Amelia	212	16
2	Olivia	162	18
3	Charlotte	161	30
4	Emma	125	20
5	Sophia	123	16
6	Harper	119	9
7	Ellie	114	12
8	Eleanor	112	30
9	Evelyn	110	34
10	Lucy	106	28

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Louisiana
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	237	16
2	Liam	223	11
3	James	187	54
4	Elijah	186	16
5	John	181	55
6	Oliver	172	13
7	William	149	51
8	Hudson	133	9
9	Joseph	130	45
10	Henry	125	34

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Louisiana with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this