Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1999

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1999 were Hannah for girls (407 babies) and Joshua for boys (461). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,363 babies born in Louisiana in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1999

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelle: 16 babies, 33.9× the national rate
Lanie: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Ali: 29 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kennedi: 29 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Maci: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shelbi: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Keira: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Blair: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Jakayla: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jalyn: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 19 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Tyran: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Tyrin: 16 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Kyron: 15 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Tahj: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jude: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lionel: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Brennon: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Blaze: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	407	↑2	2
2	Alexis	406	↓1	3
3	Madison	390	↑1	7
4	Emily	358	↑1	1
5	Taylor	339	↓3	8
6	Victoria	285	↑1	16
7	Sarah	272	↓1	4
8	Ashley	250	↑2	6
9	Lauren	247	–	12
10	Destiny	241	↑1	28
11	Kayla	231	↓3	13
12	Alyssa	225	↑3	11
13	Gabrielle	211	↑5	46
14	Jasmine	201	–	26
15	Elizabeth	181	↑2	10
16	Morgan	176	–	24
17	Brianna	173	↑2	14
18	Olivia	171	↑5	20
19	Brittany	169	↓7	35
20	Kaitlyn	166	↑2	33
21	Bailey	165	↑8	65
22	Jessica	153	↓2	9
23	Megan	148	↓10	15
24	Samantha	148	↑3	5
25	Caroline	146	↑7	71
26	Abigail	140	↑12	18
27	Courtney	139	↓3	44
28	Sydney	137	↑9	23
29	Amber	135	↓8	41
30	Haley	133	↓4	31
31	Anna	132	↑2	29
32	Diamond	127	new	>100
33	Grace	125	new	27
34	Jada	124	↓3	>100
35	Shelby	120	↓10	62
36	Mary	119	↓8	45
37	Katelyn	117	↓2	55
38	Kelsey	114	↓2	72
39	Allison	113	↑6	40
40	Hailey	111	↑2	54
41	Brooke	107	↓2	47
42	Makayla	102	new	66
43	Madeline	100	↓13	70
44	Julia	99	new	30
45	Rachel	99	↓11	19
46	Emma	97	new	17
47	Breanna	96	↓4	74
48	Jordan	96	↓8	48
49	Savannah	95	↓8	42
50	Alexandra	93	↓1	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Joshua	461	↑1	4
2	Jacob	451	↓1	1
3	Christopher	427	↑2	6
4	Michael	405	↓1	2
5	Tyler	399	↑1	10
6	Austin	394	↓2	13
7	Matthew	374	–	3
8	Cameron	373	↑6	33
9	Nicholas	370	↓1	5
10	Dylan	355	↑7	23
11	John	343	↓1	15
12	Hunter	338	↓1	36
13	Brandon	333	↓4	11
14	William	322	↓2	14
15	James	293	–	19
16	Zachary	286	↑2	17
17	Joseph	285	↓4	8
18	Justin	268	↓2	20
19	Andrew	258	↑3	7
20	Christian	258	↓1	25
21	Jordan	253	↓1	30
22	David	226	↑1	16
23	Robert	226	↑2	26
24	Logan	223	↓3	42
25	Caleb	220	↓1	41
26	Ethan	214	↑2	37
27	Anthony	212	↑2	18
28	Daniel	206	↓1	9
29	Noah	201	↑4	24
30	Jonathan	200	↓4	22
31	Devin	189	↓1	68
32	Ryan	187	–	12
33	Aaron	170	↓2	38
34	Kevin	165	–	34
35	Thomas	162	↑3	31
36	Seth	160	↑9	65
37	Kyle	159	↓1	28
38	Samuel	155	↑8	27
39	Alexander	148	↑5	21
40	Charles	147	↓5	50
41	Benjamin	138	↓1	29
42	Blake	135	↑5	84
43	Cody	130	↓6	45
44	Mason	129	↓5	71
45	Alex	123	↓2	58
46	Bryce	120	new	93
47	Nathan	120	↑2	32
48	Chase	118	↑2	76
49	Eric	118	↓7	39
50	Jason	116	new	40

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