Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2000

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2000 were Madison for girls (465 babies) and Joshua for boys (473). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,159 babies born in Louisiana in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2000

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: 23 babies, 39.7× the national rate
Kennedi: 31 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ali: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maci: 25 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Christian: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Diamond: 120 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kallie: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
India: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Macie: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Miracle: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Kentrell: 26 babies, 18× the national rate
Tyren: 17 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Braylon: 21 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Jacoby: 35 babies, 13× the national rate
Tyron: 23 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Kyron: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Demond: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kerry: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Jude: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Devante: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Madison	465	↑2	3
2	Hannah	392	↓1	2
3	Alexis	381	↓1	6
4	Emily	373	–	1
5	Taylor	339	–	10
6	Sarah	279	↑1	5
7	Destiny	263	↑3	24
8	Kayla	262	↑3	13
9	Lauren	233	–	11
10	Victoria	233	↓4	20
11	Alyssa	198	↑1	12
12	Ashley	193	↓4	4
13	Kaitlyn	193	↑7	30
14	Elizabeth	189	↑1	9
15	Brianna	186	↑2	15
16	Gabrielle	186	↓3	49
17	Anna	183	↑14	22
18	Morgan	183	↓2	25
19	Olivia	176	↓1	16
20	Haley	169	↑10	28
21	Jasmine	169	↓7	27
22	Sydney	161	↑6	23
23	Bailey	159	↓2	68
24	Megan	153	↓1	18
25	Abigail	151	↑1	14
26	Hailey	150	↑14	35
27	Chloe	149	new	38
28	Grace	141	↑5	19
29	Emma	137	↑17	17
30	Amber	131	↓1	47
31	Shelby	129	↑4	70
32	Jada	125	↑2	84
33	Caroline	124	↓8	65
34	Samantha	124	↓10	7
35	Savannah	122	↑14	37
36	Diamond	120	↓4	>100
37	Katelyn	118	–	54
38	Jessica	116	↓16	8
39	Rachel	113	↑6	21
40	Mary	110	↓4	46
41	Trinity	107	new	74
42	Jordan	98	↑6	50
43	Courtney	96	↓16	59
44	Katherine	92	new	33
45	Mackenzie	91	new	43
46	Madeline	91	↓3	56
47	Kennedy	89	new	>100
48	Erin	87	new	61
49	Julia	87	↓5	29
50	Natalie	87	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Joshua	473	–	4
2	Jacob	438	–	1
3	Christopher	430	–	5
4	Michael	426	–	2
5	Tyler	399	–	10
6	Nicholas	366	↑3	6
7	Matthew	351	–	3
8	Cameron	334	–	31
9	John	325	↑2	14
10	Austin	323	↓4	23
11	William	318	↑3	11
12	Brandon	316	↑1	12
13	Hunter	311	↓1	35
14	Zachary	298	↑2	15
15	Christian	292	↑5	22
16	Dylan	288	↓6	24
17	James	267	↓2	18
18	Joseph	255	↓1	8
19	Jordan	251	↑2	36
20	Caleb	250	↑5	38
21	Justin	241	↓3	19
22	Ethan	231	↑4	25
23	Andrew	223	↓4	7
24	Noah	204	↑5	27
25	David	203	↓3	16
26	Robert	198	↓3	29
27	Jonathan	197	↑3	21
28	Logan	190	↓4	40
29	Ryan	186	↑3	13
30	Daniel	182	↓2	9
31	Devin	181	–	69
32	Seth	175	↑4	63
33	Kevin	160	↑1	32
34	Mason	160	↑10	64
35	Benjamin	159	↑6	26
36	Anthony	158	↓9	17
37	Thomas	157	↓2	33
38	Alexander	147	↑1	20
39	Samuel	146	↓1	28
40	Aaron	143	↓7	41
41	Blake	142	↑1	80
42	Charles	140	↓2	51
43	Bryce	137	↑3	92
44	Nathan	130	↑3	30
45	Connor	129	new	50
46	Gavin	125	new	85
47	Alex	124	↓2	62
48	Gabriel	123	new	44
49	Luke	122	new	59
50	Kyle	120	↓13	37

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