Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2001

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2001 were Madison for girls (482 babies) and Jacob for boys (426). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,815 babies born in Louisiana in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2001

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: 18 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Ali: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Lainey: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Kennedi: 33 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tayla: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jaliyah: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Maci: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sydni: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jakayla: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Christian: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Tyren: 16 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Braylon: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Jacoby: 39 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Kentrell: 19 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Ladarius: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Demond: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Brennon: 22 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamarcus: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jakobe: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Markel: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	482	–	2
2	Hannah	355	–	3
3	Emily	314	↑1	1
4	Alexis	308	↓1	5
5	Taylor	276	–	12
6	Destiny	270	↑1	22
7	Sarah	216	↓1	6
8	Kayla	214	–	17
9	Abigail	212	↑16	8
10	Victoria	202	–	21
11	Gabrielle	201	↑5	50
12	Alyssa	198	↓1	14
13	Anna	192	↑4	19
14	Lauren	192	↓5	15
15	Elizabeth	186	↓1	9
16	Brianna	180	↓1	18
17	Olivia	180	↑2	10
18	Jasmine	178	↑3	25
19	Morgan	174	↓1	29
20	Kaitlyn	166	↓7	31
21	Grace	158	↑7	16
22	Chloe	153	↑5	30
23	Jada	150	↑9	75
24	Ashley	146	↓12	4
25	Hailey	138	↑1	33
26	Haley	136	↓6	34
27	Caroline	126	↑6	62
28	Emma	126	↑1	13
29	Samantha	126	↑5	7
30	Aaliyah	125	new	96
31	Jordan	123	↑11	47
32	Sydney	123	↓10	23
33	Makayla	121	new	54
34	Bailey	117	↓11	69
35	Megan	115	↓11	20
36	Katelyn	111	↑1	52
37	Jessica	110	↑1	11
38	Mary	105	↑2	48
39	Trinity	105	↑2	67
40	Angel	102	new	>100
41	Amber	101	↓11	51
42	Madeline	101	↑4	56
43	Savannah	100	↓8	42
44	Shelby	99	↓13	68
45	Isabella	98	new	28
46	Diamond	96	↓10	>100
47	Julia	95	↑2	27
48	Rachel	95	↓9	24
49	Breanna	93	new	94
50	Katherine	93	↓6	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	426	↑1	1
2	Joshua	408	↓1	4
3	Michael	389	↑1	2
4	Christopher	362	↓1	5
5	Matthew	345	↑2	3
6	Tyler	336	↓1	13
7	William	323	↑4	10
8	Nicholas	321	↓2	6
9	Cameron	305	↓1	35
10	Ethan	300	↑12	17
11	Dylan	298	↑5	21
12	Joseph	293	↑6	8
13	James	290	↑4	19
14	Austin	289	↓4	25
15	John	288	↓6	14
16	Hunter	276	↓3	36
17	Christian	255	↓2	24
18	Brandon	254	↓6	18
19	Caleb	253	↑1	37
20	Logan	245	↑8	29
21	Zachary	240	↓7	16
22	Andrew	237	↑1	7
23	Jordan	217	↓4	39
24	Justin	215	↓3	22
25	Noah	208	↓1	28
26	David	190	↓1	12
27	Anthony	186	↑9	11
28	Robert	167	↓2	30
29	Daniel	158	↑1	9
30	Gabriel	158	↑18	38
31	Mason	155	↑3	54
32	Seth	152	–	68
33	Jonathan	151	↓6	23
34	Luke	150	↑15	50
35	Samuel	149	↑4	26
36	Devin	146	↓5	71
37	Benjamin	139	↓2	27
38	Charles	137	↑4	55
39	Gavin	137	↑7	78
40	Thomas	136	↓3	33
41	Aaron	135	↓1	42
42	Nathan	135	↑2	31
43	Ryan	135	↓14	15
44	Kaleb	134	new	>100
45	Kevin	128	↓12	32
46	Blake	125	↓5	77
47	Alexander	124	↓9	20
48	Isaiah	117	new	43
49	Eric	116	new	44
50	Connor	111	↓5	49

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