Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2002

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2002 were Madison for girls (520 babies) and Joshua for boys (411). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,261 babies born in Louisiana in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2002

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, 25.8× the national rate
Lanie: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jaci: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jacie: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kameron: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Malaysia: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Alaysia: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jakayla: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jaliyah: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jolie: 28 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Tyrin: 15 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Kentrell: 20 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Tyren: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kyron: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Braylon: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Brennon: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Tyron: 19 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jamarcus: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jacoby: 26 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	520	–	2
2	Emily	334	↑1	1
3	Hannah	319	↓1	3
4	Alexis	303	–	5
5	Taylor	231	–	18
6	Emma	219	↑22	4
7	Alyssa	209	↑5	12
8	Sarah	203	↓1	8
9	Destiny	198	↓3	34
10	Abigail	190	↓1	7
11	Chloe	177	↑11	25
12	Olivia	176	↑5	10
13	Lauren	171	↑1	13
14	Anna	169	↓1	20
15	Elizabeth	165	–	11
16	Victoria	161	↓6	21
17	Brianna	158	↓1	17
18	Jasmine	158	–	26
19	Gabrielle	156	↓8	66
20	Isabella	156	↑25	14
21	Kaitlyn	153	↓1	32
22	Grace	151	↓1	15
23	Kayla	147	↓15	19
24	Hailey	143	↑1	31
25	Morgan	143	↓6	29
26	Aaliyah	139	↑4	64
27	Sydney	127	↑5	23
28	Ashley	126	↓4	6
29	Savannah	126	↑14	39
30	Ashanti	124	new	>100
31	Haley	123	↓5	35
32	Caroline	121	↓5	67
33	Makayla	120	–	50
34	Jada	116	↓11	78
35	Mary	114	↑3	49
36	Mia	112	new	43
37	Bailey	109	↓3	84
38	Katelyn	106	↓2	53
39	Trinity	106	–	70
40	Jessica	105	↓3	16
41	Jordan	105	↓10	45
42	Samantha	105	↓13	9
43	Brooke	101	new	52
44	Megan	101	↓9	22
45	Angel	100	↓5	>100
46	Diamond	98	–	>100
47	Kylie	92	new	61
48	Mackenzie	88	new	42
49	Breanna	87	–	>100
50	Katherine	87	–	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Joshua	411	↑1	3
2	Jacob	410	↓1	1
3	Michael	398	–	2
4	Ethan	352	↑6	5
5	Christopher	330	↓1	8
6	Cameron	311	↑3	39
7	Tyler	308	↓1	14
8	Matthew	304	↓3	4
9	John	292	↑6	17
10	Nicholas	290	↓2	9
11	Joseph	288	↑1	7
12	William	280	↓5	11
13	James	279	–	18
14	Caleb	268	↑5	35
15	Brandon	258	↑3	20
16	Dylan	251	↓5	23
17	Christian	246	–	24
18	Hunter	246	↓2	38
19	Austin	243	↓5	26
20	Logan	239	–	29
21	Justin	222	↑3	22
22	Zachary	222	↓1	19
23	Andrew	218	↓1	6
24	Jordan	206	↓1	37
25	Noah	201	–	31
26	David	200	–	13
27	Gabriel	195	↑3	32
28	Gavin	183	↑11	61
29	Robert	165	↓1	34
30	Anthony	163	↓3	12
31	Mason	158	–	53
32	Daniel	154	↓3	10
33	Jonathan	147	–	21
34	Nathan	147	↑8	28
35	Seth	147	↓3	72
36	Charles	146	↑2	58
37	Connor	141	↑13	47
38	Ryan	138	↑5	16
39	Samuel	136	↓4	25
40	Blake	130	↑6	76
41	Benjamin	129	↓4	27
42	Luke	129	↓8	46
43	Aaron	128	↓2	43
44	Elijah	128	new	41
45	Alexander	125	↑2	15
46	Landon	124	new	>100
47	Thomas	124	↓7	36
48	Kyle	123	new	40
49	Eric	120	–	52
50	Evan	120	new	56

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