Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2005

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2005 were Madison for girls (418 babies) and Joshua for boys (324). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,802 babies born in Louisiana in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2005

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, 32.5× the national rate
Alaysia: 21 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Malaysia: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ali: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Blair: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Amari: 47 babies, 7× the national rate
Jolie: 34 babies, 7× the national rate
Jakayla: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Briley: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Essence: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyren: 16 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Daylon: 17 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Kyron: 23 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Hayes: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jamarcus: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jaylon: 52 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Fredrick: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jacoby: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Dwayne: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jamarion: 46 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	418	–	3
2	Emma	338	–	2
3	Emily	295	–	1
4	Hannah	239	–	7
5	Olivia	211	↑1	5
6	Chloe	206	↑8	19
7	Abigail	200	↑1	4
8	Ava	199	↑17	9
9	Alexis	198	↓4	13
10	Alyssa	194	↓3	16
11	Anna	172	↑4	22
12	Taylor	163	–	24
13	Makayla	157	↑8	44
14	Isabella	156	↓5	6
15	Elizabeth	153	↓4	11
16	Gabrielle	146	↑1	55
17	Grace	144	↓1	14
18	Destiny	141	↑4	32
19	Lauren	141	↓6	21
20	Brianna	139	↓2	20
21	Sarah	139	↓11	15
22	Mia	127	↑2	17
23	Trinity	126	–	48
24	Ella	118	↑12	23
25	Hailey	112	↑2	26
26	Victoria	110	↓6	28
27	Jasmine	106	↑1	29
28	Samantha	106	↑15	8
29	Kaitlyn	104	–	34
30	Morgan	103	–	33
31	Caroline	102	↓5	83
32	Kayla	102	↓13	25
33	Gracie	98	↑9	94
34	Mary	97	↑12	72
35	Sophia	96	↑10	12
36	Brooke	94	↑5	47
37	Sydney	93	↓3	30
38	Jada	91	↓6	76
39	Savannah	87	new	35
40	Kylie	86	↓1	57
41	Brooklyn	85	new	78
42	Bailey	83	↓11	>100
43	Zoe	83	↓10	58
44	Kaylee	81	↓6	40
45	Katelyn	80	↓8	59
46	Haley	79	↑1	53
47	Paris	78	↓12	>100
48	Kennedy	77	new	>100
49	Mackenzie	77	new	51
50	Avery	76	↓6	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Joshua	324	↑1	3
2	Ethan	322	↓1	5
3	Michael	314	↑1	2
4	Jacob	305	↓1	1
5	William	272	↑1	11
6	John	265	↑4	18
7	Christopher	264	↓2	10
8	Landon	257	↑17	61
9	Tyler	251	–	16
10	Matthew	247	↓2	4
11	Christian	245	–	22
12	Cameron	238	–	52
13	James	237	↑2	17
14	Caleb	217	↓1	35
15	Andrew	215	↑1	6
16	Joseph	213	↓9	9
17	Logan	206	↑2	26
18	Dylan	205	↓4	24
19	Nicholas	196	↓2	15
20	Noah	196	↑11	23
21	Jordan	191	–	46
22	Mason	188	–	42
23	Hunter	186	↓3	53
24	Gavin	181	↑3	47
25	Gabriel	179	↑16	28
26	Anthony	177	↑7	8
27	Luke	177	↓3	41
28	Brandon	167	↓10	27
29	Elijah	163	↓1	31
30	Austin	162	↓7	38
31	David	160	↓5	12
32	Hayden	160	↓2	76
33	Nathan	159	↑2	20
34	Jeremiah	152	↑15	78
35	Connor	150	↑9	48
36	Ashton	147	↓2	>100
37	Daniel	146	↑3	7
38	Samuel	145	↑8	21
39	Jackson	142	↑6	44
40	Benjamin	138	↑7	25
41	Jonathan	136	↑7	19
42	Evan	134	↓3	39
43	Jayden	132	new	54
44	Alexander	131	new	13
45	Robert	131	↓7	37
46	Zachary	129	↓14	29
47	Brayden	127	new	80
48	Charles	120	↑2	56
49	Justin	120	↓13	36
50	Seth	118	↓8	91

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