Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2006

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2006 were Madison for girls (401 babies) and Ethan for boys (321). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,100 babies born in Louisiana in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2006

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

Girls

Londyn: 22 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Alaysia: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Janya: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Bria: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ali: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jolie: 35 babies, 7× the national rate
Kennedi: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Amari: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jaliyah: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jalyn: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Kyron: 26 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Tyren: 15 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kentrell: 19 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Brennon: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jaylon: 52 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jacoby: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Blaise: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Blaze: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jermaine: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Jamarcus: 15 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	401	–	3
2	Emma	318	–	2
3	Ava	309	↑5	5
4	Emily	261	↓1	1
5	Hannah	226	↓1	8
6	Abigail	221	↑1	6
7	Olivia	216	↓2	7
8	Isabella	202	↑6	4
9	Chloe	197	↓3	18
10	Alyssa	191	–	19
11	Gabrielle	172	↑5	63
12	Taylor	168	–	23
13	Sarah	154	↑8	15
14	Mia	153	↑8	13
15	Alexis	150	↓6	14
16	Anna	149	↓5	22
17	Elizabeth	143	↓2	11
18	Ella	143	↑6	21
19	Brianna	134	↑1	20
20	Addison	131	new	28
21	Makayla	123	↓8	45
22	Hailey	118	↑3	25
23	Destiny	117	↓5	36
24	Lauren	116	↓5	24
25	Natalie	115	new	17
26	Sophia	115	↑9	9
27	Kaylee	112	↑17	42
28	Layla	111	new	>100
29	Morgan	111	↑1	35
30	Trinity	110	↓7	64
31	Grace	109	↓14	16
32	Kayla	109	–	26
33	Victoria	109	↓7	27
34	Savannah	105	↑5	30
35	Bailey	102	↑7	>100
36	Gracie	102	↓3	>100
37	Avery	101	↑13	52
38	Caroline	100	↓7	89
39	Jayla	100	new	99
40	Jada	96	↓2	92
41	Lillian	96	new	38
42	Brooke	94	↓6	44
43	Kaitlyn	94	↓14	41
44	Kylie	90	↓4	67
45	Katelyn	89	–	61
46	Nevaeh	87	new	43
47	Jasmine	85	↓20	29
48	Claire	84	new	86
49	Samantha	84	↓21	10
50	Riley	83	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ethan	321	↑1	4
2	Landon	319	↑6	50
3	Joshua	304	↓2	3
4	Jacob	293	–	1
5	Christopher	279	↑2	8
6	Michael	274	↓3	2
7	Noah	274	↑13	15
8	Cameron	252	↑4	52
9	John	252	↓3	19
10	William	250	↓5	10
11	Christian	249	–	21
12	Tyler	241	↓3	18
13	Logan	238	↑4	20
14	Dylan	234	↑4	26
15	Joseph	231	↑1	11
16	Matthew	224	↓6	5
17	Caleb	219	↓3	34
18	James	218	↓5	16
19	Hunter	212	↑4	54
20	Mason	210	↑2	40
21	Andrew	199	↓6	7
22	Jackson	189	↑17	35
23	Anthony	185	↑3	9
24	Gavin	184	–	38
25	Jordan	182	↓4	46
26	David	179	↑5	13
27	Hayden	177	↑5	73
28	Nicholas	177	↓9	17
29	Jayden	176	↑14	49
30	Nathan	173	↑3	23
31	Brandon	171	↓3	27
32	Gabriel	166	↓7	28
33	Luke	164	↓6	43
34	Elijah	162	↓5	29
35	Aiden	156	new	32
36	Evan	155	↑6	42
37	Austin	151	↓7	41
38	Jonathan	147	↑3	22
39	Daniel	146	↓2	6
40	Jeremiah	146	↓6	71
41	Zachary	144	↑5	33
42	Alexander	142	↑2	12
43	Connor	141	↓8	53
44	Ryan	141	new	14
45	Benjamin	135	↓5	24
46	Samuel	134	↓8	25
47	Caden	127	new	91
48	Robert	127	↓3	47
49	Brayden	125	↓2	79
50	Charles	123	↓2	60

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