Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2008

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2008 were Madison for girls (333 babies) and Ethan for boys (301). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,373 babies born in Louisiana in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2008

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

Girls

Jaci: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Alaya: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Alaysia: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jamya: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kennedi: 45 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Malaysia: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jamiya: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dasia: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alayah: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jolie: 36 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Jacques: 19 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Daylon: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Kentrell: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Blaze: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Remy: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jaylon: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Damarion: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jamarcus: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Dwayne: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cullen: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	333	–	6
2	Ava	311	–	5
3	Emma	306	–	1
4	Olivia	247	↑1	4
5	Isabella	240	↓1	2
6	Addison	220	↑1	12
7	Emily	205	↓1	3
8	Chloe	201	↑1	10
9	Abigail	179	↓1	8
10	Alyssa	154	↑1	16
11	Taylor	151	↑6	22
12	Sophia	143	↑1	7
13	Elizabeth	137	↑2	9
14	Ella	137	↑6	19
15	Mia	134	↑6	14
16	Grace	133	↑12	21
17	Layla	133	↑7	55
18	Anna	129	↓4	26
19	Brooklyn	127	↑19	48
20	Makayla	127	↑12	37
21	Gabrielle	125	↓9	79
22	Hannah	120	↓12	17
23	Avery	119	new	38
24	Alexis	117	↓6	15
25	Sarah	117	↓6	20
26	Trinity	113	–	70
27	Aubrey	112	new	42
28	Kaylee	109	↑1	31
29	Bailey	106	↑4	82
30	Brianna	106	↓14	23
31	Lillian	105	new	29
32	Caroline	103	↓7	94
33	Hailey	99	↑2	25
34	Natalie	98	↑13	13
35	Morgan	97	↓13	46
36	Destiny	96	↓9	47
37	Gracie	93	↓14	99
38	Kylie	91	↓2	51
39	Lily	90	↑7	24
40	Peyton	90	new	60
41	Victoria	88	↓11	27
42	Kaitlyn	86	↓2	53
43	Riley	85	↓12	39
44	Claire	84	↓5	62
45	Nevaeh	82	↓4	34
46	Jada	81	↓1	>100
47	Madelyn	81	new	64
48	Amelia	79	↑2	68
49	Kennedy	76	↓1	>100
50	Leah	76	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	301	↑2	3
2	Jayden	287	↑6	11
3	Christopher	285	↑2	9
4	Jacob	281	↓2	1
5	William	264	↑4	8
6	Michael	260	↓2	2
7	Joshua	249	↓6	4
8	Landon	247	↓1	45
9	Christian	242	↑3	23
10	Noah	226	↓4	15
11	Gavin	217	↑12	30
12	James	217	↑1	17
13	Aiden	211	↑2	16
14	Caleb	205	↑12	34
15	Joseph	203	↓5	13
16	Logan	203	↑3	19
17	Jackson	199	↑11	32
18	Luke	199	↑16	43
19	Mason	196	↑2	35
20	John	195	↓9	20
21	Tyler	194	↓7	28
22	Elijah	193	↑5	22
23	Matthew	191	↑6	10
24	Gabriel	186	↑13	24
25	Brayden	182	–	51
26	Hunter	168	↓8	54
27	Jordan	167	↓7	48
28	David	165	↓6	14
29	Daniel	160	↑21	5
30	Cameron	158	↓13	53
31	Andrew	152	↓15	12
32	Hayden	150	↓1	76
33	Anthony	147	↑3	7
34	Carter	146	new	65
35	Nicholas	146	–	29
36	Dylan	145	↓12	31
37	Brandon	144	↓7	33
38	Evan	142	↓5	38
39	Benjamin	135	↑6	25
40	Brody	132	new	70
41	Charles	132	↑3	63
42	Nathan	132	↓10	21
43	Jeremiah	130	–	68
44	Jonathan	130	↓2	26
45	Samuel	130	new	27
46	Justin	129	↑2	44
47	Kaleb	128	new	>100
48	Peyton	128	↓9	>100
49	Robert	128	–	49
50	Alexander	124	new	6

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