Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2009

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2009 were Ava for girls (313 babies) and Jayden for boys (301). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jayden ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,692 babies born in Louisiana in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2009

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: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Demi: 37 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Amari: 55 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Malaysia: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Blair: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Diamond: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alayah: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jolie: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bryleigh: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bria: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Kyron: 15 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Daylon: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Tahj: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Jai: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Landry: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Jaylon: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Slade: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Remy: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hayes: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roderick: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Ava	313	↑1	5
2	Emma	299	↑1	2
3	Isabella	285	↑2	1
4	Madison	263	↓3	7
5	Olivia	243	↓1	3
6	Chloe	238	↑2	9
7	Addison	216	↓1	12
8	Abigail	170	↑1	8
9	Emily	156	↓2	6
10	Sophia	149	↑2	4
11	Elizabeth	145	↑2	11
12	Alyssa	142	↓2	19
13	Ella	137	↑1	15
14	Taylor	136	↓3	22
15	Kaylee	127	↑13	26
16	Sarah	127	↑9	21
17	Aubrey	119	↑10	41
18	Anna	118	–	28
19	Alexis	117	↑5	13
20	Lily	114	↑19	18
21	Riley	114	↑22	38
22	Layla	113	↓5	45
23	Gabrielle	109	↓2	96
24	Nevaeh	108	↑21	34
25	Lillian	106	↑6	27
26	Hailey	105	↑7	25
27	Bailey	103	↑2	85
28	Brooklyn	103	↓9	37
29	Hannah	101	↓7	23
30	Grace	100	↓14	17
31	Mia	100	↓16	10
32	Avery	99	↓9	32
33	Brianna	98	↓3	24
34	Caroline	98	↓2	87
35	Makayla	98	↓15	44
36	Aaliyah	92	new	63
37	Sophie	92	new	65
38	Amelia	87	↑10	55
39	Natalie	87	↓5	16
40	Khloe	86	new	95
41	Audrey	84	new	49
42	Leah	84	↑8	29
43	Claire	83	↑1	53
44	Peyton	82	↓4	42
45	Trinity	82	↓19	74
46	Destiny	81	↓10	56
47	Kylie	80	↓9	62
48	Morgan	80	↓13	57
49	Madeline	79	new	64
50	Rylee	79	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jayden	301	↑1	8
2	Ethan	289	↓1	2
3	Landon	272	↑5	36
4	Joshua	269	↑3	6
5	Noah	249	↑5	9
6	Michael	240	–	3
7	William	239	↓2	5
8	Christopher	234	↓5	10
9	Aiden	233	↑4	12
10	John	231	↑10	26
11	Jacob	226	↓7	1
12	James	214	–	18
13	Gabriel	210	↑11	22
14	Christian	208	↓5	23
15	Joseph	203	–	15
16	Mason	195	↑3	34
17	Jackson	189	–	27
18	Tyler	183	↑3	28
19	Logan	181	↓3	17
20	Brayden	180	↑5	48
21	Elijah	179	↑1	21
22	Caleb	171	↓8	31
23	Andrew	169	↑8	16
24	Gavin	167	↓13	33
25	Anthony	164	↑8	11
26	Hunter	163	–	56
27	Luke	159	↓9	47
28	Matthew	159	↓5	13
29	Cameron	158	↑1	58
30	Carter	157	↑4	50
31	Benjamin	147	↑8	19
32	Brandon	147	↑5	38
33	Jordan	146	↓6	45
34	Hayden	144	↓2	91
35	Nathan	143	↑7	25
36	Nicholas	142	↓1	32
37	Dylan	139	↓1	30
38	Evan	139	–	35
39	Charles	136	↑2	64
40	Daniel	133	↓11	7
41	Austin	132	new	63
42	Peyton	130	↑6	>100
43	Justin	129	↑3	46
44	Robert	129	↑5	55
45	Jeremiah	128	↓2	65
46	Ashton	126	new	>100
47	Carson	124	new	88
48	David	121	↓20	14
49	Kaleb	121	↓2	>100
50	Alexander	119	–	4

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