Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2012

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2012 were Emma for girls (318 babies) and Mason for boys (312). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,883 babies born in Louisiana in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2012

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

Girls

Jacelyn: 15 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Demi: 41 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Jolie: 32 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Remi: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Alaysia: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Malaysia: 43 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Chyna: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Landry: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Journee: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Baylen: 19 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Colston: 15 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Tahj: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kyren: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Kohen: 26 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jaylon: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kyron: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Karsen: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kamron: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rashad: 20 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	318	↑1	2
2	Ava	287	↓1	5
3	Isabella	233	–	3
4	Olivia	221	↑1	4
5	Chloe	210	↑1	11
6	Sophia	205	↓2	1
7	Madison	187	–	9
8	Aubrey	181	↑1	15
9	Abigail	155	↑2	7
10	Ella	151	↓2	12
11	Brooklyn	149	↑2	29
12	Addison	144	↓2	14
13	Avery	139	↑6	13
14	Khloe	131	↓2	55
15	Mia	131	↑13	8
16	Zoey	130	↑15	20
17	Emily	127	↓2	6
18	Layla	127	↓2	31
19	Lily	126	↓1	16
20	Elizabeth	122	↓6	10
21	Lillian	122	↑11	25
22	Amelia	120	↓5	23
23	Serenity	115	new	58
24	Zoe	103	↑5	30
25	Caroline	101	↑5	80
26	Aubree	100	↑11	60
27	Harper	98	↑18	24
28	London	96	↓3	94
29	Anna	94	↓5	34
30	Bailey	93	↓8	81
31	Kaylee	93	↓10	35
32	Riley	92	↑15	47
33	Aaliyah	89	↑6	36
34	Hannah	89	↑9	22
35	Skylar	87	new	87
36	Taylor	86	↓10	46
37	Paisley	84	new	>100
38	Alyssa	83	↓11	44
39	Kylie	83	↓5	59
40	Natalie	82	↑6	17
41	Nevaeh	82	↓21	39
42	Trinity	82	↓6	91
43	Audrey	81	↓3	41
44	Bella	81	↑5	54
45	Kennedy	80	new	84
46	Charlotte	79	new	19
47	Gabrielle	77	↓9	>100
48	Londyn	76	↓6	>100
49	Alexis	75	new	40
50	Jordyn	75	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	312	–	2
2	Jayden	263	–	8
3	William	248	↑1	5
4	Noah	244	↑2	4
5	Liam	230	↑19	6
6	Michael	216	↑2	7
7	Joshua	214	↑5	17
8	Ethan	213	↓1	3
9	Elijah	210	–	13
10	Aiden	209	↓7	10
11	Landon	205	↓6	35
12	Jacob	200	↓1	1
13	James	195	↑3	14
14	Jackson	191	↑4	21
15	Christopher	189	↓1	23
16	Luke	182	↑3	37
17	John	179	↓7	28
18	Andrew	178	↑8	18
19	Joseph	176	↓2	19
20	Ayden	175	–	68
21	Gabriel	175	↓8	24
22	Christian	171	↑3	33
23	Brayden	167	↓8	39
24	Carter	163	↓1	36
25	Cameron	161	↑4	54
26	Bentley	159	↓4	75
27	Eli	149	↑8	43
28	Jace	142	new	85
29	Logan	139	↓8	22
30	Matthew	139	↑8	12
31	Hunter	135	↓4	45
32	Jordan	135	↓4	48
33	Benjamin	134	↑10	16
34	Carson	132	new	87
35	David	131	↑10	20
36	Jeremiah	131	↓4	52
37	Samuel	131	↑5	25
38	Anthony	127	↓8	15
39	Caleb	126	↓8	32
40	Levi	125	new	55
41	Wyatt	124	↑9	41
42	Jaxon	119	new	66
43	Tyler	117	↓7	50
44	Owen	116	new	38
45	Brandon	114	↓11	56
46	Kayden	114	–	97
47	Austin	112	↑1	58
48	Charles	112	↑1	62
49	Gavin	111	↓16	40
50	Dylan	110	↓3	31

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