Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2016

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2016 were Ava for girls (300 babies) and Liam for boys (281). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,545 babies born in Louisiana in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2016

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

Girls

Journei: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Demi: 61 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Landry: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Carli: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jolie: 37 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Janiya: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Armani: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Camille: 85 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Asia: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Emerie: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Colston: 15 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Denim: 22 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Beaux: 22 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Tahj: 22 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kohen: 39 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Harlem: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kyren: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Blaise: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Baylor: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Landry: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	300	–	3
2	Olivia	290	↑1	2
3	Emma	252	↓1	1
4	Amelia	191	↑5	10
5	Harper	185	↑1	11
6	Charlotte	177	↑14	7
7	Mia	164	↑4	6
8	Sophia	163	↑2	4
9	Madison	161	↓4	15
10	Avery	160	↓2	16
11	Caroline	154	↑4	56
12	Isabella	154	↓8	5
13	Chloe	146	↓1	20
14	Paisley	146	↑5	46
15	Elizabeth	143	↑6	13
16	Ella	142	–	17
17	Aubrey	141	↓10	25
18	Abigail	129	↓5	8
19	Brooklyn	127	↓5	34
20	Evelyn	125	↑8	12
21	Lillian	122	↓4	28
22	Riley	120	↑8	22
23	Addison	118	↑3	29
24	Emily	118	↑3	9
25	Layla	116	↓7	30
26	Skylar	116	↓1	42
27	Zoey	111	↓3	26
28	Serenity	105	↑13	70
29	Aubree	100	↓7	84
30	Kinsley	100	new	86
31	Audrey	98	↓8	39
32	Lucy	96	new	55
33	Zoe	96	↑6	35
34	Scarlett	95	↑2	18
35	Lily	94	↑3	24
36	Stella	91	↑6	45
37	Aria	90	new	23
38	Anna	88	↓9	49
39	Rylee	87	new	>100
40	Camille	85	↑3	>100
41	Aaliyah	84	↑3	53
42	Khloe	83	↓8	>100
43	Sadie	80	↓6	60
44	Savannah	80	new	38
45	Autumn	79	–	65
46	Nevaeh	79	↓6	73
47	Ellie	76	↓14	43
48	Kennedy	75	–	59
49	Piper	75	–	67
50	Grace	73	↓15	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	281	↑2	2
2	Noah	271	↓1	1
3	Mason	263	↓1	4
4	Elijah	258	–	9
5	William	252	–	3
6	Luke	237	↑4	29
7	John	230	–	28
8	Carter	229	↓2	26
9	James	227	–	5
10	Wyatt	197	↑6	33
11	Michael	190	↑1	8
12	Grayson	175	↑16	37
13	Aiden	167	↓5	16
14	Joseph	167	↑9	20
15	Ethan	161	↑2	10
16	Jacob	154	↓1	7
17	Logan	153	↓4	18
18	Gabriel	152	↑1	25
19	Jackson	152	↑1	17
20	Christopher	151	↑2	36
21	Jaxon	147	↓10	41
22	Levi	144	↑3	42
23	Christian	140	↑3	46
24	Isaiah	138	new	47
25	Kingston	137	↑20	>100
26	Cameron	135	↑12	57
27	Bryson	134	new	94
28	Oliver	134	↑22	12
29	Benjamin	133	↑3	6
30	Jace	133	↓6	76
31	Matthew	132	↑12	15
32	Jayden	131	↓18	27
33	Owen	131	↓3	24
34	David	130	↑1	19
35	Joshua	130	↓17	35
36	Landon	129	↓15	53
37	Eli	126	↓10	50
38	Samuel	123	new	21
39	Jeremiah	121	↓2	58
40	Alexander	119	↓6	11
41	Andrew	119	↓10	34
42	Daniel	117	↑5	13
43	Easton	117	↓2	66
44	Henry	117	↓8	22
45	Carson	116	↓6	81
46	Brayden	115	↓17	64
47	Isaac	114	new	31
48	Thomas	114	new	48
49	Ayden	111	↓5	92
50	Caleb	109	↓4	44

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