Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2017

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2017 were Olivia for girls (299 babies) and Liam for boys (257). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,740 babies born in Louisiana in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2017

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

Girls

Kaci: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Landry: 36 babies, 9× the national rate
Jolie: 41 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Demi: 57 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Armani: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Karlie: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Amari: 50 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marleigh: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Malaysia: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Beaux: 31 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Kohen: 43 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Denim: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kaine: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Blaise: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Baylor: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brennan: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Karson: 75 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Willie: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jeffery: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	299	↑1	2
2	Ava	281	↓1	3
3	Emma	233	–	1
4	Amelia	197	–	8
5	Harper	188	–	11
6	Charlotte	168	–	7
7	Avery	160	↑3	14
8	Isabella	155	↑4	4
9	Sophia	142	↓1	5
10	Elizabeth	137	↑5	13
11	Chloe	130	↑2	22
12	Ella	128	↑4	16
13	Evelyn	127	↑7	9
14	Caroline	123	↓3	55
15	Aubree	121	↑14	86
16	Mia	117	↓9	6
17	Lillian	116	↑4	27
18	Brooklyn	115	↑1	39
19	Aubrey	114	↓2	31
20	Paisley	113	↓6	45
21	Abigail	111	↓3	10
22	Audrey	106	↑9	46
23	Layla	103	↑2	26
24	Riley	103	↓2	25
25	Madison	101	↓16	17
26	Skylar	100	–	48
27	Ellie	95	↑20	44
28	Addison	93	↓5	34
29	Emily	93	↓5	12
30	Zoe	93	↑3	41
31	Stella	92	↑5	42
32	Kinsley	91	↓2	59
33	Bella	90	new	50
34	Scarlett	89	–	18
35	Anna	85	↑3	53
36	Eleanor	85	new	36
37	Aria	82	–	20
38	Sadie	82	↑5	71
39	Grace	81	↑11	21
40	Khloe	81	↑2	>100
41	Nevaeh	81	↑5	74
42	Autumn	80	↑3	75
43	Zoey	79	↓16	28
44	Kennedy	77	↑4	58
45	Nora	77	new	29
46	Londyn	72	new	>100
47	Savannah	72	↓3	38
48	Lily	71	↓13	33
49	Ryleigh	71	new	>100
50	Camille	70	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	257	–	1
2	Noah	254	–	2
3	Mason	250	–	7
4	Elijah	244	–	8
5	William	230	–	3
6	James	219	↑3	4
7	John	203	–	27
8	Luke	196	↓2	30
9	Carter	190	↓1	24
10	Grayson	186	↑2	34
11	Joseph	174	↑3	18
12	Wyatt	174	↓2	25
13	Aiden	165	–	17
14	Logan	161	↑3	5
15	Michael	159	↓4	12
16	Benjamin	156	↑13	6
17	Jacob	155	↓1	9
18	Eli	152	↑19	54
19	Oliver	144	↑9	10
20	Christopher	143	–	39
21	Ethan	143	↓6	14
22	Jaxon	143	↓1	43
23	Kingston	140	↑2	>100
24	Gabriel	139	↓6	31
25	Jayden	139	↑7	26
26	Jackson	138	↓7	20
27	Matthew	137	↑4	16
28	Levi	134	↓6	35
29	Josiah	130	new	51
30	Cameron	129	↓4	60
31	Joshua	128	↑4	38
32	Owen	128	↑1	28
33	Christian	127	↓10	52
34	Dylan	127	new	29
35	Bryson	124	↓8	86
36	Lucas	122	new	11
37	Alexander	121	↑3	13
38	Thomas	121	↑10	49
39	David	116	↓5	22
40	Samuel	115	↓2	21
41	Henry	113	↑3	19
42	Jace	113	↓12	87
43	Isaiah	111	↓19	46
44	Landon	110	↓8	57
45	Anthony	109	new	33
46	Daniel	108	↓4	15
47	Easton	108	↓4	66
48	Charles	107	new	48
49	Andrew	103	↓8	40
50	Hudson	103	new	64

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