Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2018

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2018 were Ava for girls (280 babies) and Noah for boys (275). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,433 babies born in Louisiana in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2018

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

Girls

Kaisley: 25 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Rhylee: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Landry: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Camille: 110 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Baylor: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Demi: 66 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Karleigh: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jolie: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bryleigh: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Armani: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Beaux: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Tahj: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Juelz: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Kyren: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Landry: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Kohen: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Kaysen: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Briggs: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brennan: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Baylor: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	280	↑1	3
2	Olivia	247	↓1	2
3	Emma	229	–	1
4	Amelia	221	–	8
5	Harper	177	–	9
6	Avery	168	↑1	16
7	Charlotte	161	↓1	6
8	Sophia	138	↑1	5
9	Isabella	135	↓1	4
10	Lillian	130	↑7	34
11	Evelyn	128	↑2	10
12	Ella	127	–	15
13	Chloe	125	↓2	25
14	Mila	124	new	14
15	Paisley	124	↑5	52
16	Elizabeth	123	↓6	13
17	Layla	115	↑6	27
18	Mia	114	↓2	7
19	Caroline	113	↓5	56
20	Aubrey	112	↓1	37
21	Camille	110	↑29	>100
22	Madison	110	↑3	22
23	Abigail	108	↓2	11
24	Audrey	107	↓2	46
25	Aubree	102	↓10	>100
26	Emily	99	↑3	12
27	Kinsley	99	↑5	63
28	Skylar	97	↓2	49
29	Zoey	93	↑14	29
30	Riley	91	↓6	28
31	Ellie	89	↓4	36
32	Stella	85	↓1	38
33	Autumn	84	↑9	77
34	Scarlett	84	–	20
35	Brooklyn	82	↓17	47
36	Aria	81	↑1	19
37	Nevaeh	81	↑4	83
38	Bella	79	↓5	48
39	Khloe	76	↑1	>100
40	Addison	75	↓12	35
41	Vivian	73	new	96
42	Claire	72	new	50
43	Grace	72	↓4	24
44	Adeline	71	new	78
45	Eleanor	71	↓9	32
46	Lily	71	↑2	31
47	Anna	70	↓12	54
48	Bailey	70	new	>100
49	Nova	70	new	55
50	Sadie	70	↓12	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	275	↑1	2
2	Liam	262	↓1	1
3	Elijah	245	↑1	7
4	James	221	↑2	4
5	William	205	–	3
6	Mason	203	↓3	9
7	Luke	185	↑1	30
8	John	184	↓1	26
9	Wyatt	172	↑3	27
10	Oliver	169	↑9	5
11	Carter	164	↓2	24
12	Grayson	159	↓2	32
13	Joseph	151	↓2	23
14	Michael	148	↑1	14
15	Levi	146	↑13	33
16	Aiden	137	↓3	19
17	Jayden	137	↑8	29
18	Logan	134	↓4	10
19	Jacob	133	↓2	13
20	Henry	129	↑21	16
21	Easton	128	↑26	66
22	Matthew	128	↑5	20
23	Benjamin	127	↓7	6
24	Jackson	127	↑2	17
25	Asher	126	new	47
26	Christian	125	↑7	54
27	Jaxon	125	↓5	39
28	Christopher	124	↓8	42
29	Kingston	124	↓6	>100
30	Ethan	123	↓9	12
31	Lucas	120	↑5	8
32	Samuel	120	↑8	21
33	Eli	119	↓15	57
34	Landon	119	↑10	61
35	Joshua	115	↓4	40
36	Owen	114	↓4	25
37	Thomas	114	↑1	49
38	Charles	111	↑10	53
39	Bryson	108	↓4	92
40	Gabriel	107	↓16	35
41	Dylan	105	↓7	31
42	Hudson	105	↑8	55
43	Isaiah	102	–	51
44	Caleb	100	new	45
45	Alexander	99	↓8	11
46	David	99	↓7	22
47	Jace	98	↓5	90
48	Jeremiah	97	new	64
49	Josiah	95	↓20	52
50	Rhett	94	new	>100

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