Popular baby names in Louisiana, 2020

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2020 were Ava for girls (263 babies) and Liam for boys (252). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 40,064 babies born in Louisiana in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 2020

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

Girls

Bryleigh: 18 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jolie: 38 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Demi: 82 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Landry: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kaisley: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gianni: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Camille: 72 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harleigh: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marleigh: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Kennedi: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Taysom: 25 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Beaux: 25 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Khaza: 24 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Tahj: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kohen: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cullen: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Blaze: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kylen: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tru: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Karsyn: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Ava	263	↑1	3
2	Amelia	225	↑1	6
3	Olivia	213	↓2	1
4	Emma	192	–	2
5	Charlotte	153	↑1	5
6	Harper	153	↓1	10
7	Ella	129	↑1	15
8	Isabella	117	↑2	7
9	Sophia	117	↓2	4
10	Evelyn	116	↑2	9
11	Mia	116	–	8
12	Avery	115	↓3	19
13	Caroline	114	↑1	71
14	Paisley	111	↑4	49
15	Nova	107	↑15	38
16	Elizabeth	105	↓3	16
17	Chloe	104	↑4	25
18	Abigail	100	↓2	12
19	Aubrey	100	↑5	56
20	Serenity	97	new	69
21	Brooklyn	95	↓2	54
22	Gianna	94	new	13
23	Kinsley	94	↑12	59
24	Madison	87	↑5	23
25	Eleanor	86	↑20	22
26	Layla	86	↓9	24
27	Lillian	84	↑13	46
28	Mila	84	↓13	20
29	Stella	84	↓6	42
30	Demi	82	new	>100
31	Riley	81	↓11	33
32	Ellie	80	↑1	29
33	Londyn	79	new	>100
34	Hazel	78	↑13	31
35	Ivy	77	new	57
36	Scarlett	77	↓9	21
37	Skylar	75	↑2	64
38	Zoey	74	↓10	32
39	Addison	73	↑5	47
40	Camille	72	↓9	>100
41	Khloe	72	↓7	>100
42	Nevaeh	72	↑1	83
43	Bella	71	↓17	63
44	Emily	71	↓22	18
45	Grace	68	↓13	28
46	Aubree	67	new	>100
47	Audrey	67	↓5	60
48	Autumn	66	↓23	82
49	Lucy	66	new	50
50	Nora	66	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	252	↑2	1
2	Elijah	237	–	4
3	Noah	220	↓2	2
4	William	183	↑1	5
5	John	182	↑1	27
6	James	173	↓2	6
7	Wyatt	167	↑6	29
8	Levi	147	↑1	18
9	Oliver	147	↑6	3
10	Grayson	146	↑12	35
11	Mason	141	↓4	11
12	Michael	139	↓2	12
13	Henry	136	↑5	9
14	Eli	133	↑16	60
15	Asher	129	↑18	32
16	Benjamin	129	↓4	7
17	Joseph	128	↓3	26
18	Carter	127	↓7	33
19	Kingston	127	↑9	>100
20	Luke	122	↓12	31
21	Owen	121	↑13	22
22	Hudson	120	new	43
23	Jacob	119	↓2	15
24	Lucas	115	↓5	8
25	Karter	110	↑14	>100
26	Jayden	108	↑18	37
27	Charles	106	new	46
28	Ethan	106	↓8	13
29	Jaxon	106	↑20	48
30	Gabriel	104	↑8	38
31	Jackson	104	↓5	17
32	Joshua	104	↓9	53
33	Aiden	102	↓17	24
34	Thomas	101	↑13	45
35	Jace	94	↓10	96
36	Josiah	94	↓4	49
37	Maverick	94	↑6	50
38	Samuel	93	↓21	25
39	Amir	92	↑11	>100
40	Jack	92	↓4	21
41	Andrew	91	↓10	52
42	Cooper	91	new	75
43	Logan	91	↓16	16
44	Easton	90	↓20	73
45	Waylon	89	new	>100
46	Dylan	85	↓4	42
47	Cameron	84	new	65
48	David	84	↓13	28
49	Kayden	84	new	99
50	Anthony	83	new	41

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