Name Legacy

Baby names in Louisiana, 2000s

2000–2009 · 462,021 recorded births

Madison was the most common name given in Louisiana across the 2000s, with 4,124 births in the decade. The state recorded 462,021 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Louisiana in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Amyrie4339×
Amyri3324×
Angelle14924×
Treylon4819×
Amyria3015×
Jamyria3314×
Tyren14413×
Kyron20812×

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Madison4,124
#2Joshua3,488
#3Jacob3,458
#4Michael3,259
#5Ethan3,174
#6Christopher3,113
#7Cameron2,860
#8Emily2,847
#9Tyler2,835
#10William2,777
#11Emma2,731
#12Jordan2,664
#13Christian2,657
#14John2,633
#15Matthew2,548
#16Hannah2,510
#17Joseph2,490
#18Taylor2,459
#19James2,445
#20Logan2,378
#21Nicholas2,308
#22Dylan2,273
#23Caleb2,250
#24Alexis2,242
#24Hunter2,242

Other decades in Louisiana

All Louisiana names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org