What baby names are unique to Louisiana?

Maudry is the name most distinctive to Louisiana, given about 41 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Furnell, Angelle and Ezola follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Louisiana is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Louisiana

The most distinctive Louisiana baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Louisiana than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Maudry leads: it is given about 41× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Louisiana births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Maudry	164	41×
2	Furnell	25	34×
3	Angelle	1,089	32×
4	Ezola	44	32×
5	Leonce	234	32×
6	Odile	275	31×
7	Emelda	715	29×
8	Ezora	16	29×
9	Maudrey	16	29×
10	Alcee	105	29×
11	Orelia	375	25×
12	Raywood	40	25×
13	Edmae	17	24×
14	Carmelite	32	24×
15	Odeal	133	24×
16	Ulysse	110	22×
17	Octave	149	22×
18	Sedonia	188	22×
19	Shelita	377	21×
20	Huey	2,489	21×
21	Carmesa	8	19×
22	Milarain	8	19×
23	Nelwyn	230	18×
24	Keoka	23	17×
25	Olevia	491	17×
26	Alcide	274	17×
27	Clothilde	67	17×
28	Amyrie	71	17×
29	Amyri	89	16×
30	Wiltz	7	16×
31	Emile	2,200	15×
32	Enola	713	14×
33	Gustavia	75	14×
34	Tyronne	294	14×
35	Keyoka	20	13×
36	Noelie	45	13×
37	Junius	1,030	12×
38	Jamyria	54	12×
39	Curley	618	12×
40	Felton	1,293	11×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Louisiana in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Jamani	7	20×
Kylon	7	20×
Jaci	10	19×
Drue	15	17×
Kaislyn	6	16×
Kolston	6	16×
Keller	7	12×
Kyce	13	11×
Taysom	7	10×
Daniyah	5	10×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Orelia	34×
1920s	Emelda	36×
1930s	Maudry	37×
1940s	Emelda	27×
1950s	Emelda	22×
1960s	Angelle	28×
1970s	Angelle	35×
1980s	Angelle	39×
1990s	Angelle	40×
2000s	Amyrie	39×
2010s	Amyri	24×
2020s	Taysom	12×

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Names unique to other states

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