Most Popular Baby Names in Louisiana (2025)

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 2025 were Amelia for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Louisiana than in the country as a whole include Camille, Josie, Parker, Beau, Amir, and Walker.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Louisiana

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Amelia	212	↑ 1
2	Olivia	162	↓ 1
3	Charlotte	161	–
4	Emma	125	↑ 2
5	Sophia	123	↑ 11
6	Harper	119	↑ 2
7	Ellie	114	↑ 3
8	Eleanor	112	↑ 1
9	Evelyn	110	↓ 4
10	Lucy	106	↑ 29
11	Ailany	105	new
12	Nova	104	↑ 1
13	Ava	98	↓ 9
14	Ivy	98	↓ 2
15	Elizabeth	96	↑ 2
16	Mia	96	↓ 9
17	Chloe	94	↓ 6
18	Violet	94	↑ 19
19	Isabella	85	↓ 4
20	Eloise	82	↑ 15
21	Ella	81	↓ 2
22	Hazel	81	↓ 4
23	Lily	80	↓ 2
24	Willow	78	↓ 1
25	Aurora	77	↓ 3
26	Avery	77	↓ 12
27	Eliana	75	↑ 43
28	Riley	75	↑ 19
29	Camille	73	↓ 9
30	Lillian	73	↑ 33
31	Naomi	73	↑ 18
32	Nora	73	↑ 1
33	Zoe	73	↓ 2
34	Paisley	72	↓ 4
35	Josie	70	↑ 36
36	Isla	68	↑ 24
37	Madison	67	↑ 28
38	Gianna	66	↓ 14
39	Parker	66	↑ 7
40	Scarlett	66	↑ 18
41	Eden	65	↑ 18
42	Millie	65	↓ 17
43	Vivian	65	↑ 1
44	Caroline	63	↓ 17
45	Kehlani	63	↑ 3
46	Layla	63	↑ 21
47	Audrey	62	↓ 7
48	Mary	62	↓ 20
49	Demi	61	↑ 20
50	Leilani	61	new
51	Magnolia	61	↑ 13
52	Lainey	60	↑ 9
53	Mila	60	↓ 21
54	Oaklynn	60	↑ 23
55	Grace	59	↓ 4
56	Journee	59	↑ 10
57	Remi	58	↓ 15
58	Autumn	57	↓ 32
59	Sadie	57	new
60	Alani	55	↑ 37
61	Emery	54	↓ 23
62	Serenity	54	↓ 9
63	Malani	52	↑ 15
64	Emersyn	51	new
65	Josephine	51	↓ 13
66	Kinsley	51	↑ 7
67	Sophie	51	↑ 17
68	Adeline	50	↓ 14
69	Anna	50	↑ 20
70	Annie	50	↑ 15
71	Penelope	50	↑ 23
72	Stella	50	↓ 29
73	Brooklyn	49	↑ 6
74	Emily	49	↓ 38
75	Evangeline	49	new
76	Delilah	46	↓ 35
77	Luna	46	↓ 20
78	Nevaeh	46	↓ 3
79	Sofia	46	↓ 45
80	Aria	45	↓ 51
81	Cecilia	45	↓ 13
82	Abigail	44	↓ 37
83	Alice	44	↓ 28
84	Eliza	44	new
85	Zoey	42	↓ 23
86	Armani	41	↑ 13
87	Aubrey	41	↑ 3
88	Clara	41	new
89	Margaret	41	↓ 7
90	Ruby	41	↓ 10
91	Daisy	40	new
92	Everly	40	–
93	Leah	40	–
94	Londyn	40	↓ 7
95	Addison	39	↑ 1
96	Blair	39	new
97	Genesis	39	↓ 11
98	Iris	39	↑ 2
99	Lyla	39	new
100	Molly	39	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	237	↑ 1
2	Liam	223	↓ 1
3	James	187	↑ 3
4	Elijah	186	↓ 1
5	John	181	↓ 1
6	Oliver	172	↑ 1
7	William	149	↓ 2
8	Hudson	133	↑ 2
9	Joseph	130	↑ 3
10	Henry	125	↓ 2
11	Levi	125	↓ 2
12	Luke	121	↓ 1
13	Theodore	119	↑ 5
14	Asher	117	↓ 1
15	Samuel	113	–
16	Thomas	110	↑ 11
17	Cooper	108	↑ 12
18	Josiah	107	↑ 10
19	Beau	104	↑ 6
20	Bennett	104	↑ 21
21	Ezra	102	↓ 1
22	Michael	101	↑ 11
23	Lucas	99	↑ 14
24	Jack	98	↑ 8
25	Carter	96	↓ 11
26	Benjamin	95	↓ 7
27	Weston	95	↑ 23
28	Waylon	94	↑ 10
29	Elias	93	↑ 26
30	Roman	93	↑ 30
31	Rowan	91	↑ 40
32	Amir	90	↓ 10
33	Walker	87	↑ 2
34	Wyatt	87	↓ 18
35	David	86	↓ 5
36	Isaiah	84	↑ 22
37	Owen	84	↓ 3
38	Charles	82	↑ 8
39	Grayson	82	↓ 15
40	Brooks	80	↓ 17
41	Gabriel	78	↑ 23
42	Mason	78	↓ 25
43	Maverick	78	↓ 22
44	Ethan	75	↑ 13
45	Jace	74	↑ 28
46	Aiden	73	↑ 6
47	Andrew	72	↓ 2
48	Dylan	72	↓ 6
49	Wesley	71	↑ 29
50	Myles	70	↑ 12
51	Sebastian	70	↑ 35
52	Leo	69	↑ 20
53	Luca	69	↑ 22
54	Joshua	68	↓ 5
55	Mateo	68	↑ 6
56	Miles	68	new
57	Parker	68	↓ 17
58	Jayden	67	↓ 10
59	Legend	67	↓ 23
60	Anthony	66	↓ 4
61	Daniel	66	↑ 21
62	Jackson	65	↓ 23
63	Matthew	65	↓ 32
64	Alexander	64	↓ 13
65	Beckett	64	new
66	Easton	63	↓ 23
67	Hayes	63	↓ 20
68	Sawyer	63	new
69	Stetson	63	–
70	Christopher	62	↑ 6
71	Jeremiah	62	new
72	Jude	61	↓ 18
73	Jacob	60	↓ 29
74	Silas	60	↓ 8
75	Atlas	59	new
76	Eli	59	↓ 11
77	Kai	59	↓ 10
78	Karter	59	↓ 8
79	Kayden	58	↑ 17
80	Harrison	57	new
81	Isaac	57	↓ 28
82	Julian	57	↑ 10
83	Thiago	57	↑ 10
84	Ryder	56	↑ 1
85	Dawson	55	new
86	Jaxon	55	↓ 12
87	Kingston	55	↓ 28
88	August	54	↑ 6
89	Braxton	54	↓ 10
90	Kayson	54	↑ 10
91	River	54	↓ 23
92	Beckham	53	↓ 9
93	Micah	53	↓ 6
94	Eithan	52	new
95	Kohen	52	new
96	Malachi	51	new
97	Archer	50	new
98	Jett	50	new
99	Logan	50	↓ 19
100	Xavier	50	new

Names more popular in Louisiana

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Louisiana than across the US.

Girls

Name	Louisiana	US
Camille	#29	#240
Josie	#35	#82
Parker	#39	#106
Caroline	#44	#96
Kehlani	#45	#149
Mary	#48	#125
Demi	#49	#381

Boys

Name	Louisiana	US
Beau	#19	#60
Amir	#32	#105
Walker	#33	#78
Jace	#45	#114
Myles	#50	#100

Number-one names in Louisiana by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Amelia (212)	Noah (237)
2024	Olivia (204)	Liam (263)
2023	Amelia (237)	Liam (254)
2022	Olivia (213)	Liam (280)
2021	Olivia (264)	Liam (264)
2020	Ava (263)	Liam (252)
2019	Olivia (255)	Noah (291)
2018	Ava (280)	Noah (275)
2017	Olivia (299)	Liam (257)
2016	Ava (300)	Liam (281)
2015	Ava (323)	Noah (297)
2014	Emma (256)	Mason (297)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Louisiana

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Louisiana

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Louisiana by year

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