Louisiana — girls' name

What the Data Says About Louisiana

The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Louisiana between 1886 and 2021, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Louisiana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Louisiana performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Louisiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Louisiana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Louisiana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 316 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.