Top Baby Names in Louisiana, 1990s — Most Popular Boys & Girls Names

The most popular baby names in Louisiana from 1990 to 1999, ranked by total births during the decade.

What the Data Says About the 1990s in Louisiana

During the 1990s (1990–1999), the Social Security Administration recorded 232,085 births across the top 50 boy and top 50 girl names in Louisiana. The decade's leading boy name was Joshua with 6,293 births, while Ashley was the top girl name with 4,642 births. The top 50 boys in this decade collectively accounted for 134,660 births versus 97,425 for the top 50 girls — a common SSA pattern in which the boy-name pool is more concentrated among fewer high-frequency choices. These totals represent only names appearing five or more times per year in Louisiana; rarer names fall below the SSA's privacy-disclosure threshold and are excluded.

The 1990s sits within a specific cultural window of U.S. naming history. Late-20th-century decades like the 1990s show accelerating naming diversity, as popular culture, television, and celebrity influence began fragmenting the top-name distribution. Joshua and Ashley leading Louisiana during this window reflects how regional preferences interact with broader national trends.

Decade totals are computed by summing SSA state-year records for Louisiana across all ten years of the 1990s. Because the SSA suppresses any name with fewer than five annual occurrences in a state, the true number of unique names given in Louisiana during this decade is larger than what this page lists. The dataset also treats every spelling as a separate name — for example, Kayla and Kaylah are tracked independently — so combined-spelling totals would shift the rankings somewhat. This page is provided for informational and research purposes and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Boy Top 50 Boy Names

Rank Name Births
1 Joshua 6,293
2 Christopher 6,174
3 Michael 5,804
4 Brandon 4,961
5 Tyler 4,504
6 Matthew 4,351
7 Jacob 4,213
8 John 4,043
9 Nicholas 3,980
10 Justin 3,958
11 James 3,883
12 Joseph 3,562
13 Austin 3,400
14 William 3,344
15 Zachary 3,059
16 David 2,958
17 Ryan 2,904
18 Andrew 2,825
19 Robert 2,774
20 Dylan 2,711
21 Jordan 2,703
22 Jonathan 2,660
23 Cody 2,613
24 Daniel 2,455
25 Anthony 2,315
26 Aaron 2,256
27 Kevin 2,077
28 Christian 2,063
29 Hunter 2,035
30 Devin 2,000
31 Charles 1,983
32 Kyle 1,897
33 Jeremy 1,865
34 Thomas 1,777
35 Eric 1,774
36 Cameron 1,768
37 Caleb 1,636
38 Logan 1,626
39 Patrick 1,588
40 Blake 1,575
41 Benjamin 1,569
42 Dustin 1,506
43 Taylor 1,503
44 Alexander 1,466
45 Steven 1,423
46 Corey 1,418
47 Timothy 1,407
48 Adam 1,348
49 Brian 1,346
50 Samuel 1,307

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

Rank Name Births
1 Ashley 4,642
2 Brittany 4,483
3 Taylor 3,591
4 Emily 3,430
5 Jessica 3,410
6 Sarah 3,220
7 Alexis 3,181
8 Lauren 3,059
9 Jasmine 3,041
10 Kayla 2,966
11 Hannah 2,904
12 Victoria 2,860
13 Courtney 2,707
14 Amber 2,632
15 Megan 2,565
16 Amanda 2,039
17 Elizabeth 2,038
18 Samantha 1,932
19 Morgan 1,836
20 Chelsea 1,813
21 Madison 1,713
22 Rachel 1,708
23 Shelby 1,598
24 Gabrielle 1,595
25 Brooke 1,533
26 Mary 1,515
27 Kelsey 1,468
28 Haley 1,445
29 Destiny 1,417
30 Danielle 1,375
31 Tiffany 1,352
32 Alyssa 1,351
33 Heather 1,296
34 Kaitlyn 1,281
35 Jennifer 1,281
36 Kristen 1,268
37 Rebecca 1,242
38 Brianna 1,229
39 Olivia 1,220
40 Katherine 1,180
41 Katie 1,175
42 Alexandra 1,159
43 Katelyn 1,120
44 Stephanie 1,113
45 Paige 1,107
46 Allison 1,102
47 Anna 1,100
48 Kimberly 1,089
49 Jordan 1,026
50 Caroline 1,018

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year are included (ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html).

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.