2024’s Most Popular Baby Names in Louisiana and Texas

KNGT-FM - Think you’ve heard every baby name out there? Think again. The Social Security Administration just dropped the list of the most popular baby names in Louisiana and Texas for 2024, and let’s just say, some of y’all are definitely sticking to the classics.

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Picking a baby name can be one of the toughest decisions young parents have to make prior to giving birth. Except nowadays, it feels like every person has a massive list of 100 names they want to name their future children. The funniest part of that is that, according to the Social Security Administration, we just keep using the same old names over and over again.

We will take a look at the complete list here in a little bit, but a little spoiler alert, there were NO new boys' names that cracked the list last year, and it saw one girl's name catapult into the Top 10.

Just for fun, I asked Chat-GPT to give us a list of Louisiana-inspired Baby Names, and I'm not sure if anyone would ever consider using any of these on their baby. Here's what AI gave us...

• Boudin – Perfect for the little sausage roll in your life.
• Gatorlyn – Swamp queen/king energy.
• Tchoupi – Short for Tchoupitoulas, but nobody can spell it.
• Crawdeaux – Because just spelling it “Crawdo” would be too easy.
• Etoufee – Rolls right off the tongue, just like the dish.
• Beignette – Sweet, messy, and leaves powdered sugar on everything.
• Lil’ Roux – For the one who stirs up a little trouble.
• Thibodeaux – Classic Cajun last name... turned first name.
• Zydeco – Guaranteed to dance before they walk.
• Bayonnetta – Born in the bayou, obviously.
• Pirogue – For the smoothest baby in the nursery.
• Acadienne – Can already recite the Evangeline poem.
• Gris-Gris – Mysterious. Mischievous. Definitely magical.
• Tasso Jr. – Daddy’s spicy little sidekick.
• Dat’Bebe – What else would you call ‘em?

See, I told you no one was going to name their baby any of those names! (Haha!)

Enough jibber-jabber, let's take a look at the Top Baby Names for 2024 according to the the Social Security Administration...