The Single Rarest Baby Name in Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana (KMDL) - When you're having a baby, there are a ton of decisions to make.

What kind of crib to get, how to set up the nursery, how many diapers to have on hand and many more decisions need to be made.

Arguably the first and possible the biggest decision will be choosing the baby name.

Do you go the traditional route and pass down a family name or do you want a name that's unique?

There's one baby name that you'll only find in Louisiana, and only 5 people have this name in the Pelican State.

Louisiana's Rarest Baby Name

When it comes to baby names in Louisiana, the most common are -

Boy

1. Liam

2. Elijah

3. Noah

4. Luke

5. James

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Girl

1. Olivia

2. Amelia

3. Ava

4. Charlotte

5. Harper

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As you can see, the top baby names in Louisiana for boys and girls are all pretty traditional.

But, what about non-traditional baby names?

How do you even figure something like this out?

From mentalfloss.com -

"Go Au Pair examined birth data from the Social Security Administration (SSA) between the years 2000 and 2023.

Because the public SSA database excludes names used less than five times within a given geographic area to protect privacy, all the monikers cited in Go Au Pair’s rankings were used in at least five instances between 2000 to 2023."

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After crunching the data, Go Au Pair found the rarest baby name in Louisiana.

The name is so rare in fact that only 5 babies share this name in Louisiana, and this baby name is only found in Louisiana.

Louisiana's rarest baby name is Ryda.

Have you heard of the baby name Ryda?

Is it your name, or have you named your baby Ryda?

We'd love to know!

Read more at mentalfloss.com.

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