Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1978

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (854 babies) and Michael for boys (1,141). Social Security records list 60,562 babies born in Louisiana in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1978

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelle: 27 babies, 48.5× the national rate
Shantell: 36 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Chantell: 18 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Dionne: 31 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shantel: 35 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shawanda: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lakeshia: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kayla: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kenyatta: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Kedrick: 18 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Jude: 19 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lionel: 39 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 73 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wilbert: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Horace: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jean: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Blaine: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Elton: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dexter: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	854	–	1
2	Jessica	491	–	3
3	Melissa	464	–	2
4	Amanda	433	↑3	6
5	Kimberly	433	↑1	13
6	Amy	384	↓2	4
7	Brandy	362	↑10	37
8	Angela	347	↓3	7
9	Heather	338	–	5
10	Michelle	334	↓2	9
11	Crystal	330	↑2	18
12	Nicole	330	↓1	10
13	Kelly	316	↓3	12
14	Stephanie	282	↓2	16
15	Elizabeth	263	–	14
16	April	260	↑10	27
17	Brandi	254	↑8	61
18	Christina	240	–	15
19	Tiffany	239	↑2	32
20	Sarah	238	↑3	8
21	Jamie	232	↓7	20
22	Mary	227	↓2	24
23	Rebecca	221	↓4	17
24	Lisa	216	↓2	11
25	Ashley	213	↑2	87
26	Shannon	212	↓10	22
27	Erica	183	↑2	34
28	Rachel	183	↑7	25
29	Kristy	179	↑9	51
30	Laura	171	↑9	19
31	Danielle	162	↓7	31
32	Christy	156	↓1	59
33	Erin	153	↑1	21
34	Emily	146	↑15	33
35	Andrea	145	↑12	23
36	Julie	144	↓6	26
37	Misty	143	↓9	43
38	Tina	137	new	45
39	Leslie	133	new	63
40	Monica	132	↓3	42
41	Dana	130	↓1	71
42	Dawn	130	↑2	52
43	Courtney	128	new	68
44	Stacy	126	↑6	44
45	Alicia	123	new	58
46	Natalie	122	new	66
47	Amber	118	new	30
48	Natasha	116	new	>100
49	Tara	115	↓16	40
50	Melanie	113	↓4	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,141	–	1
2	Christopher	1,040	–	3
3	Jason	940	–	2
4	James	802	–	5
5	John	719	↑1	7
6	David	687	↓1	4
7	Robert	613	–	8
8	Joseph	546	–	10
9	Jeremy	439	–	18
10	Kevin	437	–	15
11	William	436	↑1	13
12	Charles	421	↑1	27
13	Joshua	413	↑1	12
14	Brian	410	↓3	9
15	Brandon	398	↑2	40
16	Matthew	344	↑6	6
17	Ryan	342	↓1	14
18	Eric	336	↓3	16
19	Daniel	329	↓1	11
20	Derrick	326	↑4	76
21	Timothy	310	↑9	17
22	Chad	308	↓3	35
23	Anthony	306	↓3	20
24	Richard	283	↓1	21
25	Nicholas	274	new	25
26	Mark	257	–	26
27	Steven	255	↑2	24
28	Thomas	249	↓1	23
29	Jonathan	243	↓1	31
30	Kenneth	239	↓5	41
31	Corey	232	↓10	61
32	Paul	218	↑2	33
33	Jeffrey	213	↓1	19
34	Stephen	211	↑1	37
35	Donald	207	↓2	48
36	Scott	201	↓5	30
37	Patrick	200	↑2	42
38	Justin	196	new	28
39	Gregory	190	↑1	38
40	Ronald	190	↓3	55
41	Marcus	184	↑8	70
42	Shawn	180	↓4	39
43	Benjamin	177	↓7	34
44	Aaron	174	↓2	32
45	Travis	162	↑1	46
46	Adam	160	new	29
47	Bryan	158	↓3	43
48	Larry	154	↓7	64
49	Edward	149	new	47
50	Gary	137	↓2	60

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