Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1979

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (879 babies) and Michael for boys (1,164). Social Security records list 64,152 babies born in Louisiana in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1979

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: 23 babies, 45.1× the national rate
Chantell: 17 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ashanti: 32 babies, 10× the national rate
Shantell: 27 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Shantel: 39 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Chantelle: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kizzy: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Renata: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kayla: 33 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lashunda: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Jules: 19 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Dedrick: 21 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jacques: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Broderick: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 87 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lionel: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alton: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Demond: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delvin: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	879	–	1
2	Amanda	684	↑2	3
3	Melissa	530	–	2
4	Kimberly	500	↑1	12
5	Jessica	493	↓3	4
6	Angela	405	↑2	8
7	Nicole	392	↑5	9
8	Crystal	389	↑3	18
9	Amy	362	↓3	5
10	Heather	356	↓1	7
11	April	316	↑5	23
12	Christina	314	↑6	14
13	Michelle	310	↓3	10
14	Tiffany	300	↑5	28
15	Brandy	294	↓8	39
16	Kelly	293	↓3	16
17	Ashley	287	↑8	67
18	Elizabeth	281	↓3	11
19	Stephanie	278	↓5	15
20	Jamie	241	↑1	19
21	Rebecca	237	↑2	17
22	Mary	231	–	24
23	Sarah	231	↓3	6
24	Rachel	229	↑4	27
25	Lisa	223	↓1	13
26	Brandi	207	↓9	61
27	Shannon	204	↓1	25
28	Erica	187	↓1	32
29	Dana	184	↑12	54
30	Danielle	183	↑1	33
31	Erin	181	↑2	21
32	Christy	176	–	72
33	Misty	171	↑4	42
34	Monica	152	↑6	40
35	Amber	150	↑12	22
36	Kristy	148	↓7	56
37	Laura	148	↓7	20
38	Julie	145	↓2	29
39	Andrea	143	↓4	26
40	Courtney	142	↑3	71
41	Lauren	139	new	45
42	Natasha	137	↑6	>100
43	Emily	134	↓9	34
44	Holly	134	new	48
45	Tara	130	↑4	38
46	Katherine	124	new	36
47	Latasha	120	new	>100
48	Alicia	119	↓3	47
49	Leslie	118	↓10	65
50	Tonya	118	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,164	–	1
2	Christopher	1,139	–	2
3	Jason	981	–	3
4	James	812	–	5
5	John	762	–	7
6	David	688	–	4
7	Robert	570	–	8
8	Joshua	567	↑5	9
9	Joseph	544	↓1	11
10	Jeremy	542	↓1	16
11	Brandon	500	↑4	35
12	Travis	430	↑33	36
13	Charles	425	↓1	28
14	Brian	417	–	10
15	William	412	↓4	13
16	Kevin	401	↓6	19
17	Ryan	384	–	14
18	Nicholas	360	↑7	15
19	Daniel	359	–	12
20	Matthew	350	↓4	6
21	Anthony	337	↑2	21
22	Chad	327	–	38
23	Eric	323	↓5	17
24	Timothy	321	↓3	18
25	Jonathan	310	↑4	31
26	Steven	274	↑1	27
27	Derrick	273	↓7	80
28	Justin	258	↑10	22
29	Richard	255	↓5	25
30	Kenneth	254	–	41
31	Thomas	242	↓3	26
32	Patrick	234	↑5	39
33	Corey	233	↓2	63
34	Mark	228	↓8	30
35	Jeffrey	216	↓2	24
36	Paul	215	↓4	34
37	Adam	213	↑9	23
38	Donald	212	↓3	51
39	Benjamin	209	↑4	33
40	Scott	196	↓4	29
41	Keith	190	new	52
42	Andrew	186	new	20
43	Gregory	186	↓4	42
44	Aaron	185	–	32
45	Stephen	175	↓11	40
46	Marcus	173	↓5	76
47	Jacob	170	new	45
48	Bryan	168	↓1	46
49	Ronald	166	↓9	54
50	Shawn	163	↓8	43

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