Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1980

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,002 babies) and Michael for boys (1,208). Social Security records list 67,269 babies born in Louisiana in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1980

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: 40 babies, 50.3× the national rate
Shantell: 39 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kizzy: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Renata: 111 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Renada: 34 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ranada: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Shawanda: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kayla: 38 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shantel: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kaci: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 21 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dedrick: 27 babies, 11× the national rate
Kendrick: 59 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lionel: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Demond: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rodrick: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ron: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kendall: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,002	–	1
2	Amanda	750	–	2
3	Jessica	683	↑2	3
4	Melissa	490	↓1	4
5	Tiffany	468	↑9	14
6	Kimberly	452	↓2	11
7	Crystal	416	↑1	18
8	Ashley	404	↑9	40
9	April	383	↑2	26
10	Heather	351	–	6
11	Michelle	343	↑2	10
12	Amy	329	↓3	8
13	Nicole	328	↓6	7
14	Sarah	321	↑9	5
15	Angela	301	↓9	12
16	Brandy	294	↓1	42
17	Elizabeth	293	↑1	9
18	Jamie	286	↑2	24
19	Christina	263	↓7	15
20	Rebecca	261	↑1	17
21	Stephanie	258	↓2	13
22	Mary	250	–	25
23	Kelly	242	↓7	19
24	Danielle	240	↑6	33
25	Erica	224	↑3	34
26	Lauren	224	↑15	38
27	Rachel	222	↓3	23
28	Erin	216	↑3	20
29	Brandi	205	↓3	63
30	Lisa	191	↓5	16
31	Courtney	181	↑9	48
32	Kristin	178	new	37
33	Shannon	178	↓6	29
34	Laura	173	↑3	21
35	Misty	165	↓2	49
36	Amber	164	↓1	22
37	Kristy	159	↓1	78
38	Christy	152	↓6	83
39	Kristen	146	new	39
40	Dana	144	↓11	68
41	Natasha	143	↑1	89
42	Emily	142	↑1	31
43	Andrea	133	↓4	28
44	Latoya	133	new	>100
45	Melanie	133	new	60
46	Katherine	131	–	35
47	Alicia	130	↑1	47
48	Julie	130	↓10	32
49	Natalie	130	new	65
50	Katie	129	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,208	–	1
2	Christopher	1,036	–	2
3	Jason	968	–	3
4	John	819	↑1	8
5	James	789	↓1	5
6	Joshua	731	↑2	7
7	David	680	↓1	4
8	Brandon	619	↑3	31
9	Joseph	604	–	10
10	Robert	578	↓3	9
11	Jeremy	553	↓1	18
12	Justin	515	↑16	13
13	William	480	↑2	14
14	Jonathan	451	↑11	21
15	Nicholas	445	↑3	17
16	Brian	435	↓2	12
17	Charles	425	↓4	29
18	Matthew	415	↑2	6
19	Ryan	405	↓2	15
20	Daniel	393	↓1	11
21	Eric	388	↑2	16
22	Travis	358	↓10	37
23	Kevin	342	↓7	23
24	Chad	329	↓2	39
25	Anthony	320	↓4	24
26	Timothy	304	↓2	20
27	Richard	279	↑2	26
28	Thomas	273	↑3	25
29	Kenneth	249	↑1	41
30	Paul	247	↑6	35
31	Steven	243	↓5	28
32	Derrick	237	↓5	74
33	Dustin	235	new	44
34	Patrick	232	↓2	38
35	Mark	227	↓1	30
36	Corey	220	↓3	68
37	Adam	219	–	22
38	Benjamin	208	↑1	32
39	Gregory	207	↑4	42
40	Donald	206	↓2	53
41	Jeffrey	204	↓6	27
42	Stephen	197	↑3	40
43	Derek	192	new	50
44	Scott	189	↓4	33
45	Andrew	188	↓3	19
46	Aaron	186	↓2	34
47	Shawn	170	↑3	47
48	Jacob	169	↓1	43
49	Marcus	168	↓3	71
50	Ronald	167	↓1	58

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