Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1981

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (937 babies) and Michael for boys (1,142). Social Security records list 67,281 babies born in Louisiana in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1981

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: 24 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Shantell: 40 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Kizzy: 19 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Thuy: 19 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kayla: 57 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Renata: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Shawanda: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lashonda: 52 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jeanne: 46 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tyra: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 27 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 64 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wilbert: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lionel: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roderick: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kerry: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jonas: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Damion: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alton: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	937	–	1
2	Jessica	882	↑1	2
3	Amanda	675	↓1	3
4	Crystal	477	↑3	16
5	Ashley	464	↑3	34
6	Tiffany	458	↓1	14
7	Melissa	452	↓3	5
8	Kimberly	412	↓2	13
9	Sarah	373	↑5	4
10	Stephanie	365	↑11	8
11	Amy	362	↑1	6
12	Nicole	350	↑1	7
13	Heather	342	↓3	10
14	April	333	↓5	25
15	Michelle	332	↓4	11
16	Elizabeth	310	↑1	9
17	Brandi	279	↑12	50
18	Rebecca	275	↑2	12
19	Brandy	274	↓3	41
20	Jamie	260	↓2	28
21	Rachel	260	↑6	22
22	Angela	247	↓7	15
23	Erin	247	↑5	19
24	Courtney	241	↑7	43
25	Kelly	236	↓2	23
26	Mary	230	↓4	27
27	Danielle	227	↓3	30
28	Latoya	227	↑16	69
29	Lauren	218	↓3	35
30	Christina	211	↓11	17
31	Amber	206	↑5	20
32	Emily	204	↑10	29
33	Erica	204	↓8	36
34	Laura	189	–	21
35	Lisa	181	↓5	18
36	Shannon	172	↓3	32
37	Kristin	170	↓5	31
38	Kristen	165	↑1	38
39	Andrea	163	↑4	24
40	Leslie	161	new	56
41	Katie	148	↑9	44
42	Misty	148	↓7	61
43	Latasha	146	new	>100
44	Katherine	144	↑2	39
45	Julie	139	↑3	37
46	Monica	137	new	49
47	Brooke	133	new	52
48	Dana	132	↓8	70
49	Kristy	127	↓12	94
50	Natasha	125	↓9	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,142	–	1
2	Christopher	1,093	–	2
3	Joshua	845	↑3	6
4	James	834	↑1	7
5	Jason	828	↓2	4
6	Brandon	752	↑2	19
7	John	739	↓3	8
8	David	690	↓1	5
9	Robert	648	↑1	9
10	Joseph	605	↓1	11
11	Matthew	605	↑7	3
12	Jonathan	564	↑2	16
13	Justin	542	↓1	12
14	Jeremy	521	↓3	22
15	William	465	↓2	15
16	Ryan	424	↑3	13
17	Charles	414	–	31
18	Brian	402	↓2	14
19	Eric	395	↑2	17
20	Daniel	377	–	10
21	Travis	339	↑1	40
22	Kevin	338	↑1	25
23	Nicholas	330	↓8	21
24	Kenneth	318	↑5	41
25	Anthony	311	–	23
26	Timothy	302	–	24
27	Chad	275	↓3	47
28	Steven	272	↑3	28
29	Dustin	265	↑4	42
30	Paul	261	–	35
31	Thomas	257	↓3	26
32	Adam	254	↑5	20
33	Richard	247	↓6	27
34	Mark	245	↑1	33
35	Benjamin	243	↑3	32
36	Corey	235	–	69
37	Aaron	227	↑9	30
38	Jacob	221	↑10	43
39	Derrick	219	↓7	78
40	Stephen	212	↑2	39
41	Patrick	208	↓7	38
42	Andrew	199	↑3	18
43	Scott	198	↑1	34
44	Donald	194	↓4	56
45	Ronald	186	↑5	59
46	Jeffrey	182	↓5	29
47	Derek	177	↓4	53
48	Jared	176	new	57
49	Gregory	167	↓10	46
50	Larry	166	new	73

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