Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1982

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (982 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,320). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,467 babies born in Louisiana in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1982

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: 26 babies, 39.7× the national rate
Shantell: 34 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Chantelle: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Laci: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lakeisha: 56 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Casie: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lashanda: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lakeshia: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jada: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lacie: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 81 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Wilbert: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Alton: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Quincy: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lionel: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darrel: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sidney: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jarvis: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	982	–	1
2	Jessica	887	–	2
3	Ashley	810	↑2	17
4	Amanda	685	↓1	3
5	Crystal	549	↓1	9
6	Tiffany	463	–	13
7	Sarah	438	↑2	4
8	Melissa	414	↓1	5
9	Kimberly	405	↓1	14
10	Nicole	370	↑2	6
11	Michelle	361	↑4	11
12	Amy	348	↓1	10
13	Heather	343	–	12
14	Lauren	302	↑15	26
15	Rebecca	297	↑3	15
16	Brandi	296	↑1	55
17	Stephanie	293	↓7	7
18	April	292	↓4	32
19	Elizabeth	290	↓3	8
20	Rachel	277	↑1	21
21	Brandy	276	↓2	50
22	Jamie	272	↓2	29
23	Angela	267	↓1	16
24	Danielle	254	↑3	31
25	Courtney	251	↓1	43
26	Mary	250	–	30
27	Erica	241	↑6	35
28	Erin	239	↓5	20
29	Amber	235	↑2	18
30	Kelly	226	↓5	25
31	Christina	223	↓1	19
32	Emily	217	–	24
33	Laura	208	↑1	22
34	Kristen	203	↑4	33
35	Lindsey	176	new	40
36	Latoya	172	↓8	91
37	Lisa	157	↓2	23
38	Kayla	156	new	>100
39	Andrea	155	–	27
40	Shannon	153	↓4	38
41	Leslie	152	↓1	60
42	Natalie	146	new	51
43	Katie	144	↓2	45
44	Misty	144	↓2	74
45	Sara	144	new	28
46	Natasha	137	↑4	71
47	Dana	134	↑1	67
48	Lindsay	134	new	39
49	Latasha	133	↓6	>100
50	Krystal	130	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,320	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,143	↓1	1
3	Joshua	851	–	7
4	James	839	–	6
5	John	814	↑2	8
6	Jason	796	↓1	4
7	Brandon	786	↓1	18
8	David	695	–	5
9	Joseph	695	↑1	11
10	Robert	650	↓1	9
11	Justin	610	↑2	12
12	Matthew	601	↓1	3
13	Jonathan	554	↓1	16
14	William	487	↑1	15
15	Jeremy	457	↓1	28
16	Ryan	454	–	13
17	Daniel	418	↑3	10
18	Charles	416	↓1	31
19	Brian	401	↓1	14
20	Kevin	370	↑2	25
21	Eric	349	↓2	20
22	Nicholas	344	↑1	22
23	Anthony	342	↑2	21
24	Timothy	327	↑2	24
25	Travis	314	↓4	39
26	Richard	291	↑7	27
27	Steven	289	↑1	26
28	Thomas	287	↑3	23
29	Adam	275	↑3	19
30	Dustin	274	↓1	42
31	Chad	272	↓4	48
32	Kenneth	258	↓8	45
33	Mark	245	↑1	32
34	Benjamin	242	↑1	33
35	Andrew	239	↑7	17
36	Jeffrey	235	↑10	29
37	Paul	229	↓7	35
38	Patrick	228	↑3	37
39	Aaron	227	↓2	30
40	Jacob	222	↓2	41
41	Stephen	220	↓1	38
42	Gregory	214	↑7	40
43	Derrick	212	↓4	78
44	Scott	199	↓1	34
45	Marcus	195	new	63
46	Donald	191	↓2	58
47	Jared	188	↑1	54
48	Corey	183	↓12	74
49	Derek	181	↓2	50
50	Edward	161	new	53

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