Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1983

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1983 were Ashley for girls (1,413 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,295). Ashley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,461 babies born in Louisiana in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1983

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: 29 babies, 47.7× the national rate
Shantell: 36 babies, 13× the national rate
Dwan: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ciji: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Shantel: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Daphne: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sharonda: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Raven: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chasity: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Charmaine: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 72 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kerry: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sherman: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alton: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lionel: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kendall: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quincy: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Malcolm: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alvin: 65 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Trey: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Ashley	1,413	↑2	4
2	Jennifer	927	↓1	1
3	Jessica	904	↓1	2
4	Amanda	676	–	3
5	Crystal	452	–	11
6	Tiffany	422	–	14
7	Sarah	416	–	5
8	Heather	403	↑5	9
9	Kimberly	373	–	15
10	Melissa	363	↓2	6
11	Stephanie	338	↑6	8
12	Amy	332	–	12
13	Lauren	332	↑1	24
14	Nicole	305	↓4	7
15	Michelle	284	↓4	13
16	Rebecca	273	↓1	19
17	Elizabeth	272	↑2	10
18	April	268	–	39
19	Rachel	264	↑1	20
20	Amber	261	↑9	17
21	Danielle	261	↑3	29
22	Erin	261	↑6	18
23	Jamie	261	↓1	28
24	Courtney	257	↑1	44
25	Alicia	248	new	41
26	Megan	246	new	21
27	Kelly	242	↑3	26
28	Christina	238	↑3	16
29	Erica	236	↓2	33
30	Brandy	235	↓9	57
31	Brandi	231	↓15	56
32	Mary	227	↓6	32
33	Angela	217	↓10	22
34	Emily	200	↓2	25
35	Lindsey	200	–	35
36	Laura	185	↓3	23
37	Kayla	181	↑1	81
38	Kristen	169	↓4	37
39	Marquita	168	new	>100
40	Katherine	161	new	34
41	Katie	153	↑2	45
42	Krystal	146	↑8	78
43	Natalie	145	↓1	52
44	Latoya	143	↓8	90
45	Brittany	136	new	64
46	Lacey	136	new	>100
47	Shannon	133	↓7	38
48	Samantha	129	new	40
49	Leslie	128	↓8	67
50	Lindsay	128	↓2	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,295	–	2
2	Michael	1,113	–	1
3	Brandon	856	↑4	17
4	Joshua	818	↓1	5
5	James	762	↓1	6
6	John	754	↓1	9
7	Matthew	748	↑5	3
8	David	625	–	4
9	Jason	625	↓3	7
10	Justin	612	↑1	12
11	Robert	612	↓1	10
12	Joseph	583	↓3	11
13	Jonathan	564	–	19
14	William	501	–	16
15	Daniel	460	↑2	8
16	Ryan	438	–	13
17	Jeremy	406	↓2	30
18	Eric	394	↑3	20
19	Brian	379	–	14
20	Charles	375	↓2	33
21	Kevin	365	↓1	25
22	Adam	348	↑7	18
23	Nicholas	340	↓1	21
24	Anthony	338	↓1	22
25	Dustin	333	↑5	43
26	Thomas	306	↑2	24
27	Travis	293	↓2	41
28	Richard	281	↓2	27
29	Steven	278	↓2	23
30	Timothy	278	↓6	26
31	Kenneth	269	↑1	45
32	Aaron	264	↑7	29
33	Andrew	261	↑2	15
34	Benjamin	246	–	32
35	Jacob	231	↑5	36
36	Chad	229	↓5	49
37	Stephen	228	↑4	35
38	Gregory	224	↑4	42
39	Mark	222	↓6	31
40	Marcus	216	↑5	58
41	Patrick	213	↓3	37
42	Jeffrey	204	↓6	28
43	Paul	199	↓6	39
44	Jared	192	↑3	56
45	Derek	190	↑4	51
46	Derrick	188	↓3	78
47	Donald	179	↓1	60
48	Corey	177	–	74
49	Kyle	167	new	34
50	Scott	166	↓6	38

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