Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1984

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1984 were Ashley for girls (1,343 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,317). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,624 babies born in Louisiana in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1984

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: 35 babies, 46.7× the national rate
Shantell: 36 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Dionne: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Santana: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jada: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shantel: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latanya: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latonya: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
Lakeisha: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lacie: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Percy: 21 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Broderick: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Kendrick: 77 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jacques: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ashton: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Alton: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Quincy: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Malcolm: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	1,343	–	3
2	Jessica	892	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	861	↓1	1
4	Amanda	626	–	4
5	Heather	453	↑3	9
6	Tiffany	446	–	14
7	Danielle	443	↑14	16
8	Crystal	435	↓3	12
9	Sarah	433	↓2	5
10	Lauren	388	↑3	21
11	Kimberly	353	↓2	22
12	Stephanie	345	↓1	6
13	Elizabeth	325	↑4	10
14	Megan	313	↑12	11
15	Nicole	312	↓1	7
16	Melissa	309	↓6	8
17	Amy	295	↓5	13
18	Amber	294	↑2	18
19	Rachel	291	–	15
20	Latoya	269	↑24	60
21	Courtney	263	↑3	46
22	Michelle	250	↓7	17
23	Brittany	249	↑22	41
24	Mary	236	↑8	33
25	Christina	235	↑3	20
26	Erin	228	↓4	25
27	Rebecca	220	↓11	23
28	Jamie	219	↓5	31
29	April	218	↓11	42
30	Lindsey	218	↑5	35
31	Alicia	215	↓6	40
32	Erica	215	↓3	34
33	Laura	215	↑3	19
34	Emily	212	–	24
35	Brandi	210	↓4	61
36	Kelly	187	↓9	27
37	Katherine	185	↑3	30
38	Brandy	179	↓8	64
39	Angela	176	↓6	26
40	Katie	166	↑1	44
41	Kristen	162	↓3	38
42	Lindsay	144	↑8	36
43	Shannon	142	↑4	37
44	Kayla	139	↓7	100
45	Krystal	138	↓3	74
46	Andrea	134	new	28
47	Samantha	133	↑1	39
48	Sara	130	new	32
49	Natalie	125	↓6	55
50	Victoria	122	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,317	–	2
2	Michael	1,063	–	1
3	Joshua	1,033	↑1	4
4	Brandon	901	↓1	15
5	Matthew	774	↑2	3
6	John	713	–	8
7	James	693	↓2	7
8	Justin	615	↑2	13
9	Robert	562	↑2	9
10	David	561	↓2	5
11	Jonathan	544	↑2	19
12	Joseph	526	–	10
13	Jason	516	↓4	11
14	William	501	–	16
15	Daniel	476	–	6
16	Ryan	469	–	12
17	Jeremy	415	–	31
18	Eric	401	–	22
19	Brian	390	–	17
20	Anthony	377	↑4	21
21	Charles	370	↓1	33
22	Kevin	369	↓1	24
23	Nicholas	365	–	20
24	Dustin	341	↑1	41
25	Adam	338	↓3	18
26	Steven	304	↑3	23
27	Stephen	270	↑10	35
28	Thomas	270	↓2	25
29	Travis	270	↓2	42
30	Andrew	263	↑3	14
31	Jacob	262	↑4	37
32	Richard	259	↓4	27
33	Timothy	257	↓3	26
34	Marcus	236	↑6	57
35	Kenneth	233	↓4	46
36	Chad	232	–	51
37	Aaron	226	↓5	29
38	Cody	221	new	62
39	Patrick	220	↑2	36
40	Paul	215	↑3	40
41	Mark	213	↓2	32
42	Jeffrey	206	–	28
43	Benjamin	201	↓9	30
44	Derrick	200	↑2	79
45	Donald	182	↑2	63
46	Gregory	169	↓8	44
47	Corey	162	↑1	69
48	Kyle	161	↑1	34
49	Bryan	159	new	48
50	Scott	155	–	39

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