Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1985

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,428 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,228). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,929 babies born in Louisiana in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1985

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: 32 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Jada: 25 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dionne: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shantell: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jeanne: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tyra: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Valencia: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Latonya: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Charmaine: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Lakeisha: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jordy: 25 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jacques: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Trey: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Demarcus: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Quincy: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Coty: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kerry: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kendall: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,428	–	2
2	Jessica	838	–	1
3	Amanda	671	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	658	↓1	3
5	Brittany	529	↑18	17
6	Heather	441	↓1	8
7	Megan	420	↑7	10
8	Lauren	414	↑2	15
9	Kimberly	379	↑2	19
10	Crystal	367	↓2	21
11	Sarah	363	↓2	5
12	Tiffany	348	↓6	23
13	Danielle	344	↓6	18
14	Rachel	312	↑5	13
15	Amber	292	↑3	16
16	Stephanie	292	↓4	6
17	Nicole	289	↓2	7
18	Jamie	287	↑10	27
19	Courtney	281	↑2	43
20	Elizabeth	278	↓7	9
21	Amy	270	↓4	20
22	Melissa	250	↓6	11
23	Christina	247	↑2	12
24	Laura	246	↑9	14
25	Emily	234	↑9	24
26	Erica	232	↑6	34
27	Katie	229	↑13	39
28	Michelle	229	↓6	22
29	Mary	219	↓5	35
30	Rebecca	219	↓3	25
31	Lindsey	218	↓1	37
32	Erin	217	↓6	26
33	April	204	↓4	47
34	Latoya	201	↓14	81
35	Kelly	192	↑1	28
36	Alicia	189	↓5	45
37	Katherine	187	–	32
38	Brandi	172	↓3	69
39	Angela	164	–	31
40	Kristen	164	↑1	38
41	Krystal	151	↑4	53
42	Lacey	151	new	>100
43	Samantha	150	↑4	29
44	Dominique	149	new	83
45	Brittney	134	new	84
46	Andrea	131	–	33
47	Shannon	130	↓4	41
48	Sara	122	–	30
49	Leslie	121	new	76
50	Natalie	121	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,228	–	2
2	Joshua	1,057	↑1	4
3	Michael	1,033	↓1	1
4	Brandon	968	–	13
5	James	730	↑2	7
6	Matthew	680	↓1	3
7	John	666	↓1	9
8	David	599	↑2	6
9	Robert	545	–	8
10	Jonathan	543	↑1	17
11	Joseph	518	↑1	10
12	Daniel	507	↑3	5
13	Justin	505	↓5	15
14	Ryan	498	↑2	12
15	William	472	↓1	16
16	Jason	465	↓3	14
17	Jeremy	411	–	30
18	Kevin	362	↑4	23
19	Eric	358	↓1	21
20	Brian	355	↓1	18
21	Nicholas	345	↑2	19
22	Dustin	335	↑2	41
23	Charles	333	↓2	34
24	Anthony	314	↓4	20
25	Andrew	296	↑5	11
26	Jacob	294	↑5	35
27	Stephen	275	–	36
28	Adam	273	↓3	22
29	Steven	270	↓3	24
30	Cody	265	↑8	52
31	Timothy	265	↑2	26
32	Mark	256	↑9	32
33	Thomas	255	↓5	25
34	Patrick	245	↑5	37
35	Kyle	244	↑13	27
36	Aaron	234	↑1	33
37	Travis	223	↓8	46
38	Richard	222	↓6	28
39	Benjamin	216	↑4	31
40	Jared	210	new	58
41	Kenneth	206	↓6	47
42	Paul	193	↓2	42
43	Corey	191	↑4	63
44	Marcus	190	↓10	61
45	Jeffrey	189	↓3	29
46	Chad	186	↓10	57
47	Sean	181	new	38
48	Gregory	179	↓2	45
49	Bryan	171	–	48
50	Derrick	166	↓6	83

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