Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1986

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,282 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,202). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,245 babies born in Louisiana in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1986

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: 37 babies, 48.9× the national rate
Shantell: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Tyra: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lacie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Cherelle: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Cherie: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kaci: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Raven: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kourtney: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Jordy: 21 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Kentrell: 19 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Jude: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 80 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lionel: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Coty: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Quincy: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ashton: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Trey: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,282	–	2
2	Jessica	914	–	1
3	Brittany	720	↑2	8
4	Amanda	619	↓1	3
5	Jennifer	537	↓1	4
6	Sarah	470	↑5	5
7	Lauren	431	↑1	14
8	Heather	387	↓2	9
9	Megan	379	↓2	11
10	Tiffany	357	↑2	17
11	Kimberly	327	↓2	18
12	Amber	323	↑3	13
13	Courtney	308	↑6	35
14	Stephanie	289	↑2	6
15	Danielle	288	↓2	16
16	Elizabeth	268	↑4	10
17	Rachel	257	↓3	15
18	Crystal	254	↓8	25
19	Erica	243	↑7	31
20	Amy	234	↑1	22
21	Jamie	227	↓3	34
22	Nicole	221	↓5	7
23	Whitney	214	new	32
24	Christina	210	↓1	19
25	Emily	209	–	24
26	Michelle	208	↑2	23
27	Melissa	203	↓5	12
28	Laura	195	↓4	20
29	Mary	195	–	37
30	Samantha	194	↑13	21
31	Lindsey	185	–	39
32	Katie	184	↓5	38
33	Brittney	181	↑12	65
34	Kayla	180	new	64
35	Rebecca	173	↓5	26
36	Erin	170	↓4	30
37	April	164	↓4	53
38	Katherine	161	↓1	28
39	Kristen	154	↑1	41
40	Kelly	152	↓5	29
41	Latoya	144	↓7	>100
42	Krystal	141	↓1	61
43	Alicia	139	↓7	45
44	Victoria	139	new	54
45	Dominique	138	↓1	98
46	Sara	137	↑2	27
47	Angela	135	↓8	33
48	Brandi	132	↓10	79
49	Allison	126	new	42
50	Shannon	121	↓3	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	1,202	–	2
2	Michael	922	↑1	1
3	Joshua	844	↓1	4
4	Brandon	808	–	13
5	Matthew	678	↑1	3
6	John	631	↑1	10
7	James	604	↓2	7
8	Justin	553	↑5	14
9	David	548	↓1	5
10	Joseph	524	↑1	12
11	Jeremy	507	↑6	28
12	Robert	471	↓3	9
13	Ryan	465	↑1	11
14	Jonathan	461	↓4	16
15	Daniel	457	↓3	6
16	William	421	↓1	15
17	Jason	380	↓1	18
18	Kevin	373	–	21
19	Andrew	365	↑6	8
20	Nicholas	334	↑1	17
21	Eric	328	↓2	22
22	Charles	315	↑1	34
23	Dustin	308	↓1	42
24	Anthony	304	–	19
25	Brian	293	↓5	20
26	Cody	291	↑4	56
27	Jacob	281	↓1	31
28	Steven	274	↑1	25
29	Kyle	265	↑6	23
30	Adam	261	↓2	24
31	Timothy	240	–	27
32	Stephen	238	↓5	36
33	Richard	230	↑5	29
34	Patrick	228	–	39
35	Thomas	219	↓2	26
36	Kenneth	209	↑5	50
37	Corey	207	↑6	62
38	Aaron	206	↓2	33
39	Mark	202	↓7	35
40	Benjamin	198	↓1	30
41	Gregory	195	↑7	46
42	Jared	194	↓2	58
43	Travis	186	↓6	49
44	Marcus	170	–	63
45	Sean	167	↑2	37
46	Jeffrey	166	↓1	32
47	Paul	163	↓5	45
48	Jordan	159	new	53
49	Chad	158	↓3	59
50	Donald	154	new	71

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