Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1987

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,138 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,066). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,475 babies born in Louisiana in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1987

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: 27 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Jada: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Shantell: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Reva: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lakendra: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lashonda: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shameka: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kourtney: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Raven: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jeanne: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Jacoby: 23 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Alton: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Lionel: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 68 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ashton: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kerry: 40 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Trey: 43 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Blaine: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Quincy: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,138	–	2
2	Jessica	908	–	1
3	Brittany	666	–	7
4	Amanda	581	–	3
5	Sarah	452	↑1	5
6	Jennifer	411	↓1	4
7	Lauren	365	–	16
8	Megan	364	↑1	12
9	Heather	358	↓1	9
10	Tiffany	328	–	18
11	Courtney	305	↑2	33
12	Danielle	304	↑3	14
13	Amber	291	↓1	15
14	Kayla	288	↑20	27
15	Kimberly	276	↓4	23
16	Rachel	259	↑1	17
17	Melissa	238	↑10	13
18	Elizabeth	237	↓2	10
19	Emily	236	↑6	19
20	Stephanie	228	↓6	6
21	Whitney	220	↑2	32
22	Nicole	212	–	8
23	Katie	203	↑9	38
24	Samantha	203	↑6	11
25	Crystal	197	↓7	26
26	Michelle	195	–	21
27	Laura	193	↑1	22
28	Amy	190	↓8	24
29	Erica	187	↓10	31
30	Rebecca	187	↑5	25
31	Brittney	176	↑2	61
32	Victoria	173	↑12	50
33	Christina	167	↓9	20
34	Lindsey	164	↓3	41
35	Mary	164	↓6	37
36	Kristen	159	↑3	42
37	Jamie	157	↓16	39
38	Kelly	151	↑2	30
39	April	148	↓2	58
40	Chelsea	146	new	47
41	Katherine	142	↓3	28
42	Erin	141	↓6	34
43	Brandi	126	↑5	88
44	Angela	125	↑3	35
45	Sara	120	↑1	29
46	Allison	119	↑3	44
47	Alicia	118	↓4	46
48	Brandy	114	new	92
49	Lacey	114	new	>100
50	Dominique	111	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	1,066	–	2
2	Joshua	1,011	↑1	4
3	Michael	847	↓1	1
4	Brandon	717	–	14
5	Matthew	681	–	3
6	Justin	654	↑2	9
7	James	551	–	8
8	John	524	↓2	11
9	David	463	–	5
10	Robert	448	↑2	10
11	Joseph	436	↓1	12
12	Ryan	431	↑1	13
13	Jeremy	427	↓2	29
14	Jonathan	423	–	18
15	Daniel	397	–	7
16	Andrew	382	↑3	6
17	William	344	↓1	15
18	Nicholas	340	↑2	16
19	Kevin	316	↓1	19
20	Eric	312	↑1	21
21	Charles	297	↑1	35
22	Anthony	292	↑2	17
23	Dustin	290	–	44
24	Cody	289	↑2	49
25	Jason	284	↓8	23
26	Timothy	267	↑5	26
27	Jacob	264	–	31
28	Thomas	264	↑7	24
29	Brian	263	↓4	20
30	Steven	262	↓2	25
31	Kyle	229	↓2	22
32	Adam	223	↓2	27
33	Stephen	208	↓1	38
34	Kenneth	205	↑2	53
35	Benjamin	203	↑5	28
36	Corey	203	↑1	57
37	Patrick	202	↓3	41
38	Richard	197	↓5	30
39	Jared	189	↑3	58
40	Aaron	188	↓2	34
41	Jordan	187	↑7	52
42	Travis	183	↑1	42
43	Mark	177	↓4	36
44	Gregory	170	↓3	47
45	Jeffrey	164	↑1	32
46	Derek	162	new	54
47	Marcus	162	↓3	67
48	Chad	161	↑1	63
49	Derrick	144	new	86
50	Zachary	141	new	33

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